45 km/h) from 1906 to 1930.. Do it. Curtiss was an aviation pioneer but also dabbled in the world of motorcycle tuning, building a V8 two-wheeler that held the motorcycle top speed record (219.“ Hey! Hey kid! Wanna buy a motorcycle? A really, really expensive motorcycle? No, you’re more interested in your smartphone? Well, what if we put together a creepy video advert? Would you want it then? Do it. But instead of boilerplate marketspeak about ‘Murica and Freedom, Curtiss has mixed a Charles Bukowski reading with footage of its motorcycle. It’s named in honour of the original moto-madman Glenn Curtiss. Who’s to say? Just do it.”We’re extrapolating here, but this seems to be the basic thought process behind this marketing video from Curtiss Motorcycles, the reborn version of Confederate Motorcycles. The “Do it, Do it” motif could very well have been borrowed from the 2004 Starsky and Hutch film. And hey, don’t forget that Lynch loves to subvert Americana, so the Glenn Curtiss connection fits perfectly!
