{"id":28406,"date":"2012-09-24T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=28406"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:41:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T15:41:31","slug":"long-live-the-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/long-live-the-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Live the Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28407\" title=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2-300x167.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2-624x347.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2-278x154.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2-526x293.jpeg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2-796x444.jpeg 796w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2-572x318.jpeg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been following our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blitz-motorcycles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blitz Motorcycles<\/a> for a while now.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve grown adept &#8211; not only at building nice looking bikes &#8211; but presenting them and their lifestyles with a certain panache.<\/p>\n<p>No surprise then, that the latest cinematic flick that&#8217;s been doing the rounds lately is very nice indeed.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a strangeness at the heart of the work, though.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an off-kilter cultural mashup that astounds and confuses &#8211; are these European cats traversing the rockies or the Alps? 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