Handcrafted in Chennai will make you crave the hipster Harley

Hands down as emotively powerful as the epic Impossible Dream commercial for Honda by Weiden+Kennedy’s London office, Royal Enfield’s Indian-produced Handcrafted in Chennai is a visual masterpiece of storytelling in slow motion. Seriously, I got goosebumps watching this thing. Every … Continued

Life’s a bitch and then you ride

Based on the true story of a life-changing motorcycle trip for five octogenarian Taiwanese men, this video poses the question, “What do you live for?” That’s as poignant a summation of the reason for motorcycles as any we’ve heard. Update: … Continued

Protects your back, not your bum

Chris from BikeEXIF just sent this over. It’s an email marketing image from a UK retailer of what appears to be dodgy Pakistani bike gear. The first fail is obvious — marketing to a market dominated by men using a … Continued

Ditch the cage, ride a Harley

Most sheeple live in a cage and they don’t even know it. Car payments, mortgage payments, fair trade coffee and v-neck sweaters. Well, they don’t even know it until you ride past and remind them. Your freedom is why they … Continued

Get on a BMW

Evoking the simple act of saddling a motorcycle as an adventure and subtly embracing the superhero image riders subconsciously adopt, these images manage to convey two-wheeled action without resorting to the cliched guy-taking-corner shot. Created for the “Get On” campaign … Continued

Icon + Brammo = roller derby

Hot pants, roller girls, electric motorcycles, fishnets and hot pink motorcycle jackets. If this is wrong, we don’t want to be right. We saw some scans of this photoshoot on Brammofan yesterday and had to reach out to Icon for … Continued

The Hell For Leather FAQ

We get a lot of questions here at HFL and we try to answer all of them. Now, we’ve got a Frequently Asked Questions page full of information on our subscription system, advertising policy and why we make fun of … Continued