18415
Active member
My Gramps in Livermore (Carnegie) CA circa 1970
Dude, neither of my grandfathers ever even rode a bike. That is badass, a treasure of a picture.My Gramps in Livermore (Carnegie) CA circa 1970![]()
No pictures of this event in 1970, but the 6 seconds or so of Super 8 video says it all
Thanks! Great memories for sure. Plenty more Super 8 footage from our family camping days back then on my YT channelThat is awesome!! Cool bikes too!
That is possibly the coolest thing I've ever read on a motorcycle forum! And amazing that you have those pics of them shooting that scene.When I was a senior in high school my Mom was approached about being in a commercial for the then Lil General convenience stores in Tampa (now Circle K). She had moved up from her first bike, a CT70, all the way to an SL175 in about 2 years riding time. She was cast as the Jonathan Winters Granny character and other than the pics below, did a short clip inside a local house where she opened the refrigerator and saw it was empty, so a trip to the store was next. We took her bike to a Lil General store where she went inside to pick up some things, came out with a bag of stuff, strapped it to the seat, put on her helmet, kickstarted her bike and rode away. The commercial was intended for drive-in theaters locally though we never got to see it.
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
and yes, for those who might be wondering... she recovered the seat with flowered material. I rode the bike to high school once and when the other guys riding gave me crap about the seat I simply said it was my Mom's bike, conversation over.
![]()
While I would've also given you crap over the seat cover, and you would've done the same for me, I gotta admit that it actually looks pretty awesome on there!When I was a senior in high school my Mom was approached about being in a commercial for the then Lil General convenience stores in Tampa (now Circle K). She had moved up from her first bike, a CT70, all the way to an SL175 in about 2 years riding time. She was cast as the Jonathan Winters Granny character and other than the pics below, did a short clip inside a local house where she opened the refrigerator and saw it was empty, so a trip to the store was next. We took her bike to a Lil General store where she went inside to pick up some things, came out with a bag of stuff, strapped it to the seat, put on her helmet, kickstarted her bike and rode away. The commercial was intended for drive-in theaters locally though we never got to see it.
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
and yes, for those who might be wondering... she recovered the seat with flowered material. I rode the bike to high school once and when the other guys riding gave me crap about the seat I simply said it was my Mom's bike, conversation over.
![]()
My second new bike, a 1982 Yamaha Seca Turbo, with a friend on it.
Yeah, talk about being proud of your Mom, I damn sure was. She had barely ridden a bicycle in her life before she got her CT70 and it took a while for her to get used to keeping her feet up to be part of the bike for better balance, but even in her latter 40s she was a quick study. While we were camping, my Dad used to take her trail riding while I was elsewhere climbing hills and such, and he would teach her how to spin the bike around so if she was on a trail and had to turn around she could get it done. Here's some practice time footageThat is possibly the coolest thing I've ever read on a motorcycle forum! And amazing that you have those pics of them shooting that scene.![]()
Thank doG no! Just a girl I knew.Not Mrs. JVB?