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Jul 17, 2017 | 11:26 PM

#41

hattitude

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I saw it when I was 15, several years after it's debut....

I loved Billy's bike, and that's the reason I wanted a Harley...

Fast forward to 1981... I'm on my second Harley and saw the movie again. It's the first time I saw it since I had been riding..

What a let down, Billy couldn't ride for crap! I'm watching the guy who made me want to ride a Harley, and I'd be embarrassed to be seen riding with him...

Of course, I'm sure he was higher than a kite.... yet I doubt he could ride much better sober..

Jul 17, 2017 | 11:51 PM

#42

DAVENRINO

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Originally Posted by 6 gun

It was on the Discovery channel one time The History of Harley Davidson, and Fonda said Captain America was a bear to ride, and after the first full day of riding in that movie, he said that his arms were so sore he could barely raise them.

My friend with the CA replica said it was a bitch to ride and took a lot of real estate for a Uturn. Fortunately he had a Heritage softail at the same time as his main ride.

Jul 18, 2017 | 12:06 PM

#43

Alter Kaker

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1969

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Originally Posted by hattitude

Of course, I'm sure he was higher than a kite.... yet I doubt he could ride much better sober..

He admitted that he hated riding a motorcycle and was terrified. Died a few years ago with multiple drug and alcohol physical issues.

I saw it when it came out in '69. Very sobering movie up here, with the characterizing of the "southern redneck" culture.

Honestly, a classic Shakespearean movie. Grand quest; challenges and triumphs along the way; achieving the goal, and then with no future, the protagonists die.