The famous Canadian/American left us late last year. His achievements were just unbelievable.
He starred in “On any Sunday” alongside Steve McQueen etc. A film I rewatch from time to time to remind me why I like bikes and the people that are around them.
About a week ago a remastered version of the Malcolm Smith parts of the film was released on utube.
Wonder at the master at work:
here’s the full film for anyone who hasn’t seen it - I love the title’s music
Wow! What a guy!!!
What’s incredible is they are not covered with sponsorship patches or have hundreds of support staff! Just for the love of it. Thanks really enjoyed that.
Really enjoyed watching that.
If any of you watched the film, you would have seen these guys racing
the BSA team (I think this is the following year 1971 - the rider’s finishing place is their number the following year). No.2 Jim Rice (no. 24 in the film) had a bad crash at the end of his qualifier but got out of the ambulance with a strapped up face (broken nose) to race in the final - he was too banged up to be competitive. No.4 Dick Mann (no. 2 in the film) cut off his cast from his broken left leg so he could race the final - he didn’t finish due to pain. No.3 Dave “Bones” Aldana (no. 38 in the film) had a reputation for crashing and walking away, he walked from a write-off again in the final.
The winner of the final in the film was on a Triumph:
1970 Champion Gene Romero on his Triumph. His T120 was sold a few years ago (converted to street use) :
The previous year Gene rode a Triumph Trident to beat the Daytona track lap record at over 157 miles per hour.
The last rider (No.25) in the BSA team is Don Emde. In 2011 his sister told him that his old bike was for sale on ebay. He bought it back:
