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Title: Motorcycle/motorcycling based movies.
Post by: Tim754 on April 06, 2011, 11:06:17 pm
Following on from some recent other threads, I (and hopefully others  :)) would enjoy it if you could list any motorcycle based movies you know of.  From sublime (On any Sunday or Worlds fastest ethnic sub continent dweller) to total warthog shit .... oh boy is that' a far longer list* .... Go for it refresh tired brains ;) Cheers Tim754

* Secretly we all have a dunger bike movie or two that we enjoy don't we..... ;D
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Post by: Mick D on April 06, 2011, 11:17:40 pm
I thought easy rider was pretty average. It really warmed up in the last scene though 8)

Sought of reminds me of life a bit.

Just when you think everything is going "just fine".........Karfuginblamoe.
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Post by: Tim754 on April 06, 2011, 11:30:56 pm
 Yep Chopper/Biker based movies could have a whole  rancid cess pool subsection all to themselves.  ;)
How about the first movie featuring the  "Billy Jack" character, yes it was a naughty, bad person biker movie called.....??? then of course the actual "Billy Jack' movies came along..enough said :D


GOT IT .... Billy Jack is a "half-breed" American Cherokee Indian Green Beret Vietnam War veteran, hapkido master, and gunslinger. The character made his début in The Born Losers (1967), a "biker film" about a motorcycle gang terrorizing a California town; Billy Jack rises to the occasion to defeat the gang by defending a college student who has evidence against them for gang rapes.


"Then came Bronson" TV series was a must watch for a young Tim754 ;)
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Post by: Mick D on April 06, 2011, 11:47:13 pm
And if you have a Z9 in the lock-up, well it would be a pretty standard accessory to have Stone in your DVD collection.

Don't know who was doing the wheelies in that movie, but he was pretty handy though.
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Post by: JAP 454 on April 07, 2011, 06:43:44 am
And if you have a Z9 in the lock-up, well it would be a pretty standard accessory to have Stone in your DVD collection.

Don't know who was doing the wheelies in that movie, but he was pretty handy though.
Craig Brown.
Foss
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Post by: JAP 454 on April 07, 2011, 07:03:53 am
Here ya go Mick-de
(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab106/JAP454/Stone.jpg)

Foss
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Post by: Mike52 on April 07, 2011, 07:29:10 am
Not M/cycle based but Freebie and the Bean had some nice trials riding in it using a Montessa Cota.
 :)
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Post by: GMC on April 07, 2011, 11:12:36 am
Wild Hogs – a bit clichéd but it gave me a few chuckles anyway.



Funny how when you check out an old movie that you thought was really scary or really good only to find they haven’t stood the test of time and they are actually quite lame.

So how does a movie that you thought was pretty bad in the day stack up now.

Little Faus and Big Halsy falls into the category of pretty bad the first time I saw it so it will be interesting to see it again to see what I think now.
Rumour has it that Drakie has secured this movie for the film night at HBBB

“I was going the fastest I ever went in my whole life……
And then I fell off”
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Post by: Marc.com on April 07, 2011, 02:11:29 pm
Worlds Fastest Indian ... probably one of the best

Personnel favourite Stonecold

(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/bobbybakeriv/StoneCold2.jpg)
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Post by: Mick D on April 07, 2011, 02:34:40 pm
Worlds Fastest Indian ... probably one of the best

My favorite :D I'll drink to that. Well I will again, one day.

The Man from Invercargill.
(http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/mc125mick/burt-1.jpg?t=1301555075)

A dead set legend of a man.



 

 
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Post by: smed on April 07, 2011, 05:05:33 pm
 I seen this movie years ago called "Dirt Bike Bangers" It started out at as a desert race , all the bikes were early seventies huskies,pentons & hodakas, pretty soon after the start two or three of the bikes broke down in the middle of the desert so the riders went to a farmhouse which happened to be located conveniently nearby,when they knocked on the door who should answer but a hot scantily clad chick who invited them inside for a drink,when they got inside they discovered there were two more hot chicks, Well one thing led to another & they all ended up F@&#ing like mink (Yeah you guessed it,XXXX porn),after all the loving was done they miraculously repaired there bikes & finished the race,dunno how they placed in the race. 3/10 motorcycle content.10/10 porn ;)
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Post by: matcho mick on April 07, 2011, 05:21:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICnTyLmZbZw&feature=related
bugger!,timed out ::),

it was "Watchout,We're mad", terrance stamp movie,bad guys on ossas,think the good guys were on RT450's, :P
Title: Re: Motorcycle/motorcycling based movies.
Post by: GD66 on April 07, 2011, 06:42:50 pm
And if you have a Z9 in the lock-up, well it would be a pretty standard accessory to have Stone in your DVD collection.

Don't know who was doing the wheelies in that movie, but he was pretty handy though.
Craig Brown.
Foss



And Brian Martin.  8)
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Post by: Marc.com on April 07, 2011, 06:47:37 pm
Nobody mentioned the most famous bike movie of all times, and before the ill informed anti Harley ranting starts there were dirtbikes smuggling cash in their tanks at the start.

(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc55/holmestbird_photos/easyrider.jpg)
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Post by: Marc.com on April 07, 2011, 06:52:15 pm
So while you bloody Aussies were waxing nostalgic on bloody Stone you forgot the biggest dirt bike movie of all time ;D ;D

(http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq51/Teresabowers/Steve-McQueen-Rolex-Sports-Illustra.jpg)
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Post by: Marc.com on April 07, 2011, 07:00:33 pm
Or the movie that spawned modern motocross, warm up your Tatoo guns, book your ticket to A&E, be followed around by hot women in a hot desert :o

(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/tuturuga2/Crustydemons13.jpg)
Title: Re: Motorcycle/motorcycling based movies.
Post by: Mick D on April 07, 2011, 07:06:59 pm
Nobody mentioned the most famous bike movie of all times, and before the ill informed anti Harley ranting starts there were dirtbikes smuggling cash in their tanks at the start.

(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc55/holmestbird_photos/easyrider.jpg)

Hoy, what's this?

I thought easy rider was pretty average. It really warmed up in the last scene though 8)

Sought of reminds me of life a bit.

Just when you think everything is going "just fine".........Karfuginblamoe.

Sounds like your grey matter might benefit from this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbATaj7Il8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbATaj7Il8)
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Post by: Marc.com on April 07, 2011, 07:17:55 pm

Hoy, what's this?

Man maybe i was just too excited by Steve McQueen giving rissoles to the Husky with no shirt on.... in the good ole days before safety was invented.

Favourite dirt bike movie actor ..... Seth Onslow ??

(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q300/ameagleguy/seth.jpg)


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Post by: crash n bern on April 07, 2011, 07:24:15 pm
Don't forget the movie that started it all.

The Wild one with Lee Marvin and Marlon Brando.

Still a good movie and worth watching.
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Post by: JAP 454 on April 07, 2011, 07:27:47 pm
And if you have a Z9 in the lock-up, well it would be a pretty standard accessory to have Stone in your DVD collection.

Don't know who was doing the wheelies in that movie, but he was pretty handy though.
Craig Brown.
Foss

And Brian Martin.  8)
Yep and Brian Martin , I'd forgotten that, must be old age or something. !!
Title: Re: Motorcycle/motorcycling based movies.
Post by: GD66 on April 07, 2011, 07:31:30 pm
The Mechanic

The Leather Boys

Sidecar Racers

Silver Dream Racer

No Limits


and we're scratching... ;)
Title: Re: Motorcycle/motorcycling based movies.
Post by: Lozza on April 07, 2011, 07:37:41 pm
The shocker the late Barry Sheene starred in Space Riders
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Post by: GD66 on April 07, 2011, 07:58:01 pm
  :D Now, that IS scratching... :D

Jeez, that was a stinker.... ::)
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Post by: Mike52 on April 07, 2011, 07:58:52 pm
Or the movie that spawned modern motocross, warm up your Tatoo guns, book your ticket to A&E, be followed around by hot women in a hot desert :o

(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/tuturuga2/Crustydemons13.jpg)
Any bikes in that Marc?
Cause when I went to see them all they did was rabbit/rabbit/rabbit.
Nearly got chucked out for telling the commentator  to SHUT UP.
Paid to see bikes not to listen to some yank rabbit on. :)
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Post by: ba-02-xr on April 07, 2011, 08:46:39 pm
When I was a kid there was "The Dirt Bike Kid". From memory it was soso.
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Post by: VMX247 on April 07, 2011, 08:49:50 pm
CC & Company 68 Scrambler starring Ann Magaret and Joe Namuth....HBBB friday night 23rd April..plus a date with George Hamilton's Evil Kneivel...... :P
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Post by: huskibul on April 07, 2011, 09:16:01 pm
    I picked up a double dvd with "CC and Company" starring Joe Namath as CC RYDER and Ann Margret,  it's got some great old 60's scrambles footage in the US and "Evel Knievel "starring George Hamilton both movie's are kinda corny - good for a laugh! another good one to look out for is "Dust To Glory" by Dana Brown about the BAHA 1000 -some great footage and comentary similar to on any sunday  ;)  ps just beat me too it A
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Post by: Marc.com on April 07, 2011, 09:20:13 pm

Any bikes in that Marc?
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The Crusty Demons original movies set the style and taught the whole next generation how to ride a motorcycle properly

(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad332/funrockerz/stunts/1-1.jpg).
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Post by: Marc.com on April 07, 2011, 09:30:35 pm
But really for the last decade it has been about TV and motorcycles in the media and public perception of motorcycling has been defined  by three pure genius's ;D

(http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o55/Jesterx22x/ImageServer2.jpg)
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Post by: LWC82PE on April 07, 2011, 09:42:59 pm
Some to entertain the kids

Winners take all (1987)
The Dirt Bike Kid (1985)
Motocrossed (2001)
Motocross Kids (2004)
Supercross (2005)
Title: Re: Motorcycle/motorcycling based movies.
Post by: pancho on April 07, 2011, 10:07:42 pm
 Who remembers the TV show called 'The Trouble Shooters', starring an old pre unit T100 being being sqirted around the scenery by Keenan Wynn?
 cheers
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Post by: SAABCOMBI on April 07, 2011, 10:59:27 pm
You have forgotten another movie, called Warm December, staring Sydney Pointer racing a BSA B50 in England. plus you see other top scrambler racing too.
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Post by: GMC on April 07, 2011, 11:33:00 pm
Yes Dust to Glory was a great movie.

and for scraping the barrel how about Roustabout with Elvis
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Post by: GD66 on April 07, 2011, 11:53:32 pm
Ah ! On the Honda CB77 !  :o
Title: Re: Motorcycle/motorcycling based movies.
Post by: Marc.com on April 08, 2011, 06:47:14 am
how about his for s hit kicker of a movie F^%kin A .... even better it features the 3rd most famous Harley in the world

(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss339/mikeandholly46952/harley-davidson-the-marlboro-man-wa.jpg)

Plus for all those guys who like Z1000 I am trowing in another TV show
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(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m25/crupp_2006/Chips.jpg)
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Post by: Marc.com on April 08, 2011, 06:51:24 am
then Jay Springsteen turns up in a few episode and Eric Estrada launches a successful porn career... just magic

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/duggerjb/chips.jpg)
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Post by: Marc.com on April 08, 2011, 06:55:40 am
Motorcycle Diaries, finally even Che a toughened revolutionary gets a guts full of pushing the Norton and they sell it for two bus tickets.... definitely the producers nailed the British motorcycling experience

(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n160/supertuxx/motorcyclediaries_01_215.gif)
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Post by: DR on April 08, 2011, 07:37:10 am
No-one has mentioned Mad Max..the Goose was my favorite. MFP to gosling 1 ;D
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Post by: Davey Crocket on April 08, 2011, 07:39:49 am
What about "The Great Escape" you homo's and another good one to watch if you have time (alot of time) is those 2 pommy poofters on the Beemer's crossing through Europe....now who wouldnt like to do a trip like that.....a well set up TT500 would be the go!!! ;D.....a TT/HL/Adventure bike....now thats something to think about. 8)
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Post by: DR on April 08, 2011, 09:11:00 am
Quote..you homo's Unquote ::)

Now Davey Tite, you also state you love TM William also and I have a very compromising picture of you and Mr Stephanie Gall oops, Stephan I meant, at the last Classic Dirt ..is there some underlying little secret you'd like to share with us all? :-X  :D
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Post by: firko on April 08, 2011, 10:30:33 am
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/fauss.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/sidewinder1.jpg)
I've previously posted about the above two movies on another thread. Despite being lemons they're arguably still the best movies with an MX based storyline Hollywood's pumped out.

I'm old enough to remember a TV series called 'Then Came Bronson' that was on our telly's back in '69/'70.
The storyline has Micheal Parks starring as Jim Bronson riding around America on his Harley Sportster. Evey week he'd be in another town solving another mystery or saving some young flower child from the evils of drugs. It was a surprisingly good series but was a little too out there for staid old sixties Australian tastes. I've seen a couple of episodes on DVD in recent times and it scrubs up a lot better than other stuff from the era. Bud Ekins did most of the stunt work and that tosser Charlie Sheen's dad Martin Sheen starred in the pilot as a bad guy.
        (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/bronson.jpg)
http://www.thencamebronson.com/frames01.htm (http://www.thencamebronson.com/frames01.htm)
http://iwblogger.com/2009/then-came-bronson-40-year-reunion/ (http://iwblogger.com/2009/then-came-bronson-40-year-reunion/)
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Post by: Lozza on April 08, 2011, 10:39:43 am
Can you guess who funded the Mickey Rourke/Don Johnston stinker?
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Post by: Marc.com on April 08, 2011, 10:51:54 am
Can you guess who funded the Mickey Rourke/Don Johnston stinker?

errrr is their name mentioned in the title  ;D .... surely the MoCo would not resort to product placement. Does this mean 'Wild Hogs' may have had an American Motorcycle maker pitching in.

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Post by: EML on April 08, 2011, 06:12:48 pm
And here I always thought that I had dreamed Then Came Bronson. Nobody but me could ever remember it. It was on telly in the avos, just before I had to go and feed the calves, in fact mum would be yelling at me to "stop watching that shit and go and feed the bloody calves" Jeez, I can her her now and shes been gone 10 yrs or more.
So, where can I get a copy or two???
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Post by: Tim754 on April 08, 2011, 06:26:36 pm
So, where can I get a copy or two???
                                                 Rumors of a box set of complete series run coming. ;)
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Post by: smed on April 08, 2011, 06:27:19 pm
If we are talk'n tv shows as well how could we forget good old Arthur Fonzarelli,I seem to recall an episode where the Fonz was going to do a death defying jump but i can't recall if he did it or chickened out,anyone remember? When Happy Days was current i thought he was so cool " HEYYYYY". I have recently seen some old episodes & now to me he is mega cringeworthy  :-[
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Post by: firko on April 08, 2011, 06:48:03 pm
Quote
So, where can I get a copy or two???
As Tim says, I'm almost certain you can get it as a boxed set. The episode I saw last year was a part of a boxed set my cousin had been given as a gift. Try Google and see what comes up.
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Post by: Curly3 on April 08, 2011, 07:36:25 pm
Hey marc, was Jay Springsteen an extra or one of the main characters in Chips?
Bruce Penhall replaced the blonde guy late in the shows life.
C'mon Smed, there's nothing cringeworthy about the Fonz, it's just a TV show of another era. ;) ;D
I found Steve Irwin embarrasing at first, until I found out an old mate of mine knew him well and I met him myself, " Enthusiastic " is what I would call him.
I think there is an old movie called the Wild Colonial Boy, made in the 50's about Speedway in England.
Any movie set around bikes is cool by me, as long as they don't put a 2 stroke engine noise for a 4 stroke bike.
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Post by: DR on April 08, 2011, 07:48:08 pm
Smed, Arthur Fonzarelli cleared the trash cans but he crashed into Arnolds Chicken stand. The next few episodes were about his buggered knee and the Cunningham's trying to get him back onto his feet again with series of supposed incidents one of which Richie looked out the window and shouted his bike was on fire! truly funny stuff! :D
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Post by: JAP 454 on April 08, 2011, 07:58:04 pm
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I think there is an old movie called the Wild Colonial Boy, made in the 50's about Speedway in England.
Hey , Slides, you're not thinking of  " Once a Jolly Swagman " are you ?
It starred Dirk Bogard as Jim Fox , an up and coming speedway rider and Sid James as the Speedway Team Manager, I think the team was called the Cobras, some good early bike to bike shots and the sound track included the sound of Jim Fox's skid shoe as he walked away from the medical room where the injured Aussie was, corny, but not bad for it's day
I've got a videotape of it.
Foss
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Post by: Curly3 on April 08, 2011, 08:02:06 pm
I knew I was wrong, was it set in Brum there Foss?
Sid James, it should've been called, Carry on round n round.
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Post by: JAP 454 on April 08, 2011, 08:07:58 pm
It was set up north somewhere , I think, although the accents on most actors was a bit posh fer Brumagem, except the Yank rider,  maybe Brum, as the crowd was singing " On Ilkley Moor Bar Tat ",  at one stage .
I have a feeling that the Aussie character was based loosely on Bluey Wilkinson.
Foss
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Post by: GD66 on April 08, 2011, 08:53:47 pm
I always understood the character was based on Ron Johnson. New Cross stadium, where it was filmed, is in London.
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Post by: Curly3 on April 08, 2011, 09:22:54 pm
Hey Foss, there is some good footage from the movie on youtube.
Even closeup's of the Cricket Gloves they used to wear.
Interesting to hear how low revving the engines were back then and there isn't a lot of difference in lap times between now & then.
Different track surfaces ( Shale V Dirt ) makes a hell of a difference, if you were riding one of todays bikes on an old surface, you'd be lucky to make it round the first corner without bouncing off the fence.
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Post by: JAP 454 on April 08, 2011, 09:41:43 pm
Hey Slides,
I might ask old mate in Bathurst to copy the videotape to DVD, I'll send ya a copy when I get it done
Even closeup's of the Cricket Gloves they used to wear.
Interesting to hear how low revving the engines were back then and there isn't a lot of difference in lap times between now & then.
Different track surfaces ( Shale V Dirt ) makes a hell of a difference, if you were riding one of todays bikes on an old surface, you'd be lucky to make it round the first corner without bouncing off the fence.
When the ACU made us wear gloves , in the 60's , those cricket gloves were the first ones I had !!
and Yeah, the old long rod 5 stud JAPs were something else as far as torque went, pull ya arms out ,had one at Tralee, in that Paul Sly skids frame, all the bastard thing wanted to do was wheelstand on the hard surface, was all right in the Elstar on short circuit ,though , The 4B and 84s were a different kettle of fish, ya had to ride the 84s flat out if there was lots of drive, mind you , the 4B with 84s piston was a good motor !!
Foss
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Post by: Davey Crocket on April 08, 2011, 10:34:03 pm
What about the "Terminator"....I'll be baacck. 8)....got ya 2 stroke sound on the 4 stroke bike there (kids XR100).
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Post by: DR on April 09, 2011, 06:34:39 am
Davey, that really annoyed the heck out of me and detracted the whole deal somewhat. Same as Mad Max in the US and Canada. When I was over there I hired 'The Road Warror' aka Mad Max and the whole deal had been remixed using US voice overs. I was told they did it because Americans couldn't understand our accent :D funny, I never once had a single issue communicating in 3 trips and the months I spent there ::) to say I was a little dissappointed was an understatement as it turned the entire film to A grade crap ;)
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Post by: EML on April 09, 2011, 08:39:40 am
Speaking of Ron Johnson, does anybody lnow where to find his daughter. She was last heard of in Brisbane doing some ice skating or something like that. I would like to find her before the Sidecar Spectacular as there is a special something there.
Also Bob Johnston, now in Sydney I believe, would like him to commentate but have no contact details.
Sorry for the thread heist.
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Post by: JAP 454 on April 09, 2011, 09:29:05 am
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Also Bob Johnston, now in Sydney I believe, would like him to commentate but have no contact details.
Sorry for the thread heist.
PM sent
Foss
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Post by: Davey Crocket on April 09, 2011, 09:40:12 am
Hey Vaughn, are you getting Vern over for a ride?....say Gidday for me....
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Post by: crash n bern on April 09, 2011, 09:43:48 am
If we are talk'n tv shows as well how could we forget good old Arthur Fonzarelli,I seem to recall an episode where the Fonz was going to do a death defying jump but i can't recall if he did it or chickened out,anyone remember? When Happy Days was current i thought he was so cool " HEYYYYY". I have recently seen some old episodes & now to me he is mega cringeworthy  :-[

I saw an interview with the Fonz back in the day and he said he was scared of motorcyles.  They pushed him out on a Harley sportster in an early episode and he fell over so they got him a lighter Triumph.  Kind of burst the bubble for me as a kid.
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Post by: crash n bern on April 09, 2011, 09:56:39 am
What about Race with the devil with Peter Fonda were they had two KX 250's on the back of a camper van that they rode around the desert before they were chased by devil worshippers.  Saw it in the cinemas and found a copy years later.

Then came Bronson is available as a boxed set.  Google it.

There was also a great movie with David Carridine where he was broken down under a bridge trying to fix a chopper and befriends an abused kid on a bicycle.  Can't remember the name of the movie but it was a good one.


There's also The mask with Cher which was a good movie.

And as an adolescent boy who can forget the naked girl on the Honda in Vanishing point. She was the talk of the school yard the next day.
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Post by: Husky70 on April 09, 2011, 10:33:28 am
Girl on a Motorcycle - Marianne Faithfull - fwwooooar....  :P
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Post by: Davey Crocket on April 09, 2011, 11:41:27 am
Argh yes Vanishing Point......one of my all time favorites.....gotta love a pistol grip Challenger.....one day.
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Post by: pancho on April 09, 2011, 12:07:08 pm
Hey Foss! I want a copy too! cheers pancho
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Post by: SAABCOMBI on April 09, 2011, 12:20:02 pm
What about the Machanic starring Charles Bronson, a big chase on 69 Husky 360 or 400.
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Post by: jimg1au on April 09, 2011, 03:01:34 pm
easy rider is on foxtell
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Post by: pancho on April 09, 2011, 04:37:48 pm
got your message macca
 cheers pancho
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Post by: lama on April 09, 2011, 06:56:39 pm
i had a copy of a doco called three go mad in europe ???? about jeff smith ,dave nicoll and someone else good veiwing but some barstard nicked it
 >:( >:( >:(
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Post by: GD66 on April 09, 2011, 07:59:50 pm
What about the Machanic starring Charles Bronson, a big chase on 69 Husky 360 or 400.


Yes, and be warned !! If you go over a cliff on a Husky, when you plummet to your death the bike will explode !!  :D
Title: Re: Motorcycle/motorcycling based movies.
Post by: Lozza on April 09, 2011, 10:53:48 pm
If we are talk'n tv shows as well how could we forget good old Arthur Fonzarelli,I seem to recall an episode where the Fonz was going to do a death defying jump but i can't recall if he did it or chickened out,anyone remember?

You might be interest you to know that end-of-season cliffhanger gave rise to the idiom JUMPING THE SHARK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark)
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Post by: VMX247 on May 04, 2011, 01:11:08 pm
 :D  What a HOOT...remember Terrance Hill and Bud Spencer   :D
 
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/WATCH-OUT-WERE-MAD-Hill-Biker-Original-Poster-47x63-/230614809617?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b1b6bc11
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Post by: cyclegod on May 04, 2011, 01:36:41 pm
:D  What a HOOT...remember Terrance Hill and Bud Spencer   :D

I do  ;D love the Ossa vs. Ducati's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Az12yzKAQw
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Post by: mx250 on May 05, 2011, 08:16:53 pm
(http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn458/mx250syd/bin%20gone/Movie/66228.jpg)

Big bad Marlon (Both feet down ::) :D)
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Post by: mx250 on May 06, 2011, 02:39:03 pm
(http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn458/mx250syd/YDS5/out_of_sight.jpg)

A movie (probably d grade ::)) from back in the day when gay meant bright and colorful ;). ;D (Although in this context it could be either  ;D - thank God it's not a colour pixie :P)

Starring a YDS5C or YM2C of course  8) (the heads are different).
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Post by: Tim754 on May 06, 2011, 08:02:30 pm
MX250 that is.... real class ......above :D
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Post by: Curly3 on May 06, 2011, 09:06:54 pm
Has anyone mentioned, Sidecar Boy's, I think it was called?
My cousins were in it, the Black Sheep of the family.
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Post by: mx250 on May 07, 2011, 06:27:01 am
MX250 that is.... real class ......above :D
...anything with a sidecar is Class hey Tim  ;D.
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Post by: mx250 on May 07, 2011, 06:35:38 am
Has anyone mentioned, Sidecar Boy's, I think it was called?
My cousins were in it, the Black Sheep of the family.
Of course -  it must be the Alzheimer - I starred in the Sidecar Boys as well.

(Well actually, I was in the background for 3 seconds  ::) - I haven't had my mandatory full 15minutes yet. I'll probably have to specify my funeral procession to cross the Harbour Bridge in peak hour to complete my quota. :-[)
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Post by: mx250 on May 10, 2011, 08:16:53 am
Who's this Actor? Made a career of acting bad guy/evil bastard.

(And to keep it VMX; what bike is he on; make, model and year ;D.)

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Post by: EML on May 10, 2011, 08:51:18 am
Aermacchi/Harley 350?? Barry Boxhead was his name-by the looks of him.
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Post by: cyclegod on May 10, 2011, 08:54:41 am
Chuck Connors?
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Post by: pancho on May 10, 2011, 09:51:35 am
 Chuck Connors, yes, it looks to me like the 'Rifle man' anyhow.

 cheers pancho.
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Post by: micks on May 10, 2011, 03:04:35 pm
slides do you mean the sidecar racers? an aussie movie.it has made it in the list, on one of the pages but it didn`t get talked about alot.
well mx 250 a deceased mate had a part longer than 3 seconds in it.ron hurdis of hrd sidecars and a couple of race mates are in the open shoots filmed at amaroo dirt track.
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Post by: Tim754 on May 10, 2011, 03:10:25 pm
Have the DVD of "The Sidecar racers" a true Aussie gem................ :D  It sits in my cabinet between the other lost classics  "Running on Empty" and  "Midnight Spares"  Cheers Tim754  ;)
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Post by: EML on May 10, 2011, 04:03:07 pm
must be time for a remake of 'sidecar racers' by now.
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Post by: pancho on May 10, 2011, 06:11:33 pm
 I'm always interested in cyclegods' posts .Don't know why but I just keep checking them. [Maybe it reminds me of some past experience!]
 cheers pancho.
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Post by: mx250 on May 10, 2011, 09:43:19 pm
slides do you mean the sidecar racers? an aussie movie.it has made it in the list, on one of the pages but it didn`t get talked about alot.
well mx 250 a deceased mate had a part longer than 3 seconds in it.ron hurdis of hrd sidecars and a couple of race mates are in the open shoots filmed at amaroo dirt track.

In deed it was Sidecar Racer Mick...

(http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn458/mx250syd/bin%20gone/Movie/P1010901.jpg)

Must be early onset Alzheimer's ::).

I was at Amaroo for that sidecar scene. What was suppose to happen was the camera would pan from an MX race to an altercation on the side of the track between Ben Murphy and one of the other characters. I was one of the MX'ers in the background racing scene.

The only problem was that Ben Murphy couldn't remember or string together more then two words at a time . So we did the shot time and time  again. We had a great old time and had bit of an insight into the film industry. (The stars are not as clever, smart, sophisticated or as debonaire as they would like you to think. They need a good script writer to look smart and make up, a good camera angle and multiple takes to look debonaire ;) :P).

The sidecars were props for the scene with the sidecar boys lounging around the sidecars watching the two characters punch it out. Ron was undoubtedly one of those 'lounging'.

Synopsis of Sidecar Racers

In this lively sports drama, Jeff Rayburn has no direction in his life since he competed in the Olympic games as a swimmer. The American had been simply bumming around Australia until he teamed up with biker Dave Ferguson and began sidecar racing. When not involved in racing, the two tussle for the love of the wealthy heiress Lynn Carson. While Ferguson is a nice fellow, he is notorious for taking risks that endanger the lives of his partners. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Sidecar Racers

    Ben Murphy - Jeff Rayburn
    John Clayton - Dave Ferguson
    John Meillon - Ocker
    Peter Gwynne - Rick Horton
    Paul Bertram - Bob Horton
    Brian James Anderson - Store Detective
    Liddy Clark - Cashier

    Wendy Hughes - Lynn Carson
    Peter Graves - Carson
    John Derum - Pete McAllister
    Serge Lazareff - Bluey Wilson
    Patrick Ward - Tex Wilson
    Anna-Maria Winchester - Marlene


Director(s):    Earl Bellamy

Writer(s):    Jon Cleary

Producer(s):    Richard Irving

Theatrical MPAA Rating:    PG(Suitable for Children)

Looking for special editions of Sidecar Racers?    See All Versions

Subtitles:    Check All Versions

Closed Captioning:    Check All Versions
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Post by: Curly3 on May 10, 2011, 10:06:59 pm
That'd be the one Micks, I stand corrected.
Ron Hurdis was one of the gun's around that time and I do remember the wooden acting.
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Post by: micks on May 10, 2011, 10:24:22 pm
mx 250/slides i was told it was going to be called the sidecars boys but they went with sidecar racers. so it may not been the oldtimers. ron had that print and another one like it framed and hanging in his back room.
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Post by: mx250 on May 11, 2011, 12:24:30 am
mx 250/slides i was told it was going to be called the sidecars boys but they went with sidecar racers. so it may not been the oldtimers. ron had that print and another one like it framed and hanging in his back room.
Ah, that makes sense - I was soooo sure that it was called Sidecar Boys. It was probably referred to as Sidecar Boys on the set etc.
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Post by: Curly3 on May 11, 2011, 07:29:12 am
That's where I got it from as well, cousins Kenny & Laurie used to refer to it as Sidecar Boys.
Obviously changed for U.S. consumption.
Don't panic Graeme, we've still got our marbles, I think.
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Post by: cheapracer on May 12, 2011, 08:58:43 pm
Not a very well known but this is a brilliant docco on Motocross in the 70's with some of the worlds biggest stars at the time - in 5 or 6 parts, look for the related links below the main screen.

http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/DVfBRoij2Nsfik/motocross
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Post by: mx250 on July 07, 2011, 06:40:56 pm
(http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn458/mx250syd/wacky/JohnWayne.jpg)
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Post by: Tim754 on September 28, 2011, 09:35:30 pm
Started pulling more of my dwindling hair out again... Searching for a name or copy of a dreadful late 60s movie about a group of "American bikers" sent to Vietnam. They lob there and are presented with a fresh pack of Yamaha CT and DTs Trailies to ride ;) Was thinking it was named The Born Losers  but that is the "Billy Jack' Prequel. Cheers Tim754
 
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Post by: Tim754 on October 11, 2011, 11:12:35 am
Answering my own questions again again... movie title I was looking for is just "Losers" Have found it and ohh boy is it crappy ;) but those sparkling new DT1 250s and CT1s  :D Cheers.
Oh another couple of doozies.. Rick Shroeder rides the standard weird movie sounding XR in "Over the Edge' and  ditto strange sounds in Chop socky movie "China O'Brien"
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Post by: pancho on October 11, 2011, 04:36:20 pm
 As is common with movie making the 'working title' of the movie eventually called
'Sidecar Racers' was 'Sidecar Boys'. I suspect 'Sidecar Boys' sounded allright to those in the Aussie audience but would be a bit confusing to 'non colonials'.
 I remember watching the crash scene stunt work being filmed at Bathurst during my annual pillgrammige and not being to impressed with the finished movie.
cheers
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Post by: number 87 on October 12, 2011, 10:44:50 am
Silver Dream Racer - Shit English filum with a bit of late 70's GP footage.
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Post by: GMC on October 13, 2013, 07:25:39 pm
Although it's not motorcycle related and nor am I all that interested in Formula 1 but I saw Rush last night and thought it to be an excellent movie, even the wife enjoyed it.
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Post by: Iain Cameron on October 13, 2013, 09:05:41 pm
One chance to win 1975 is a good doco type film . Iain
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Post by: Sorelegs11 on October 14, 2013, 09:21:42 am
Love the cool outfit with the midget, sorry vertically challenged bloke in the chair.
I'd be lookin that happy too if I had the magic wand driving me around.  ;)

Shit I almost forgot about Elvis peddalling around on the honda twin in one of his hero roles.
Just love those trailer scenes.  ;D
Could never understand why he couldn't ride and play guitar at the same time.
He seemed to br able to pull off every other trick known to man.

What about the Black Widows in Every which way but loose.