Once Upon a Time in SF Chinatown

[@robertrodriguez2412]

You can see the pride on their face riding on their bike they wrenched on. Good stuff!

[@MrGlenLouie]

Thank you!

[@Hughbie66]

I love this ! So amazing. I had no idea there was so much love for the chopper seen over there. ‘Was rather sheltered growing up in the Sunset in the 60s and 70s. Chopper Magazine puts on a great Chopper Rodeo up here in Virginia City Nevada in the summer. Looking forward to seeing you guys up here. Ride hard. Ride Free. Ride Forever

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@Hughbie66 we always enjoy the ride to Virginia city during street vibrations, a wild time

[@greggwolffis7211]

Great video!! Thanks for posting it. It proves that no matter who we are, where we live, what our backgrounds and culture are, the love of riding, building, and customizing bikes bonds us together as brothers!! Ride on!!

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@greggwolffis7211 that is so true whether if it’s about cars or bikes there will always be commonality, true gearheads

[@bigiron8831]

Brother this is one great video,thanks for sharing with us. 🙏

[@MrGlenLouie]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@robnewlee1787]

Thanks for preserving and sharing these awesome pictures. A time before helmet laws, when most bikes were kick start only, flatheads, knuckleheads and panheads ruled the road. It will never be that cool again. But we still have the memories and pics!

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@robnewlee1787 yes you are so right! Thanks!

[@chrisbrady-t1u]

Confucius say--May your vehicles be blessed by a thousand lotus blossoms

[@MrGlenLouie]

Yes our vehicles should be blessed by an official vip just like when new dragon and lions are bought into a performance they are blessed by prayer or by painting red cinnabar

[@papertrail44]

Please keep posting. Love to see more about Azn riders.

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@papertrail44 thanks! Unfortunately only a few oldies floating around but there are some from the 2000’s up

[@leong228]

good stuff, thanks for sharing

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@leong228 thanks 🙏 I hope to post some more when I get a little better at editing my videos, still learning

[@galendea1855]

thanks for putting this together, bring back a lot of memories. I never had a bike but remember guys doing wheelies in front of Gal on Bay St. showing off. I was into hot rods and remember cruising in Chinatown and the Great Highway looking for races. I still have my 69 Camaro but don't look for races anymore. Only races now is with my shopping cart for support at the grocery store! Thanks again for putting this together.

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@galendea1855 yes the good old days, you remember them well. Currently I don’t have a “Hot rod” but I’m always thinking of ways to modify whatever I’m driving, I do still have my bike to bring a smile to my face when I take it out

[@2sc458]

7:57 love that Dragon pin-striping on the tank.

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@2sc458 thank you! I had famous Mooneyes pin striper Wildman hand painted it after my design which I wanted a Chinese Lion head originally 😎🙏

[@2sc458]

@@MrGlenLouie Ohhhh shoot, my bad. Of course it's a Lion. Sorry about that, but beautiful work. It must have been cool cruising around in that work of art!

[@mpista7182]

Thank you !!!

[@seanbaros-qe1rp]

Thank you G Louie!! One time I ran into Chica in my home stat of New Mexico!! It's pretty cool!! I was all star struck!! He seems like a pretty cool dude!!❤️👊❤️👊

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@seanbaros-qe1rp thank you! I’ve seen him as well at one of the local bike shows, I believe it was Hollister, home where the movie The Wild One was made after

[@clintonmurakami3753]

Way cool, aloha from Hawaii

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@clintonmurakami3753 thanks brother! I’ve rented an HD on my last visit to Waikiki it was so fun especially the freedom of not wearing a helmet 🤙

[@Popomomox]

May the gods bring old school Bay back...stronger than ever

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@Popomomox let us hope🙏

[@liljoeDC]

Some Cool History

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@liljoeDC thank you!

[@armandogonzales9304]

Good Job 👍

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@armandogonzales9304 thank you!

[@DG-hb8rh]

Was a machinist /builder in the 1960s my pops told me of Ben chan or chang cal bay area , really good. worked on stuff for racers any history if he has a shop or pass on ?

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@DG-hb8rh sorry I don’t know him, yes in the old days there were many places who did machine work and places to buy speed parts not like it is today. Even there were chrome shops locally, totally different now only online services

[@larrykroger3100]

Dig the Arlen Ness dragbike frame bike with the Honda 750 engine !!

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@larrykroger3100 yes my brother in law had that bike back then, fun bike took it around the block in Oakland, I recall he traded it for a drag boat

[@stevenpierce4359]

Neatly made

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@stevenpierce4359 thank you!

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@stevenpierce4359 thank you!

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@stevenpierce4359 thank you!

[@kevinhaggard-r4c]

Great video! Can you tell me the name of the book in the video, please?

[@MrGlenLouie]

Actually it was a Japanese magazine named Ripper published by Roller magazine, it was available a few years ago and sold out quickly, not sure if they will do a reprint since it done so well. I was happy to be part of the article, it all started when the writer/photographer saw my old photo albums. He then included other friends in the stories

[@davidson2004fatboy]

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[@Cody-se7ee]

Hello! great pics! Would you be interested in being part of an oral history project I'm collecting surrounding motorcycle culture? I would love a unique perspective from an often overlooked community!

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@Cody-se7ee thanks, I’m glad you learned a little bit of the little known history of the chopper culture in the Asian community. I may be interested but it depends on what you need to

[@Cody-se7ee]

@@MrGlenLouie if you shoot me an email, I can tell you about my project and you can tell me if you’re interested. But essentially, I’d just be talking to you about your experiences. I would record the audio and it would be an oral history. You can stay anonymous if you like! I’m actually presenting at a conference here soon, I can tell you about that more if you like!

[@tonypaez8981]

there was a HELLS ANGELS IN THE 60S that was chinese look him up san fran....

[@MrGlenLouie]

@@tonypaez8981 thank you! I’ve read about him but I don’t know him

[@dogsense3773]

I'm 70 years old, in 2022, October car show in Golden Gate Park there was a Chinese guy about 80 years old and wearing his HA colors,my brother in law who would be 86 if still alive, worked on hell angels bikes in the sixties as there bike painter,I would watch him paint, he once told me there was a Chinese hells angel in the city.