This Is Why I Ride | Shortfilm

Watch "Why I Ride | Shortfilm", a new shortfilm by Fred van Leeuwen and Rider's Block, documenting a rider and his Royal Enfield Classic 500 custom motorcycle.
Filmed in Mosselbay, Wilderness, George, Betty's Bay, and Gordon's Bay, along the coast of South Africa, this film takes the viewer on a journey as the rider explores the roads and the reason why he rides.

Filmed on a Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema 4K and the Sirui 50mm f1.8 Anamorphic lens.
Special thanks to Sunshine Co & Sirui South Africa for lending me this lens.

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[blitzer-lnnc]

Driving a car is like being in a movie theater watching the scenes...when you ride a motorcycle, you ARE the scene !!

[philipkalin]

If somebody asks me, why i ride. I allways tell them, there are a million reasons why. But lets make it easy, life is allways about getting to a destination, reaching something. Riding a Bike isn‘t because it isn‘t about where you go, or why you go, the only thing that matters, is the moment. And in that moment, your free.

[kawakarma]

37 years ago I was a 16 year old Aussie exchange student in central Illinois in the US. I discovered a ‘69 650 Triumph under a tarp in my host father’s farm shed. He hadn’t ridden her in years and said if I could get it going I could ride it when ever I liked so long as I stayed off the main roads. No license of course. A country boy from South Australia having grown up riding and working on bikes I got her running straight away. Through that summer I rode her everywhere, exploring back roads all around Danville. One time after a full day working for my host father re-roofing a barn on another of his farms I took the long way home. It was a beautiful balmy mid-western summer evening, the sun going down, fire flies dancing in and out of the corn fields that flanked the road, the warm wind tugging tears of joy from the corners of my eyes as I wound that old trumpy out to well over 100mph. A benchmark sense of freedom that I now know I am not likely to ever match. But I keep riding and I keep trying! Thank you for a great video mate!👊

[weldmachine]

Somedays I just go for a Ride on my Bike.
When I come home again my Wife ask, where did you go today ?
I always reply with the same answer ??
NO where really, just for a Ride.

I don't need to go anywhere special.
It's just the feeling of being out on my Bike that makes me feel so alive.
Only something, another Bike Rider could understand.

[girlinagale]

I put my crf300 for sale - life got too distracting, loss of elderly mum, caring for blind dog with acute separation anxiety, getting on myself at 62 (don't bounce anymore). But this morning took the bike on a grocery run. Got home to feverishly barking dog and deleted the bike for sale ad, I need it!

[rockinrodlittle]

We live in the pursuit of comfort. If you’re watching this you know there is nothing comfortable about riding a motorcycle. That’s why I love it. Taking a little risk and jolting your senses reminds us we are alive.

[martynasgrigaliunas]

"In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame.

On a motorcycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming."

[tiloschlumberger]

Had a terrible accident with the bike two years ago. And you know what. It is even more precious and valuable ever since ! Life is short enjoy every second !

[stevensmith]

I've been riding for 52 years (and counting).

Best reason I ever grasped for still enthusiastically embracing it is the stupid grin I invariably don when going from first to second outside my driveway and feeling that first blast of air sneak in under my helmet.

Life on two wheels is a life well lived.

[marcoypao]

I ‘m 68, start riding 10 years ago and a had an accident, three years ago riding home, after I restablish around three months, I restart riding, I was afraid but now I enjoy my short trips, I feel free again.
Enjoy every trip, long or short god bless all riders!!!

[govindankishwar]

There are videos about why we ride, and then there are emotions that express why we ride. This is that.

[dvsmile]

My wife wanted to learn how to ride. So i got her a 450$ 1983 honda 450 nighthawk from a coworker. Said all it needed was a battery.
I didnt ride at the time.
So she signed up to do her moto class.
My neighbor asked me after seeing it in my garage if that thing even runs. (He rides)So i ran out, got a battery came back and it started up. He told me what lever did what.
I was in shorts and flip flops.
Road the clutch out into first. Almost dropped bike at first stop.
Caught a straight away and shifted till 3rd helmet . Eyes tearing from the wind.

I was 36 year old man who felt like a child.
Hadnt felt that kind of pure joy since my childhood.
The same day i signed up for my moto course. Been riding for 4 yrs.

[arc]

I ride every spare moment I have.. no friends, no girlfriend, no wife.. just me and my bike and the freedom to go when and wherever I want to go. Yes, I miss the other aspects of life but I would never trade my bike for that.

[PaddyONeill-wc]

Just seen this. Fantastic road and scenery. Just shows you don’t need a big powerful bike to enjoy riding. Good for the soul just watching this

[runawaytrain]

Been a biker since I was 17.5 and after many years and thousends of rides since we all seem to find the philosopher inside of us, thank you for this beautiful video! Stay safe, ride safe and thank you again! <3

[stijnvico]

Video's about motorcycling with awesome footage like this are great to watch, but the emotional value added to this video really makes it stand out, makes me realise other bikers feel the same thing when riding... 🥰

[nathanedwards]

I ride because there is a sense of freedom about riding a bike. We've got millions of miles of roads to explore together and enjoy. We all ride for different reasons. But the one reason we all ride is for the feeling of freedom. There is a sense of freedom about riding that you just don't get from anything else. Wars have been fought over it in the past. As we all know.

[petervanrensburg]

Love the scenery, photography, the enchanting words... but mostly that Enfield!

[rocket]

I ride because it gives me sanity or serenity I'm not sure which.I can't live without it. Been riding 50 years now.

[tropicalwave-C]

rode my 50cc scooter slowly through heavy summer rain today. it was amazing