Old motorcycle movie from 1953

[statik]

Not sure if this is real but a few mates say it is. Anyway it quite entertaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=fzyGZoFIGvs

[Brian Catt]

Well if it wasn't real, how did they fake it in 1953? The diagonal crossing was particularly difficult! When you know they were riding "bacon slicer" Moto-Guzzis with a really tractable engine, it all falls into place. Slow riding and pace keeping would have been relatively easy. I had a quick discussion on stunts and display riding with a Russian ISDT rider once, they found it difficult to use their standard IZH 2-strokes as they had poor low speed characteristics.

[statik]

I think your right. I have a photo from a long ago meeting at Breands Hatch.



Never liked them myself. Cooked the batteries I was told.

[Brian Catt]

I saw one just like that about 2 weeks ago at Croxley Green in Herts. Goes and sounds good.

[statik]

If one came along at a reasonabe price now I would jump at it. Funny how tastes change.