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Michael Nesmith Timerider

Don Pisto - 12-11-2021 at 01:47 PM

Nesmith himself a pretty serious off road racer put together this movie back in the 80's its rated "K" for korny but im certain you old vintage sled riders will get a kick out of it! RIP Michael


you can find the movie on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnK_6Ob7YEY








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[Edited on 12-11-2021 by Don Pisto]

[Edited on 12-11-2021 by Don Pisto]

bajatrailrider - 12-11-2021 at 04:00 PM

Great Video smooth roads like that hard to find now.

David K - 12-11-2021 at 04:19 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Don Pisto  
Nesmith himself a pretty serious off road racer put together this movie back in the 80's its rated "K" for korny but im certain you old vintage sled riders will get a kick out of it! RIP Michael


you can find the movie on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnK_6Ob7YEY









The Score Jackets and Baja 1000 banner (and old AAA highlighted Baja map) are cute to make one think this is in 1982 Baja!

del mar - 12-11-2021 at 08:34 PM

:lol: OMG that was wonderful! BTW thats the great John Hateley rockin' the old Yamaha XT500. RIP Michael

JZ - 12-12-2021 at 01:49 AM

Watched it. That was excellent op! Thanks for sharing.

bajatrailrider - 12-12-2021 at 08:56 AM

great flick that was not XT 500 TT500. Brings back the days I had 3 of them . One in Macio Frame bore and stroke 650cc . Stock frame with CR500 susp. at 716cc. Kicking it over was a fun deal .

Don Pisto - 12-12-2021 at 11:10 AM

check out this clip stolen from RDC:biggrin:
https://www.race-dezert.com/forum/threads/michael-nesmith.13...


(scroll up to #9)

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JZ - 12-12-2021 at 12:19 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Don Pisto  
check out this clip stolen from RDC:biggrin:
https://www.race-dezert.com/forum/threads/michael-nesmith.13...


(scroll up to #9)

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"Included in his legal battle with PBS was his involvement with the production of Ken Burns' The Civil War

In 1999, he prevailed in a bitter courtroom battle with the Public Broadcasting System over royalties from a home-video deal his media company, Pacific Arts, had struck with PBS. A federal jury awarded him $48 million, concluding the popular purveyor of children’s shows and documentaries had defrauded him.

Nesmith, showing he hadn’t lost his Monkees sense of humor, said afterward: "It’s like catching your grandmother stealing your stereo. You’re glad to get your stereo back, but you’re sad to find out that Grandma’s a thief."

He developed the show which eventually became MTV, an interesting multifaceted guy. I wish he had stayed in the desert longer but happy he was part of it."

David K - 12-12-2021 at 01:46 PM

Wife and I just watched TimeRider... LOL... Must have been a classic Dive In Theatre film? Several actors seen in films and TV shows since are in this film.

Like the part where he said the AAA Baja map came from an Exxon station!

JZ - 12-12-2021 at 02:23 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Wife and I just watched TimeRider... LOL... Must have been a classic Dive In Theatre film? Several actors seen in films and TV shows since are in this film.

Like the part where he said the AAA Baja map came from an Exxon station!


I liked where he said he was from Canoga Park and mentions tech coming from Silicon Valley. Was surprised to hear the SV reference from 1982.

I was probably in 7th grade in Ohio when the movie came out and never heard of TimeRider.

Now live near Canoga and have done biz in SV for the last 20 years.

His influence on MTV sent me down a rabbit hole reading about that.


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advrider - 12-13-2021 at 08:11 AM

very cool, thanks for sharing...