Handmade Portraits: Liberty Vintage Motorcycles
In a crowded Philadelphia garage, Adam Cramer revives vintage motorcycles and the American tradition of grease-stained self-reliance.
Read the Etsy blog post: http://etsy.me/libertyvintage.
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I wish america still made good quality items like they use to. I am allways looking for something old and made in america before i have to buy new and foriegn.
now thats a man there
He is so right about today's youth. I have to teach the ones that feel that they want to be techs, but yet it is so hard to get em to embrace what they think they want. But there are those few that might have this spirit…….
sow meny pepal i now wont to have a skill but thare afraid to try.
we all have things we tell ourselves we can and cant accomplish. wen rely the hardest part of eny pro-get is making your self doow it.
I totally agree with this man. It seems like people these days are more interested in buying the top of the line item from the store rather that making things with their own hands. That's why I love Etsy so much. Working with your hands is such a rewarding feeling, especially when you can look back at what you just created and go "Wow…I just made this, and its beautiful."
Totally agree….afraid to get dirty…I really respect this and past generations and how innovative we are (were).
Like the new intro!
Cool! Love how he is preserving history.
His thoughts are similar to mine, I agree with him, he is a great worker. Let's hope our children turn into great workers like him and us.
Great take on American Industry, but does anybody else find it ironic that all his bikes were made in England?
So true, Adam. America lost it beginning in the 1960's. Teachers had the attitude that working with your hands was degrading. Today's college grads can't find jobs, can't repair anything, have no focus. Even Auto Shop classes teach computer diagnostics and emissions testing and spend little time on mechanical things like brakes, steering, suspension. The do-it-yourself abilities are almost lost in this country. Sad but true.
alguien podría subtitularlo para los que no tenemos buen nivel de ingles.
Algo entiendo, y me gustaría saber la historia completa.
Muchas gracias
Now a series about Adam Cramer I would watch!
I remember a time when "made in America" was as good as it got. We were the standard that everybody else struggled to achieve. Then, the bean counters took over and began to cheapen everything in the name of profit. Instead of taking pride in their people, companies began to view them as a disposable resource, a necessary evil whose efforts didn't matter for anything except the bottom line. Now, we've been cast aside because enough is never enough is the race to the bottom. Make it cheaper.
You are awesome. America or not America. I am from Italy, and guys like you still exist here, but very few…unfortunately. Congratulations on what you are and do.
I would move to Philadelphia tomorrow if this guy gave me an opportunity to be an apprentice at his shop! Seriously…
nice film.very well shot and edited. I agree with this guy too.
Agree with this guy so much. I just recently rebuilt my own VW at home, spending thousands of dollars. Most people i know thought i was insane, stupid, but all agreed it was cool and that they could never do it.
but the end point was…..i built it myself…..when i drive it, i have the occasional feeling that 'im driving in this….and i rebuilt it….with my own hands and knowledge….f*ck ya'
@gregj123 I actually just started on an MK2. You going to GAB or H20I?
@tpersing88 going to H2Oi for sure
I love what he does and what he stands for, but put on some eye protection… I'd hate to see him lose his dream life because he can't see.. It would be a crime, and safety glasses are a buck.
A dream job or life he's leading is worth a buck..
If he still needs someone around the shop, I'll apply.
That Man! 🙂 That Man! 🙂 Nice.
awesome!!! bravo!!
Great video, I could almost smell the old bikes and grease. I think there are people with the same passion growing up these days, you just have to know where to look.
I have never bought a car or motorcycle that ran. I keep buying motorcycles, fixing them, selling them, and then go out with that money and buy another and do it all over again. I do not seem to fit in with my age group or younger. Nobody seems to be interested. I love bringing old stuff back to life but just one at a time as a hobby. Currently working on a '79 KZ650 engine was locked up and now it is almost back together to live again.
If I would live near this guy and I would get to know him, I would go to his shop and ask him if I could help. Just for fun or money I don't care, I would apply.
there will always be people who care and people who don't care. there are so many young people out there today who have artistic ambitions and work hard for them, it's sad that he can only see the ones who don't…
he's a Lion :D
I Want to be Your Next You !!!
I think people like you should take an apprentice like we use to do decades (centuries ?) ago to learn a profession…like master and apprentice….any people with skills like you should teach what they know…I'm sure dozens of people would be interested in it.
I would work with him for free we believe the same thing!!!
That norton brought tears to my eyes. I had a /71 750 high rider I toured around my highschool years in…loud as hell and high compression bugger to kick start. I too am a dying breed, manual machinist, creator of cool metal things…shit kids would never be interested in now if they had to scrape a bit of grease off their hands for the pursuit of it.
Beautiful shop, beautiful bikes and I agree with what you said about this generation.
Very Cool Message Said! Live On Brother!
America can still make the best products in the world but we have sold ourselves out in a race to the bottom. think about that the next time you buy Chinese crap from Walmart.
so many beutiful bikes in that garage, id love to hop on that bsa
I would love to work for that man
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When does the transport decide the holistic self?
The iron hires the mute color.
I love his new show.
Every person should watch this movie. So great, and good spirt.
I feel this way about the world too, and it makes me sad that there will be no 'Bikers' in a generations time….certainly none that don't see their bike as an appliance..!
I can do things this year that I couldn't last year. What we are lacking is the people to pass this information on. To use a popular quote from Star Wars; "Two there must be, one to possess there power and another to crave it"
Love this man
I agree whit this guy 100%. As I get older (56), I find I enjoy working on my bikes more then riding them. Don't get me wrong, I like riding them but while riding if a hear a strange engine noise, I start planing a tear down and get excited. Guess I'm strange.
And by the way, his shop makes my pants tight.
Что-то в этом человеке есть! Мировой мужик.
Old motorcycles have something incredible.