Sucker For Nostalgia
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NQ1965
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I do vaguely remember that. Dukes of Hazard takes us WAY back.
We'll have to dig for that one.
NQ1965
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I always liked this scene from Footloose where Willard (Sean Penn) cruises up on his Yamaha DT125 at the car wash.
When I was 15, school buddy of mine that lived at Buckeye Lake had a DT175 (Blue tank). Cool bike. I had a Suzuki TC125.
Then my neighborhood buddy Terry who was 15 at the time, his dad bought him a Kawi KE125 (which got him in trouble as he got brave and stupid thinking that if he borrowed his brothers bike plate, put on a helmet and dark glass's he could ride it into town without anybody noticing. He got picked up and cited twice getting his driver's license suspended for a year before he even turned 16, haha).
Good little movie trivia article on the motorcycles used in the filming of Footloose.
When I was 15, school buddy of mine that lived at Buckeye Lake had a DT175 (Blue tank). Cool bike. I had a Suzuki TC125.
Then my neighborhood buddy Terry who was 15 at the time, his dad bought him a Kawi KE125 (which got him in trouble as he got brave and stupid thinking that if he borrowed his brothers bike plate, put on a helmet and dark glass's he could ride it into town without anybody noticing. He got picked up and cited twice getting his driver's license suspended for a year before he even turned 16, haha).
Good little movie trivia article on the motorcycles used in the filming of Footloose.
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NQ1965
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From the movie "JINXED", 1982, starring Ken Wahl and Bette Midler, there were short scenes of him riding a bike that I've never been able to find any video footage of but I remembered that it was an enduro bike, and I eventually wanted to find out/remember exactly what the bike was.
Looks to be a 1981 Yamaha DT175
Looks to be a 1981 Yamaha DT175
NQ1965
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Time for a Movies list:
Non Dirt
- Sidewinder
- The Dirt Bike Kid
- Winners Take All
- A Warm December, featuring Sydney Poitier (Looks decent, haven't seen this one before)
- Race With The Devil (starring Peter Fonda)
- Supercross (the movie)
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy
- Spetters (1980)
- Motocrossed (Disney)
- Bennetts War
- A-X-L
- Dust To Glory, (more of a documentary film)
- On Any Sunday (docu-film)
- On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
- One Chance to Win (docu-film)
- Why We Ride (documentary)
- Motocross Kids
- Once a Jolly Swagman, Really cool 1948 black and white dirt flat track racing movie.
- The Pace That Thrills, (another really cool black and white (flat track) from 1952.)
Non Dirt
- Easy Rider
- Worlds Fastest Indian
- The Wild Angels, 1966 (starring Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, and one of my favorite actors - Bruce Dern)
- The Wild One 1953, (starring Marlon Brando)
- Silver Dream Racer, ( I saw this movie back in the 80's, and liked it a lot.) British racing film that stars actor Bo Bridges.
freeh
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That is a great list Mike. I was just about to post the trailer for Race With the Devil, one of my fave 70's horror movies, then I saw it on your list. Silver Dream Racer was another favorite of mine.
An all-time favorite movie of mine is The Car, which also has some cool motorcycle content
An all-time favorite movie of mine is The Car, which also has some cool motorcycle content
Fast50s Crew
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That's stuntman Gary Davis who btw just moved to Texas about 1 year ago... Know him well and know his riding style.
Fast50s Crew
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Holy heck I love the old lame acting.. Eerrrr I mean what great acting... Haha but in all seriousness that is awesome.
Fast50s Crew
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AMAZING... I lived to watch the Dukes of Hazzard a sa kid and always loved bike.. I sorta remember parts of that... Again awesome!!
Rough Scramble
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Fast50s Crew
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Would love to figure how to get a color (no pun intended) print of this poster.. I have a bunch of racing stuff to hang after our recent move but that would just be a funny thing to ad to the collection in the shop I think...
NQ1965
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NQ1965
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Nancy had the TV on when I got home today, not usually watching, for background noise mainly. An old episode of Adam 12 from 1972 was on, episode "Dirt Dual".
Malloy agrees to race motocross against a biker gang leader, and the race was at Indian Dunes California.
Officer Pete Malloy, Husqvarna, left side kick, right side shift. Thinking maybe it's a 400 Cross
Haven't really spotted any video footage on the episode, but there are some neat old vintage clips of the track from back then.
Malloy agrees to race motocross against a biker gang leader, and the race was at Indian Dunes California.
Officer Pete Malloy, Husqvarna, left side kick, right side shift. Thinking maybe it's a 400 Cross
Haven't really spotted any video footage on the episode, but there are some neat old vintage clips of the track from back then.
Indian Dunes, Shadow Glen track
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k01
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Pete Malloy but then there was the real life Pete Maly. Dirt Bike magazine came out when I was in high school, followed by MXA. Important monthly reading as a teenager.
motocrossactionmag.com
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF THE FIRST MXA TEST RIDER
The name may not be familiar to the new crowd, but if you've been around, you've seen photos of Pete Maly
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