Latebirds Invitational & The Moped Documentary

The Latebirds have released the rally trailer for The First Annual Latebirds Invitational

The Los Angeles Latebirds - 1st Annual Latebirds Invitational from Brian Sowell on Vimeo.

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I'll see you guys there, and I'm bringing with me a video crew to film a very special Get Out & Ride Documentary. So make sure you're there if you want to be in a real movie that will go to real film festivals (such as the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival), and when you get there just look for the guys with the cameras we'll be all over the track, stands, and parties the whole weekend.

the LA Times has a piece on the Latebirds

...Pedestrians stop and smile as the riders cruise along Hyperion Avenue toward Hugo's, a taco stand in Atwater Village where they'll load up on horchatas and burritos before swarming up the hills of Griffith Park. Unlike some more fearsome biker gangs, this friendly two-wheeled tribe seems to elicit nothing but warmth from the general public, especially older folk who remember riding the bikes in the '70s.

Even tough-guy bikers seems to have a soft spot for them, based on their mutual obsession with mechanical problem-solving and the unending quest for speed. And there's a natural bond between the moped gangs and such vintage bike gangs as the Cretins (who ride vintage Café Racers) and South Bay skater/bikers the Cycle Zombies.

"We're pretty much the same type of people -- most of those guys get super stoked on us riding mopeds," rider Nik Jung says.

Among this band of brothers is a handful of girls, who plan to start a Girls-Only Moped League. One of them, Jennifer Anderson, was hobbling around Choke on crutches after breaking her femur at a Polini-sponsored moped race in Atwater, in the San Joaquin Valley, a few months ago. She's putting on a brave face, and joins her friends at Hugo's despite her injury. A founding member of the Latebirds, she says the scene has grown to be "bigger than I ever thought it would be."

via the LA Times