The Silver Screen Oasis

Dargo, caught the most recent screening of "COOGAN'S BLUff" on TCM and naturally thought of you with the Triumphs careening amongst the Cloisters...

Identified as a T100R Daytona and a TR-6 650, respectively:




Inspired by scenes such as Haskell Wexler's Belvedere Batmobile alley yield for "IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" and Clint Eastwood's shaded deputies, Dargo, I'm comin' back in my next life as some detective who cuts a striking figure in a fancy outfit, sips Dr. Pepper on balmy evenings and can be heard saying things such as "Put your pants on, boy" to uncooperative suspects.

Coincidentally here NS, I was channel surfing the other night and happened upon this film again and just as this sequence started.

And ya know, I had always thought the Triumph that Don Stroud rode in it was a 650cc TR6, but after now looking at this still of it you posted, yep, that is indeed a 500cc T100R Daytona, alright.

And so I guess this is why Clint eventually catches Don then. It's a faster bike!

Naaah.

(...btw...I've always wondered who did the actual stunt-riding in this sequence, as I doubt it's either Clint nor Don in some of the more technical and difficult jump shots)

And now for another observation about this film...

Was Susan Clark hot back in the day or WHAT?!!!



(...my answer of course would be a definitive yes)

At 81, I'm sure Susan Clark is still hot!
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/35047%7 ... /#overview

Dargo wrote: ↑April 1st, 2024, 4:19 pm And now for another observation about this film...

Was Susan Clark hot back in the day or WHAT?!!!



(...my answer of course would be a definitive yes)

I mildly wondered about Susan Clark's attraction quotient for you, Dargo: Guess I found out!
So, we need to extend your hair color spectrum to include auburn.

LOL

Yep! Yes indeedy! Auburn-haired lasses have always been high on my list too, alright.

(...in fact, a vision of Samantha Eggar has just now popped into my head for some reason)

I guess now, and considering the topics of discussion in this baby have been "Triumph motorcycles" and "lovely auburn-haired lasses", the next logical progression here would be to post this pic of Ann-Margret astride her 1966 T100C Tiger...

Dargo wrote: ↑April 1st, 2024, 9:24 pm I guess now, and considering the topics of discussion in this baby have been "Triumph motorcycles" and "lovely auburn-haired lasses", the next logical progression here would be to post this pic of Ann-Margret astride her 1966 T100C Tiger...

Switching gear but still in the same lane, Dargo:

NoShear wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2024, 10:35 am
Switching gear but still in the same lane, Dargo:

Ah yes! From the James Bond 'Thunderball' movie with the rocket launcher-equipped 1965 BSA Lightning and Luciana Paluzzi astride it. I believe this bike is now presently on display in the British National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham England, and just a stone's throw from where the BSA factory used to exist. Visited this museum back in '96.

(...my first "big" bike back as a teenager was a slightly used 1966 BSA 650 Lightning, in fact...not rocket launcher-equipped though, of course...nor with that fairing on it either)

Dargo wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2024, 7:30 pm

NoShear wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2024, 10:35 am
Switching gear but still in the same lane, Dargo:

Ah yes! From the James Bond 'Thunderball' movie with the rocket launcher-equipped 1965 BSA Lightning and Luciana Paluzzi astride it. I believe this bike is now presently on display in the British National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham England, and just a stone's throw from where the BSA factory used to exist. Visited this museum back in '96.

(...my first "big" bike back as a teenager was a slightly used 1966 BSA 650 Lightning, in fact...not rocket launcher-equipped though, of course...nor with that fairing on it either)

You should've insisted on the additional accessories, Dargo.

NoShear wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2024, 7:55 pm
You should've insisted on the additional accessories, Dargo.

LOL

Yep, sure might've helped clear that mess of L.A. traffic I'd encounter in front me during my commutes all those years there, huh.

(...doubt the CHP would've approved though)

Dargo wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2024, 7:30 pm

NoShear wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2024, 10:35 am
Switching gear but still in the same lane, Dargo:

Ah yes! From the James Bond 'Thunderball' movie with the rocket launcher-equipped 1965 BSA Lightning and Luciana Paluzzi astride it. I believe this bike is now presently on display in the British National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham England, and just a stone's throw from where the BSA factory used to exist. Visited this museum back in '96.

(...my first "big" bike back as a teenager was a slightly used 1966 BSA 650 Lightning, in fact...not rocket launcher-equipped though, of course...nor with that fairing on it either)

That's cool you got to visit it: Seems a necessary pilgrimage for you, Dargo.

NoShear wrote: ↑April 5th, 2024, 11:37 am
That's cool you got to visit it: Seems a necessary pilgrimage for you, Dargo.

Yep, it was. This museum, and in addition the then recently built new and modern Triumph factory which sits about 20 miles east of it in a little town named Hinckley, were a couple of stops my wife and I made while doing a clockwise loop through the U.K. in '96 and by use of BritRail passes we had purchased.

Ironically and weirdly enough though, both this museum and the Triumph factory would suffer major fires within a year of each other back in 2002 and 2003.

(...both would be rebuilt within a few years, though)

Dargo wrote: ↑April 5th, 2024, 11:55 am

NoShear wrote: ↑April 5th, 2024, 11:37 am
That's cool you got to visit it: Seems a necessary pilgrimage for you, Dargo.

Yep, it was. This museum, and in addition the then recently built new and modern Triumph factory which sits about 20 miles east of it in a little town named Hinckley, were a couple of stops my wife and I made while doing a clockwise loop through the U.K. in '96 and by use of BritRail passes we had purchased.

Ironically and weirdly enough though, both this museum and the Triumph factory would suffer major fires within a year of each other back in 2002 and 2003.

(...both would be rebuilt within a few years, though)

Coming from motocross - fifty years ago a prime interest, it's surreal, Dargo, I wondered about the Triumph of THE GREAT ESCAPE: I once thought that it might have been a Maico used because of the 1963 movie's German setting, eventually learning otherwise...

With TCM's screening of THE BOY in the PLASTIC BUBBLE last month, I noticed a prop poster from my childhood used for the 1976 made-for-television movie:

NoShear wrote: ↑April 5th, 2024, 1:10 pm

Coming from motocross - fifty years ago a prime interest, it's surreal, Dargo, I wondered about the Triumph of THE GREAT ESCAPE: I once thought that it might have been a Maico used because of the 1963 movie's German setting, eventually learning otherwise...

With TCM's screening of THE BOY in the PLASTIC BUBBLE last month, I noticed a prop poster from my childhood used for the 1976 made-for-television movie:

Sounds as if you might've ridden the old Indian Dunes track up there near Magic Mountain back in the day.

And so speaking of 'The Great Escape', I'm sure you know Steve McQueen was a regular there, don't ya.

(...and used to competition ride under the name "Harvey Mushman")