Here's ol' Steve. Pretty cool, huh? Too bad his Triumph isn't in the pics.
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Only one month 'till Penton Day at the AMA. Yahoo! (http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn155/OhioTed/icon_banana.gif)
Hi Ted,
Those are some cool photos. Toni is a big Steve McQueen fan, and here are some additional photos that we have saved.
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Troy Lee Designs announced this week that they are going to produce a Steve McQueen helmet line. Toni is lovin' this!
http://www.troyleedesigns.com/company/news/article.php?news_id=994
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They also have a Malcolm Smith helmet.
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Gary
The book " 40 Summers Ago...Hollywood Behind the Iron Curtain" has an awesome amount of photos that are used to tell the story of the 1964 US ISDT Team. Bud and Dave Ekins, Steve McQueen, Cliff Coleman, John Steen and several others are followed pretty closely in this great pictorial.
The book includes a 20 X 25 poster of Steve sitting on his Triumph at what might be a check point with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
I am sure that Toni already has the book and has possibly almost worn it out :)
Paul
Ted Isn't that his machine he is standing behind? #278 [?]
For some trivia, was it Bud Ekins who made the famous jump scene in "The Great Escape" Maybe they were closer than we know? In any event SM is sorley missed.
Tom Brosius
Hey, I think Kipper is right - it appears Steve's bike is the one just across the fence from him in the first photo. His number did end in "8". Man, doesn't the Triumph just look like a street bike? How'd you like to have to herd that thing around in the muck?
I saw the Great Escape again recently, and was amazed at how agressively Steve threw the Triumph around in the scenes where he was attempting to elude his pursuers. I would appear that was his style; very agressive - a lot of energy expelled.
Does everyone but me know the purpose for what looks like a pressure bottle attached to the left rear frame tube with a tube running under the seat? The bike in the background seems to have a similar setup on the right side. Is it maybe for tire airing?
Nelson Lingle
73 Jackpiner
71 DKW 125
Yeah Tom, it was Bud who made the jump, and they were friends.
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Steve McQueen and his old riding pal, and Great Escape stunt double, Bud Ekins, making the old riding gear look good. Ekins is actually wearing the Barbour jacket in this pic, though McQueen wore them too.
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Steve McQueen (151) and Bud Ekins (52)
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Bud Ekins and Steve at the Greenhorn
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Gary
Quotequote:Originally posted by Paul Danik
I am sure that Toni already has the book and has possibly almost worn it out :)
Paul
Paul,
You're right about that!
We also have this book, which is pretty cool too:
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But I've been able to locate this book. It's also photos from the '64 ISDT.
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As Paul mentioned, the book, "40 Summers Ago...Hollywood Behind the Iron Curtain", is one best books that you'll ever find. It's 192 pages, and almost every page has a photo on it, and most of those are full page.
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Gary
This cat was flat out cool
Rod Whitman
Omaha, Nebraska
1972 Six Day (Rider)
1972 Six Day (Project)
Quotequote:Originally posted by linglewn
Does everyone but me know the purpose for what looks like a pressure bottle attached to the left rear frame tube with a tube running under the seat? The bike in the background seems to have a similar setup on the right side. Is it maybe for tire airing?
Nelson Lingle
Hi Nelson,
You're exactly right. In the book "40 Summer Ago...", they show some modifications that was done to Steve's bike, and it's states that it's a, "Air bottle for rapid puncture repair".
The hose coming off of the bottle is long and wraps all around the underside of the seat, and the bungie cord that's going across the seat is holding the hose from falling down.
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Gary
Quotequote:Originally posted by kip kern
Ted Isn't that his machine he is standing behind? #278 [?]
Hi Kip,
You're right as usual!
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Gary
Steve also did one heck of a job driving the Mustang in the chase scene in the movie Bullitt, or did he?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-7IEPTAoTg
Paul
Hold up, now. While it is true that Bud Ekins did some of the hairer driving in those famous chase scenes in Bullitt (like the jumps), most if it was all Steve. Look closely at the movie in high-resolution and you can see it is indeed SM in the car. Interesting also, are the oversights. For example, you can see the in-car cameras and the camera mounts in certain scenes. Plus, there were some errors, which nonetheless made the final cut. At one point in the chase for example, a parked car is sideswiped. Not in the script. It just happened. Also, at one point Steve blows a turn while chasing the black Charger. He stops, slams the Mustang into reverse, and smokes it backwards big-time, before taking off again. Again, not in the script. Steve just overshot his braking point. Note, that's one of the scenes where you can clearly see a camera in the back of the Mustang.
Besides, the "air" shots in Bullitt, Bud also was the guy on the Triumph street bike who lowsided as the Mustang and Charger raced by in the opposite direction.
All in all, much credit to both McQueen and Bud Ekins, both of whom did some real-world, old-school, hard driving, in virtually stock automobiles. No special effects and no computer graphics in '68.
I see that Triumph is making a "Steve McQueen Inspired Motorcycle". Here's a link to the story: http://www.amadirectlink.com/news/story.asp?id=1504
Troy Lee Designs is also making clothing to go along with their Steve McQueen helmet: http://www.racerxonline.com/video/TLD_A1.aspx
And here's a Steve McQueen replica Bell helmet: http://lostinasupermarket.com/2009/12/steve-mcqueen-replica-bell-helmet/
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I thought his name was Harvey Mushman?:D
Harvey Mushman/On Any Sunday/Lake Elsinore GP - 2 minute video clip on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBsCsfo7M6w
Harvey Mushman clothing line:
http://www.harveymushman.co.uk/products
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Don't forget Steve had quite a stable of airplanes later on including a mint Piper Cub, and a Cessna 170B. Steve passed away right about the time I got my instrument rating.
1973 Penton Jackpiner
1982 Yamaha XT200
1982 Yamaha XJ650J Maxim
1987 Yamaha YZ490
2005 Honda CRF450R