As far as I know, only Gary Burghoff played Radar on the MASH series. Michael J. Pollard was the co-star in this movie, but both actors had the same style and affect in their various roles.
When the movie first came out we all thought, "Cool! Another motorcycle racing movie!", but it was pretty hokey and disappointing.
We did get to see a lot of the filming as the company came up to the Hall's Ranch TT track south of San Jose, California to film a lot of the other racing action in the film and I had raced on that track many, many times. It was a neat (and very tricky) track as it ran up and down the side of a big hill studded with huge oak trees and small ravines. I once ran off the fast, narrow downhill groove and out into space and down into one of the ravines, narrowly missing the referee down at the bottom near the start line, hitting hard enough to ram the upper fork tubes out the bottom of the lower tubes on my Montesa. I was lucky enough to not get a scratch.....this time.
Ah, youthful stupidity.....
Jon
Apparently the film is available from hot rod memories 818 349 r o d s , in northridge, for twenty bucks (whatever they are) It's probably not as good as I remember it, as I would have been 12 /13 yrs old at the time.
I think there was a different Radar in the film version from the TV version.
It is easy to take the wrong bolt out when trying to drain the oil. You maybe undid the kickstart return spring, from memory you can retension it by putting the bolt back in and rotating the kick start to put tension back into the spring. Cant remember the details but it is really easy to do.
We all love to hate them, but just out of interest, has anybody ever heard of them doing something usefull, like catching a car thief / vandal / bag snatcher. They're always there when you dont want them to be, so chances are, they must see alsorts of things !
What do you do for a living ? If your behind a desk all day, I'm not surprised your wrists hurt. If you have a more active job it is less likely to be over use. I personnal go for bars approx same width as shoulders, levers 10 /15 degrees below horizontal.
So far, 8years riding,I've been very lucky with regard to crashes! Never anything worse than a bruise and some small scrapes. I put it down to sheer bloody mindedness. 'NO, I'm NOT going to hit the ground!' There was one crash earlier this year, I'm told I got my head on a tree and the observer didn't expect me to bounce up straight away! (Thank god for lids!)
I've never worn any protection other than gloves, boots and a lid. I have braces on my knees 'coz they get sore quite a lot, but that's just to keep heat in and keep the joints together!
I must say I've always thought that knee pads would be restrictive, especially under the skinny Trials jeans everyone seems to wear! Elbow pads look awkward and again restrictive, but I do see there are advantages in wearing them. Being a Southern Softie I very very rarely ride anything resembling a rock, but I can imagine that those who do regularly are a lot more at risk of getting kneecapped.
In a roundabout way I guess I'm trying to say while I've no real need (at the moment!) of extra protection, I can quite see that there are those who do! I would argue that a real novice could benefit from the extra feeling of security offered, but that same novice could be at a disadvantage when he/she improves, as the pads would restrict movement. I reckon it would take a few years of riding for the restrictions to be noticeable and to have a detrimental effect, by which time the novice is no longer, and is less likely to have a fall. I guess then one could say that getting better means tougher sections, which means potential falls are potentially worse, which increases the need for pads . . . a vicious circle!
Thankfully the mud is nice and soft around here, so falls are soft een if the washing machine does get a workout!
Just my tuppence worth!
Pete.
I dont think protective gear is restrictive, bearing in mind that 20 years ago it was impossible to ride with a helmet or gloves for the same reasons quoted !!!!!
I saw 'On Any Sunday' first time when I was 12 years old at a film showing run by the Melville Club in Dalkeith, near Edinburgh. I couldn't believe there had been such a great film made.
I still enjoy watching it, many years later, it is first class!
The good news is that Emmeline Pankhurst has now successfully been connected to the national grid and is producing enough power to light and heat 50% of Glenrothes homes.
Bullitt Or Vanishing Point ?
in Anything goes
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Apparently the film is available from hot rod memories 818 349 r o d s , in northridge, for twenty bucks (whatever they are) It's probably not as good as I remember it, as I would have been 12 /13 yrs old at the time.
I think there was a different Radar in the film version from the TV version.