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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: MX125B on May 16, 2011, 06:41:37 pm
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Great film
Thought i would share it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9UulCkOltA&feature=player_embedded
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Great find. Love the music. Thanks
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Didn't those boy's have the life. That was great.
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What a superb find, MX125B - thank you
So many good things about these kids' film. Joy - existentialism - freeridin' - creativity - youth - green grass tracks - freedom ....
(http://i1043.photobucket.com/albums/b431/DoggyDigger/hawaiimx1.jpg)
(http://i1043.photobucket.com/albums/b431/DoggyDigger/hawaiimx2.jpg)
(http://i1043.photobucket.com/albums/b431/DoggyDigger/hawaiimx3.jpg)
(http://i1043.photobucket.com/albums/b431/DoggyDigger/hawaiiMX4.jpg)
(http://i1043.photobucket.com/albums/b431/DoggyDigger/hawaiiMX5.jpg)
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Outstanding! It should be required viewing at the Nats or any VMX meet to put the whinging/ers into perspective and to put the proper vibe into the riders. This is why we do this - remember?
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(http://i1043.photobucket.com/albums/b431/DoggyDigger/hawaiiMX5.jpg)
I sometimes wonder what happens to these people ...
http://wealthplanoc.com/new/wealthplanninggroup/content.asp?contentid=2017521926
http://www.hookit.com/members/jimwilk/
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Agreed
this is what riding is all about..having fun
check out the steel bars, Sidi boots and CZ jerseys - all class!
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Outstanding! It should be required viewing at the Nats or any VMX meet to put the whinging/ers into perspective and to put the proper vibe into the riders. This is why we do this - remember?
Its tragic, but your right, where is the fun in arguing about eligibility, get out and ride!
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This in today, from Jim Wilkinson - one of the riders ...
"We did the movie for a novel and film class in High school. We used a Super-8 movie camera
and literally had to cut and scotchtape the film together. We used a reel-to-reel tape recorder
and had to start and stop it to record the music off of vinyl records.
"It was a ton of work but we did get an "A" for effort and for including all the film techniques required.
"The opening shots are at Kahuku MX track ... that is still around today. The Maui shots are on the
backside of Haleakala, across the road from the Pryor and Lindberg estates. We had the privilege of taking
General Lindbergh and Mr. Pryor the ex-president of Pan American Airlines up to the track we made
in the pasture they'd let us use. They told us stories about riding Harleys back in their day.
"We had a great trip and a memorable experience.
"You can check out our riding today on my You Tube Jimwilk3 or with my boys by looking up
Slick Off Road Wash.
"Oh and the bikes. They were all good bikes. 400 Maico, my bike a 400 husky, 250 CZ, and
two 125 Pentons. I now ride a 09 KTM 250 xcw and a KTM 450 dual sport.
- Aloha Jim"
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Thats made my day....bought back a few memories of similar antics a few years after theirs.....10 outa 10.
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;D This is why I still ride, the fun of it. This film bought back the early 70s ,long arvo's after school in the pine forest over the road dodging the cops on there 750 4s . :D . Great find .
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Yep....I think we've all lived what those fellas were living. That's why we're all so well adjusted today ;D.
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Thats made my day....bought back a few memories of similar antics a few years after theirs.....10 outa 10.
Yes now if only someone would return my VHS tape of the Factory Suzuki's winning all those World Champs I lent to him 10 years ago I could have even more memories ...... ;)
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I still have nightmares over where that went....I'm sure the kids taped over it.....I think I have it on DVD now......we have moved forward since you left for the 5 cents a day sweathouse.
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I still have nightmares over where that went....I'm sure the kids taped over it.....I think I have it on DVD now......we have moved forward since you left for the 5 cents a day sweathouse.
No I went to China not America
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0803-02.htm
Am I reading right, is you losing my tape my fault somehow? I really not give a toss JT, it's only a bloody movie and won't change my life - lets not get off on the wrong foot hey, dream sweetly of CZ's ;)
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This just came in from another of the Hawaiian riders of 73:
We made the film (original was a super 8 camera), back in early 1973 as a high school Novel and Film class project.
My best friend at the time, (Jim Wilkinson), is pretty much the star of the film as he is in most of the shots, (driving the green Datsun pick-up and riding the yellow Maico). I was kind of the producer / director, although I did manage to get in a few pics of myself, (the Husky rider). We were deep into dirt biking back then, riding most weekends, and racing when a race was held, (which was not that often, maybe 4-6 times/year). The first few minutes of footage were taken at the local MX park in the foothills above Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, (the park still exists today).
Back then, the state and military agreed to set aside a large parcel of land where we could ride legally without being harassed by the “grunts”, (our slang for the military). Before the park was created, we used to sneak into “Army-Land” and ride the Kahuku jeep trails and single tracks, until eventually being chased off by the officers in their WWII style jeeps.
The grandfather of another close friend, (Ted Pryor – 10 speed bicycle and 125 Penton), owned an absolutely beautiful piece of property south of Hana, Maui, (Kipahulu), which is where the bulk of the shots were taken. Grandpa Pryor was a gem of an old guy, a little eccentric maybe as he raised gibbons on his acreage and had a sort of jungle with many exotic plants and trees, (almost like Africa or South America). Their primary home overlooked an awesome waterfall – we had several suppers in the early evening in their dining gazebo that hung over a cliff listening to the roar of the fresh water falls as they cascaded below – the fine mist of the falls would gently caress our faces.
The guest lodge where we stayed was nestled at the edge of the property below the main house, about a stone’s throw from the ocean and next to the same stream as the falls above that merged into the Pacific. We could hear the ocean at night crash upon the rocks and the breeze would come in through the screened windows. Grandpa Pryor had a famous neighbor, we called him the “General”. He was known to the world however as Charles Lindberg, the aviator. The general was a very kind and soft spoken man. He did some of the camera work that is in the film and is the one driving the jeep, (you can’t see him though, which is just as well).
We made our little MX track above Grandpa Pryor’s place on the green lower slopes of Haleakala. Although we loved riding on the grass, it was a different experience, lots of traction. At the time we sort of complained as we missed the sliding that we were accustomed to in the dirt. After riding for the day, we would head back to our guest lodge and stop to swim at a private, hidden little pool that had a small cave behind the falls.
All in all, it was an unforgettable time and certainly the most fun Easter break I have ever had.
One of the things I most enjoy when watching the film is the music – you don’t hear much Traffic or Moody Blues these days.
Jimmy now operates a roofing and home remodeling company in Hawaii.
Ted manages an insurance firm in Connecticut.
The CZ rider, Andy Knight, is a dentist ... and I am a financial advisor in California.
Not sure about Andy, but the rest of us mid-50 year olds still get out and ride today.
Much Aloha!
Karl Dimler
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Amazing, small world as they say!
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That's a great little film that. Definitely captures the spirit of the times doesn't it? Those guys were pretty smooth riders too, and some decent air on old clunkers with 2" of travel! Glad you got the comments from the guys themselves Roger, it adds a dimension to the film to hear their thoughts and know that they are still riding.
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Somebody please name the third track for me.Its driving me nuts, I know it but can't remember it.I got the others no prob.