“My life lives inside me… that is what riding an old Harley teaches you.” A quote from the movie that is what “Easy Rider would had been if it were a motorcycle documentary.
The premise of “21 Days Under the Sky” is four friends riding old school Harley Davidson choppers across America and the fun, trouble and adventure they find. By old school I mean vintage Sportsters, Shovel and Knucklehead motorcycles. Their bikes have small tanks and more then a few break downs during their cross-country trip. This film interspaces vintage pictures and film clips from the 1960-70s with the travels and troubles of these friends as they ride US Route 40.
Broken frames, flat tires, running on empty and the age of their motorcycles plague 
the riders. But they also have some great times along the way. Deviating from their planed route they stop by the Bonneville Salt Flats only to find it under a few inches of water. They don’t allow the water to dampen the fun and the ensuing frolic makes for some beautiful and fun photography.
I have to say I loved the cinema photography of 21 Days Under the Sky. But that was offset by the pretentious of the narration. While much of the movie’s narration was perfectly fine there was just enough ostentatious, almost pompous, sections of the script to gag a goat.
At 70 minutes the movie highly compresses their 21 day trip from San Francisco to New York City. If you do the math they really did not ride that far each day, unless you count the time and distance they had to make up for each problem that put them to full stop. It would be very interesting to see what was left on the cutting room floor.
Currently on Netflix, 21 Days Under the Sky is worth your time. Vintage motorcycle, old school choppers, a motorcycle ride across America is a formula for success, right?! I give it 4 out of 5 stars and I will watch it again. Also, remember that this motorcycle movie claims “The next new thing is just ahead”!
I JUST WANT 2 RIDE!! 