Old school biking, with old school drinking, partying, sex, and violence, some of the best early 70's music ever produced..  Everything I thought I wanted as a guy just graduating from high school when I saw this film on the big screen.  I've had a long life journey since then, and when Fonda says to  Hopper "We blew it man" I really understand what that means now.  Drugs and alcohol have been a real dredge on our society, much glorified starting in the  60s and early 70s as everyone was trying to wrap their head around the Vietnam era and the draft.  This movie gives you a real picture of that era even though the war is never mentioned.  It also gives a good analgy of what people hold on to even today as 'Freedom.'  Captain America and Billy.  Lost souls in a lost time, in a lost place, makes for one hek of a good movie.  Especially for nostalgia lovers of the 60s and 70s.