John Wayne's Horse...?

[sceva]

So they were made for seven or eight foot tall men?

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[joc1212]

Bike looks like maybe a Honda SL 350 but it's got a few mods. Looking at the mounts on the rear
and the front downtube, also at the triple clamps I wonder if it was also some kind of camera platform.

not camera mounts all the did was remove the headlight. That bike was originally built to be street bike.

 

[caryc]

I think y'all are mixing up the Duke with Alan Ladd... Wayne was 6ft 3". Ladd was 5'6"....

Whoa...could it be that Yaworski has given out some wrong info here.

 

[Dave P.]

not camera mounts all the did was remove the headlight. That bike was originally built to be street bike.

So what is the horizontal tube bolted across the engine downtube and the tube mounted across the rear fender for?
Extension behind the seat looks a bit "boxy" compared to my memory of stock rear fenders?

 

[blume357]

he must have some more serious lifts on considering that Maureen O'Hara was 5'7"... or maybe they used CGI in those movies....

 

[caryc]

Can't tell with that long dress. Maybe she's standing in a hole.

 

[Jeepnik]

Let's settle this. I'm 5'9" Wayne was considerably taller than I am when we stood side by side. 6'3"+ has been bandied about. Sounds about right.

 

[caryc]

That's the magick of Hollywood.

Are you still insisting that Wayne was 5'9" tall?

 

[hittman]

Wayne was 1.93m.
This thread is further proof that absolutely nothing on Gods green earth is too petty to argue about.

 

[caryc]

Wayne was 1.93m.
This thread is further proof that absolutely nothing on Gods green earth is too petty to argue about.

Which equals 6ft 3.9842519685"

 

[Dave P.]

This thread is further proof that absolutely nothing on Gods green earth is too petty to argue about.

The earth is not green!

 

[Jeepnik]

The earth is not green!

It is in Ireland.

 

[harley08]

not camera mounts all the did was remove the headlight. That bike was originally built to be street bike.

I loved the old Hondas around 1970 they had the CB-street Cl- Street/Dirt SL-Dirt, I think that is right!

 

[blume357]

So now we either need to 'debate' how much of the earth is green as well as other colors or which year that Honda was made?

 

[Jeepnik]

So now we either need to 'debate' how much of the earth is green as well as other colors or which year that Honda was made?

We're talking Honda, the world is orange.

I miss my CB 350. Iput a lot of miles on that bike. Should never have sold it.

 

[eveled]

You meet the nicest people on a Honda!

This guy passed me on the highway today

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[caryc]

I had a Honda CA95 150cc when I was a kid. Sold that when I got my Harley.

 

[t-reg]

I've seen a photo of John Wayne on his personal horse.
The guy who pointed it out to me asked me if I saw anything unusual about it and after due studying I said no.
In the photo he is on a paint, where in the movies he only rides solid colors, according to the gentleman.
Since then, I have not reviewed my collection of Mr. Waynes movies to confirm that, but my recollections say it's probably true.

 

[blume357]

From what I heard , and we know what that's worth... Wayne always requested a smaller horse for his movies so that he would look bigger.... but who knows, according to some on this thread they must have been ponies.... which reminds me of a scene in one of his very early movies where he shouted:

"Shoot Low Boys, They're riding Shetland ponies!"

 

[Chief]

I've seen a photo of John Wayne on his personal horse.
The guy who pointed it out to me asked me if I saw anything unusual about it and after due studying I said no.
In the photo he is on a paint, where in the movies he only rides solid colors, according to the gentleman.
Since then, I have not reviewed my collection of Mr. Waynes movies to confirm that, but my recollections say it's probably true.

Wayne rode an Appaloosa in El Dorado.