On Any Sunday (movie)

[nudemetalz]

I got to borrow Bistard's DVD of the 1971 movie "On Any Sunday".
Mrs and I sat down and just finished watching it.
What an awesome movie !!! If you haven't seen it, do !!!

It's unbelievable how fast they ride their bikes with the lack of proection and also handling compared to what we have today.
It's all pure bikes, non of the computer-animated crap that we see today in too many movies.

Now, to find a copy of "On Any Sunday 2"... :)

Thanks for the loan B.

[Dadpole]

Don't do it nudemetalz! OAS 2 is the typical Hollywood sequel - done for the money and devoid of the passion that shows through in the original.
i have not seen OAS in years, Must get it on DVD sometime. Just to show my age, I saw OAS at the flicks when it came out. :shit:

[merv]

OAS 2 is still a good movie in my view and has Kenny Roberts on it, but it definitely wasn't the classic the first one was, but that is because the ear-to-ear grin of Malcolm Smith could never be replicated.

We watched OAS 1 at the movies when it first came out too so you can understand why dirt biking was so big with us back then we just all wanted to be like Steve McQueen, Malcolm and Mert Lawill. If you could only ride on the road then you were a bit of a pussy.

[Paul in NZ]

I have a buncha stuff on DVD - we watched the Kim Newcombe docco tonight - fark - still brings a tear to the eye!

[Dadpole]

True Merv. The footage in OAS2 is well worth watching, together with King Kenny. The mention of the ear to ear grin had me laughing. Once seen - never forgotten!
I still can't forgive OAS2 for repeating the burning trail bike sequence - in a ham-fisted way.

[Dadpole]

If you could only ride on the road then you were a bit of a pussy.

Yes, I was that pussy. Back in the day, I only went off road when my shitty brakes or shittier tyres made it inevitable.:crybaby:

[nudemetalz]

One of the reasons I saw OAS again was that it was nostalgic for me.
When I was a young boy (around '78) my father & I watched it on a movie projector at home together . This was before VCRs came out (even Beta ones!!), and I remember him saying that "you will be into bikes passionately like that one day". How true that was !!
So it was good to revisit that and share with my wife.

I have seen OAS2 but was such a long time ago then only thing I can remember was the TZ750-powered speed racer at Bonneville.

[Skunk]

I have a buncha stuff on DVD - we watched the Kim Newcombe docco tonight - fark - still brings a tear to the eye!Good movie that. Yet to see the end of Stone and OAS.

[Bullitt]

I just bought the 30th anniversary box set...3 discs brand new off ebay for NZ$41 landed...cant do much better than that.

Havnt had time to watch them yet. Though I saw OAS1 a month or two ago and loved it

[carver]

now this is a good motorcycle doco overview.

I remember watching this as a kid around the age of 7

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follow the series.

enjoy!

[The Pastor]

hey now that is a good motorcycle documentry!

[hospitalfood]

great post, have always loved flat track

[carver]

great post, have always loved flat track

just follow the series, its 9 parts....
its got a good spread of different styles

[Headbanger]

We had a copy of that when I was a kid, Haven't seen it for over 25 years.


Funny enough my 5 year old watched that clip 3 times and asked me for a motorbike.


That explains quite a lot......

[carver]

We had a copy of that when I was a kid, Haven't seen it for over 25 years.


Funny enough my 5 year old watched that clip 3 times and asked me for a motorbike.


That explains quite a lot......

i wonder if thats part of the reason i ended up on a bike...

[nallac]

haven't seen it yet ,but downloaded the movie last week
must burn it and watch it......

[clmintie]

i wonder if thats part of the reason i ended up on a bike...

I was given the two DVD set for father's Day last week (available from Cycletreads)

Wonderful, timeless classic (I first saw it in '73)

[Bender]

Loved the movie and decided it should be part of my collection - also bought the 3-disc version last week. It's clear that movie had huge impact on the sport.

And my son, an avid BMXer, says it was responsible for kick-starting the development of purpose built BMXers.

[Motu]

Quiz - who is the kid wheelstanding down the road in the beginning credits on a pushbike?

[carver]

Quiz - who is the kid wheelstanding down the road in the beginning credits on a pushbike?

its my dad i think

[Katman]

Quiz - who is the kid wheelstanding down the road in the beginning credits on a pushbike?

Kenny Roberts?

[p.dath]

Thanks for that carver. It was very interesting to watch.

[carver]

Thanks for that carver. It was very interesting to watch.

no worries, got to watch something besides porn when its raining.

cant wank all day!

[sleemanj]

Great doco!

[merv]

Yeah was a great movie, hit the theatres here in '73 that I remember and it had us all buzzing about what we were already doing riding dirt whenever and wherever we could.

We've talked about it on here before, but I never found ON Any Sunday II had quite the same flair though it did have King Kenny in it, broken back and all.

[DIN PELENDA]

now this is a good motorcycle doco overview.

I remember watching this as a kid around the age of 7


enjoy!

You must be 7 years older then me :finger:I was born in 1971, it was good year :woohoo: thanks for that mite !

[TerminalAddict]

90 minutes gone on my Sunday morning :)

Good watch

[MDR2]

I cracked up at the dude dropping it to avoid the turtle then taking the time to dust it off and put it out of harms way! gold

[batboy]

I have not watched this in about 8 years, just watched today man....still gives me goose bumps. lol
This is why i got into bikes, Steve McQueen, Colin Smith and the boys....its just a great watch.....oh and cause both my parents rode/raced too so its in the blood.

So the point?
Get yourself a copy, watch it and remind yourself why you do what you. Its such a good feeling
:done:

[nudemetalz]

Agree there. Certainly is an all time classic. Better than the second one IMO.

[Monstaman]

This is why i got into bikes, Steve McQueen, Colin Smith and the boys....its just a great watch.:

That is for sure, we watched it again not so long ago and it is still well cool. :Punk:

[jtzzr]

Indeed a good watch , mind you that was 20 yrs ago , the one thing I do remember is , 1 guy riding through a small creek and then 2 other guys come screaming through on either side and drowning the poor guy, then he stalls it , Classic. Seen that done , and I wasn`t the guy in the middle, hahaha

[Katman]

Quiz - who is the kid wheelstanding down the road in the beginning credits on a pushbike?

So Motu - who is it?

[merv]

So Motu - who is it?

As far as I know its not Kenny.

[nudemetalz]

It's not Doug Domokos is it,...or would he be older then ?

Edit:- it's Jeff Ward

[paddy]

Cool. I just watched the whole thing on YouTube. I'm home sick today so it was good entertainment. I've never actually seen it before - I was much more partial to aeroplane movies when I was younger.

I thought a couple of bits were particularly funny: the casual suggestion that Steve McQueen's "million dollar body" might be used for traction in the corners by other riders should he lay it down there; and the hill climb bit where the MX racer rode back down again. Loved it.

P.