Which motorcycle is in this music video?
May 22, 2012 1:35 PM Subscribe
Can anyone identify the motorcycle at the very beginning of Lana Del Ray's "Video Games?" It appears from approximately 0:05-0:10. Also, are there mainstream models that resemble that particular make and model??
Best answer: Wokerant is close. It's a Honda, early 1960's vintage, but I don't think it's a Dream 305. The front fender is too small, and the rear fender is wrong too. Perhaps it's a CB160?
posted by cosmicbandito at 2:22 PM on May 22, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by cosmicbandito at 2:22 PM on May 22, 2012 [2 favorites]
Yeah, i was going to throw up the CB 160. If you look at the forks, the housings are much larger on the Dream than on a CB160.
They're fantastic bikes too, but finding a machine that's newly manufactured is damn hard. The closest thing you'd be able to find is a Honda Dream 50 (or called the AR02), that was released in 2004. Not street legal, without a bunch of work, and I'm pretty sure they were only released in the Japanese market.
I'd be first in line if they released a CB160 in the 1960's styling again. I mean, if Ducati can do it...
posted by furnace.heart at 4:17 PM on May 22, 2012
They're fantastic bikes too, but finding a machine that's newly manufactured is damn hard. The closest thing you'd be able to find is a Honda Dream 50 (or called the AR02), that was released in 2004. Not street legal, without a bunch of work, and I'm pretty sure they were only released in the Japanese market.
I'd be first in line if they released a CB160 in the 1960's styling again. I mean, if Ducati can do it...
posted by furnace.heart at 4:17 PM on May 22, 2012
The Suzuki TU250 is a modern bike that's got a kind of similar look. The '09s came in a nice red like in the video. Some paint and accessories could make it even more vintage-y.
posted by Wulfhere at 5:48 PM on May 22, 2012
posted by Wulfhere at 5:48 PM on May 22, 2012
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posted by workerant at 1:38 PM on May 22, 2012