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[Michael Kovaliv]

Speedvision is showing "On Any Sunday", a classic bike film for those who don't know, at 8:00 PM Eastern Sunday night with a follow up called "Revisited" at 10:00 PM. Check it out. Mike A12 (Snow sucks)

[ron criswell]

I can't believe it has been 40 years since the movie came out according to the latest edition of Cycle World. It probably did more for motorcycling and motorcycle racing than any other film. Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill and Steve McQueen were my hero's then (and still) along with other guys like Dick Mann. Praise to Bruce Brown for his wonderful film about motorcycling. His surfing film Endless Summer wasn't too shabby either. Criswell Sent from my iPad

[Jud]

"Dust to Glory", by Dana (son of Bruce) Brown, is a more than worthy successor.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote: > > I can't believe it has been 40 years since the movie came out according to the latest edition of Cycle World. It probably did more for motorcycling and motorcycle racing than any other film. Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill and Steve McQueen were my hero's then (and still) along with other guys like Dick Mann. Praise to Bruce Brown for his wonderful film about motorcycling. His surfing film Endless Summer wasn't too shabby either. > > Criswell > > Sent from my iPad >

[Tim Pruitt]

On Any Sunday and Dust to Glory are two of my all time favorite movies - period. At rallys held by my local riding club we used to set up a TV with VCR/Disc player in the club house. If the weather was bad, or at night after dinner lots of motorcyle related movies and documentaries were watched. In the course of three days it was hard to walk into the club house and not find someone glued to the TV with On Any Sunday playing. It was always a favorite for folks who had never seen it and those who had seen it dozens of time. I know I for one was often guilty for sitting through it one more time. From: Jud To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 9, 2011 10:39 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: On Any Sunday "Dust to Glory", by Dana (son of Bruce) Brown, is a more than worthy successor.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote: > > I can't believe it has been 40 years since the movie came out according to the latest edition of Cycle World. It probably did more for motorcycling and motorcycle racing than any other film. Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill and Steve McQueen were my hero's then (and still) along with other guys like Dick Mann. Praise to Bruce Brown for his wonderful film about motorcycling. His surfing film Endless Summer wasn't too shabby either. > > Criswell > > Sent from my iPad > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[ron criswell]

Another good one is The Worlds Fastest Indian about New Zealander Burt Monroe. I read the book about him and the movie follows the book pretty good. That guy was amazing (and fearless). The movie didn't go into his racing in New Zealand including his other bikes like his Velocette that broke apart at speed due to all the holes he drilled in the frame to lighten it. He was 62 years old at the time and his 80 something year old mother came to the hospital telling him he was going to have to quit riding those motorcycles. He just laughed and said Mom gets too upset over some things. He made his own rods from Caterpillar road equipment axels because the steel was really good. He melted down Chevy pistons and cast his own. Seems like he got that 1920's something Indian up around 200 mph on ridiculous tires. He liked to trim the rubber from his tires for light weight. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:39 PM, "Jud" wrote: > "Dust to Glory", by Dana (son of Bruce) Brown, is a more than worthy successor. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote: > > > > I can't believe it has been 40 years since the movie came out according to the latest edition of Cycle World. It probably did more for motorcycling and motorcycle racing than any other film. Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill and Steve McQueen were my hero's then (and still) along with other guys like Dick Mann. Praise to Bruce Brown for his wonderful film about motorcycling. His surfing film Endless Summer wasn't too shabby either. > > > > Criswell > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Tim Pruitt]

Oh yeah, World's Fastest Indian is on my shelf too and it is a Classic. And then for something more contemporary, how about "Faster"? Very well done documentary about the the World of Grand Prix Racing the last season for the 2-stroke 500's. From: Ron Criswell To: Jud Cc: DSN DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: On Any Sunday Another good one is The Worlds Fastest Indian about New Zealander Burt Monroe. I read the book about him and the movie follows the book pretty good. That guy was amazing (and fearless). The movie didn't go into his racing in New Zealand including his other bikes like his Velocette that broke apart at speed due to all the holes he drilled in the frame to lighten it. He was 62 years old at the time and his 80 something year old mother came to the hospital telling him he was going to have to quit riding those motorcycles. He just laughed and said Mom gets too upset over some things. He made his own rods from Caterpillar road equipment axels because the steel was really good. He melted down Chevy pistons and cast his own. Seems like he got that 1920's something Indian up around 200 mph on ridiculous tires. He liked to trim the rubber from his tires for light weight. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:39 PM, "Jud" wrote: > "Dust to Glory", by Dana (son of Bruce) Brown, is a more than worthy successor. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote: > > > > I can't believe it has been 40 years since the movie came out according to the latest edition of Cycle World. It probably did more for motorcycling and motorcycle racing than any other film. Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill and Steve McQueen were my hero's then (and still) along with other guys like Dick Mann. Praise to Bruce Brown for his wonderful film about motorcycling. His surfing film Endless Summer wasn't too shabby either. > > > > Criswell > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jud]

If we're going to do the dozens here with movie titles, then I bid "Cycles South", kind of a mockumentary Easy Riders meets On Any Sunday. Three amigos set out for Panama from Colorado riding 441 BSAs cross country, shunning highways. Along the way, they encounter trout fishing, slash riding, close calls with the steam railway, hippie pot farm communes, stoned out hippie sex, psychedelic helmet-free motorcycle races, downhill skiing, motocross, mexican whores, spear-fishing, more mexican girls, more motorcycle races, and jungle swamps. Along the way, their British iron becomes obsolete, so they work a credit scam to trede them in on 175cc Kawasaki 2-strokes. By any objective standard, this has to be the top motorcycle epic adventure of all time.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Tim Pruitt wrote: > > Oh yeah, World's Fastest Indian is on my shelf too and it is a Classic. And then for something more contemporary, how about "Faster"? Very well done documentary about the the World of Grand Prix Racing the last season for the 2-stroke 500's. > > > From: Ron Criswell > To: Jud > Cc: DSN DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:29 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: On Any Sunday > > > > Another good one is The Worlds Fastest Indian about New Zealander Burt Monroe. I read the book about him and the movie follows the book pretty good. That guy was amazing (and fearless). The movie didn't go into his racing in New Zealand including his other bikes like his Velocette that broke apart at speed due to all the holes he drilled in the frame to lighten it. He was 62 years old at the time and his 80 something year old mother came to the hospital telling him he was going to have to quit riding those motorcycles. He just laughed and said Mom gets too upset over some things. > > He made his own rods from Caterpillar road equipment axels because the steel was really good. He melted down Chevy pistons and cast his own. Seems like he got that 1920's something Indian up around 200 mph on ridiculous tires. He liked to trim the rubber from his tires for light weight. > > Criswell > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:39 PM, "Jud" wrote: > > > "Dust to Glory", by Dana (son of Bruce) Brown, is a more than worthy successor. > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote: > > > > > > I can't believe it has been 40 years since the movie came out according to the latest edition of Cycle World. It probably did more for motorcycling and motorcycle racing than any other film. Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill and Steve McQueen were my hero's then (and still) along with other guys like Dick Mann. Praise to Bruce Brown for his wonderful film about motorcycling. His surfing film Endless Summer wasn't too shabby either. > > > > > > Criswell > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[ron criswell]

Dang I missed that one. Sounds like Oscar material. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Dec 11, 2011, at 7:54 PM, "Jud" wrote: > If we're going to do the dozens here with movie titles, then I bid "Cycles South", kind of a mockumentary Easy Riders meets On Any Sunday. Three amigos set out for Panama from Colorado riding 441 BSAs cross country, shunning highways. Along the way, they encounter trout fishing, slash riding, close calls with the steam railway, hippie pot farm communes, stoned out hippie sex, psychedelic helmet-free motorcycle races, downhill skiing, motocross, mexican whores, spear-fishing, more mexican girls, more motorcycle races, and jungle swamps. Along the way, their British iron becomes obsolete, so they work a credit scam to trede them in on 175cc Kawasaki 2-strokes. > > By any objective standard, this has to be the top motorcycle epic adventure of all time. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Tim Pruitt wrote: > > > > Oh yeah, World's Fastest Indian is on my shelf too and it is a Classic. And then for something more contemporary, how about "Faster"? Very well done documentary about the the World of Grand Prix Racing the last season for the 2-stroke 500's. > > > > > > From: Ron Criswell > > To: Jud > > Cc: DSN DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:29 PM > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: On Any Sunday > > > > > > > > Another good one is The Worlds Fastest Indian about New Zealander Burt Monroe. I read the book about him and the movie follows the book pretty good. That guy was amazing (and fearless). The movie didn't go into his racing in New Zealand including his other bikes like his Velocette that broke apart at speed due to all the holes he drilled in the frame to lighten it. He was 62 years old at the time and his 80 something year old mother came to the hospital telling him he was going to have to quit riding those motorcycles. He just laughed and said Mom gets too upset over some things. > > > > He made his own rods from Caterpillar road equipment axels because the steel was really good. He melted down Chevy pistons and cast his own. Seems like he got that 1920's something Indian up around 200 mph on ridiculous tires. He liked to trim the rubber from his tires for light weight. > > > > Criswell > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:39 PM, "Jud" wrote: > > > > > "Dust to Glory", by Dana (son of Bruce) Brown, is a more than worthy successor. > > > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote: > > > > > > > > I can't believe it has been 40 years since the movie came out according to the latest edition of Cycle World. It probably did more for motorcycling and motorcycle racing than any other film. Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill and Steve McQueen were my hero's then (and still) along with other guys like Dick Mann. Praise to Bruce Brown for his wonderful film about motorcycling. His surfing film Endless Summer wasn't too shabby either. > > > > > > > > Criswell > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[achesley43@ymail.com]

> Moral of the story: just because you paid the Big buck$ do not just trust it to get you threw and long days RAINY ride. > > IF you do NOT have a suit, and looking, Wear your heavy coat, (not summer light) AND BOOTS. DO NOT SIT to try it on. Odds are you will be on the side of the raod somewhere IN A RUSH. BOOTS ON ETC.

When I get a new rain suit ( have 3 of them now ) I also get some seam sealer used on tents and run all the seams, apply wax to the zippers. I've run though some pretty heavey stuff for hours and remained pertty dry. My boots at gor-tex BMW jobs that were way overpriced about 10 years ago but still are totally water proof and hanging in there. Course, I just use them primarily on trips.