Damrongsak Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Amusing video clip from the motorcycle movie On Any Sunday. Steve McQueen, Mert Lawwill and Malcolm Smith having a bit of fun on dirt bikes. I used to work with a guy at a bike/boat shop who raced MX on weekends. Crazy. He insisted that if you didn't crash a few times when practicing that you weren't trying hard enough. He actually liked the brutal power of the Suzuki 400 MX bike (circa 1973). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Seem aboot rite. But what with those tabs on the helmet brims.?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Was in the hospital, Ides of March, 1972 with a guy who raced Husqvarna MX I broke my leg in 3 places, he had his right hand almost torn off. Ah - to be Young ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Looks like fun. But I have to admit in my experience falling down hurts - at least sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiguzzi Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 6 hours ago, Damrongsak said: the motorcycle movie On Any Sunday. Steve McQueen, Mert Lawwill and Malcolm Smith having a bit of fun on dirt bikes. Greatest movie ever made. I even have a VHS version here! I highly recommend anyone who has never seen it, to watch it! Especially if you like the old stuff. The flat track scenes are just awesome. Truly when men were men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: Looks like fun. But I have to admit in my experience falling down hurts - at least sometimes. That is how I learned to ride. Ride, crash - opps, don't do that ... Repeat Scare the ---- out of yourself, live and learn ! Now the world if full of mollycoddled children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 18 minutes ago, canthai55 said: That is how I learned to ride. Ride, crash - opps, don't do that ... Repeat Scare the ---- out of yourself, live and learn ! Now the world if full of mollycoddled children And how many friend did you have to crashed and didn't stand up again. I had a few - and I still remember how they died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 33 minutes ago, canthai55 said: That is how I learned to ride. Ride, crash - opps, don't do that ... Repeat Scare the ---- out of yourself, live and learn ! Now the world if full of mollycoddled children So did I but I didn't have desert down the road looks fun but easy we only had forest trail paths with lots of trees, sometimes a mistake and you'd make an unwanted trail and maybe get lucky and miss a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I learnt on one of these. 1968. On the Street. Used to go play in gravel pits the odd time, but no ground clearance or knobbies. Those days - bias ply hard-as-a-rock tires, crap suspension, crap brakes ... Now radials. adjustable. ABS discs ... Hence the mollycoddle reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 55 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: And how many friend did you have to crashed and didn't stand up again. I had a few - and I still remember how they died. Some of course - not many tho' given the amount that we poured, sniffed or swallowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1959 International Motocross Championship: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 14 hours ago, canthai55 said: Was in the hospital, Ides of March, 1972 with a guy who raced Husqvarna MX I broke my leg in 3 places, he had his right hand almost torn off. Ah - to be Young ! My younger brother collided with another guy who was going the wrong way around a MX track on a practice day. I don't know how many breaks, but he spent about a month in the hospital in traction. They had to lap the bone(s) and he lost a kneecap. The leg is a lot shorter than the good one now. He must have been about 12-13 years old or so. The impact broke one of the fork sliders on his Montesa 125. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 The benefits of dirt biking: An 80 year old man went to the doctor for a check-up and the doctor was amazed at what good shape the guy was in. The doctor asked, "To what do you attribute your good health?" "I'm a dirt biker and that's why I'm in such good shape. I'm up well before daylight on Sundays and out sliding around corners, shootin' sand washes and riding up and down the steepest, gnarliest hills I can find at the crack of dawn." "Well, I'm sure that helps, but there's got to be more to it. How old was your dad when he died?" "Who said my dad's dead?" "You mean you're 80 years old and your dad's still alive? How old is he?" "He's 99 years old and, in fact, he went riding with me this Sunday, and that's why he's still alive... he's a dirt biker." "Well, that's great, but I'm sure there's more to it. How about your dad's dad? How old was he when he died?" "Who said my grandpa's dead?" "You mean you're 80 years old and your grandfather's still living! How old is he?" "He's 117 years old." The doctor was getting frustrated at this point and said, "I guess he went dirt bikin' with you this Sunday too?" The old timer said, "No... Grandpa couldn't go this week because he got married." "Got married!! Good Lord!!! Why would a 117-year-old guy want to get married?" "Who said he wanted to?" And a '64 DOT Demon 250 for good measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 The art of falling down. OUCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 ooooooø Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randell Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 4 hours ago, papa al said: ooooooø You can say that again that last clip hurts to look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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