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Offline michiganmike

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"Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« on: February 21, 2012, 06:02:52 PM »
I saw this great movie on Xfinity, free movies last night and wanted to recommend it .
It's titled "Cycles South" , done in 1971, kind of like a documentary, on 16mm film, but with very good cinematography(in my humble opinion).   Three guys head from Colorado to Panama, on what looks like BSA or Triumph 250 single cylinder motorcycles , barely getting out of the states until one terminally breaks and they trade them in for New Kawasaki 175 singles (?)
I saw that it was available on Netflix.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178360/

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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2012, 06:29:06 PM »
Yep, great film!
The good old days when it was "safe" to go to Mexico!

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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2012, 03:49:55 PM »
Does the little guy ever really learn how to ride that bike? I feel sorry for it, he wrecks in just about every scene. Funny stuff.

Oh yeah lets not forget about the boobs too!
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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2012, 04:58:42 PM »
Cycle's South is awesome!! Have you checked out On Any Sunday it runs along similar lines as Cycles South but there are more professional races and riders (Malcolm Smith and Steve McQueen!). It's also old -- 71, I think! It's on Netflix. Check it out!
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"Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2012, 01:47:27 PM »
Thanks for the tip Michigan! That was fun to watch. Makes me wish I had done something like that before the wife and kids had come along. But the again, I don't know about riding through central America. And I used to live there!
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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2012, 06:17:30 PM »
Quote from: Duanob on February 22, 2012, 03:49:55 PM
Does the little guy ever really learn how to ride that bike? I feel sorry for it, he wrecks in just about every scene. Funny stuff.

Oh yeah lets not forget about the boobs too!
Yeah, not often we get to see a fully nekkid man and woman on a Kawasaki motorcycle....riding through a stream ::)       ;D
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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2012, 06:56:40 PM »
just watched the other night pretty good
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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #7 on: February 29, 2012, 07:33:57 AM »
While you're on netflix, check out "World's Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins. Released in 2005 but I had never heard of it. One of the top grossing movies in Kiwi land though... excellent story.
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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #8 on: February 29, 2012, 09:23:31 AM »
Quote from: madmtnmotors on February 29, 2012, 07:33:57 AM
While you're on netflix, check out "World's Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins. Released in 2005 but I had never heard of it. One of the top grossing movies in Kiwi land though... excellent story.

Excellent movie! I think Hopkins was up for an award for that.
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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #9 on: February 29, 2012, 09:40:34 AM »
it is a very good movie i think the guy he portrayed still holds some records to this day.
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Re: "Cycles South" motorcycle movie from 1971
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2012, 05:57:57 PM »
Quote from: jamesb on February 29, 2012, 09:40:34 AM
it is a very good movie i think the guy he portrayed still holds some records to this day.
    His name was Burt Munro and you can read more about him at
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro

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