Electra Glide in Blue is a 1973 American action film, starring Robert Blake as a motorcycle cop in Arizona and Billy "Green" Bush as his partner.[2] It was produced and directed by James William Guercio,[2] and is named after the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle issued to traffic cops.[3] The soundtrack was performed by members of the band Chicago, who also briefly appear; Guercio managed them at the time and produced many of their albums.The band that appeared in concert was Madura, although members of Chicago appeared in the film and also provided the sound track.
John Wintergreen is a motorcycle cop who patrols the rural Arizona highways with his partner Zipper. Wintergreen is an experienced patrolman looking to be transferred to the Homicide unit. When he is informed by Crazy Willie of an apparent suicide-by-shotgun, Wintergreen believes the case is actually a murder as the victim has shot himself in the chest rather than the head, which is more usual. Detective Harve Poole agrees it is a homicide, after a .22 bullet is found amongst the pellets in the man's chest during the autopsy, as well as hearing about a possible missing $5,000 ($34,300 today) from the man's home, and arranges for Wintergreen to be transferred to homicide to help with the case.
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Wintergreen gets his wish, but his joy is short-lived. He begins increasingly to identify with the hippies whom the other officers, including Detective Poole, are endlessly harassing. The final straw comes when Poole discovers that Wintergreen has been sleeping with his girlfriend, Jolene. The hostile workplace politics cause him to be quickly demoted back to traffic enforcement.
While demoted, Wintergreen solves the murder. The killer is Willie, who confesses while Wintergreen goads him into talking about it. Wintergreen supposes Willie did it because he was jealous of the old man he killed, who frequently had young people over to his house to buy drugs. Shortly after, it is discovered that Zipper stole the $5,000, which he used to buy a fully dressed Electra Glide motorcycle. Upon this discovery, Zipper becomes distressed and belligerent and shoots at Wintergreen, striking an innocent bystander. Wintergreen shoots him square in the chest.
Wintergreen, now alone and back on his old beat, runs into a hippie that Zipper was needlessly harassing earlier on a previous stop. Recognizing him, Wintergreen lets him off with a warning, but the hippie forgets his driver's license, and Wintergreen drives up behind his van to return it to him. The hippie's passenger points a shotgun out of the back window and shoots Wintergreen, killing him.
First-time director James William Guercio took a salary of one dollar in order to have budget available to hire Conrad Hall as the cinematographer. During their discussions, it transpired that Guercio and Hall disagreed on how the film should look; a compromise was reached where Guercio would shoot the exterior scenes in a manner reminiscent of John Ford's films (which was the look Guercio wanted to achieve), while Hall could set up and shoot all the interior scenes any way he saw fit. In the DVD commentary, Guercio says a majority of the film was shot without permits, because the Arizona Highway Patrol did not cooperate with production. Filming was in Monument Valley and Fountain Hills, Arizona.[5]
Prior to production an LAPD Motor Officer (Gerald L. Ray) was hired to teach Blake how to properly ride a Police Motorcycle. They spent more than a month riding replicas of Police Motorcycles around the Van Nuys area. Production was several days behind schedule due to Guercio's inexperience as a director. In Blake's 2012 autobiography Tales From a Rascal, he refers to this film as being a very tough shoot and that he essentially co-directed the picture with Hall while Guercio "stood around".[6]
Guercio was best known as the producer of the rock band Chicago.[4] Members of the band appear in the film in minor roles,[4] including Peter Cetera,[7] Terry Kath,[4] Lee Loughnane[7] and Walter Parazaider,[7] as well as Hawk Wolinski[7] from the Guercio-produced band Madura. Chicago members also perform on the movie soundtrack. The soundtrack album also included a four-page fold-out poster of Robert Blake standing beside his cycle on a bluff overlooking Monument Valley.
Blake complained about production woes and lamented his $20,000 fee for a starring role which caught the attention of television executives and led to the police drama series Baretta, for which he is most known.[8]
The film received a review in The New York Times, which described it as "portentous" but portraying "very ordinary or very embarrassing things: a crudely staged bike chase, or the confessions of a demoralized bar girl in what looks and sounds like a second-year acting exercise in drama school."[2]
Designed to help prevent the wheels from locking under braking to assist the rider in maintaining control when braking in a straight-line. ABS operates independently on front and rear brakes to keep the wheels rolling and help prevent uncontrolled wheel lock in urgent situations.
The iconic Batwing Fairing with splitstream vent does more than just look good. It delivers smooth air flow and reduced head buffeting. The mid-height windshield gives you extra protection from the elements.
The Electra Glide Standard takes the essentials of touring and tosses out the distractions. You'll enjoy the thunder of its Milwaukee-Eight 107 engine as you soar free with electronic cruise control, without the distractions of an infotainment or sound system. With its iconic batwing fairing and splitstream vent that reduces head buffeting, this bike doesn't just look like a dream - it rides like one.
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Naturally, the king of the road gets some royal extras. The premium two-speaker, 20-watt per channel Harman/Kardon audio system boasts great sound for booming down the boulevard and highway, and, yeah, it might as well go to 11. It's loud, proud and comes with AM/FM receiver and accommodates a CD or MP3 player. Riding free just wouldn't be the same without the right soundtrack.
Beyond the Grand American Touring appearance of this windshield, an 8-inch wind splitter is all it takes to keep the wind from getting in the way of you and your ride. Get clear visibility without buffeting, and bit more comfort when the wind really wants to throw you around. Yet another detail that makes our Electra Glide models the best in class for Touring comfort with long-distance performance.
The RSTD engine is very car-like compared to the chug - chug Harley V-twin. Very smooth and lots of power (which I did not sample much as I am in the break in period). The pipes are really quiet - that's a change.
How do you find the steering compared to your HD? I came from a smaller bike and thought the steering very heavy, which I expected. When I changed out the stock tires, the handling was much improved. Since you have come from a large bike, does it handle heavily from your perspective? Are they still putting Bridgestones on the new bikes?
As Buddyrich mentioned you may be lugging the engine. I did the same thing when I moved from a v-twin to the V4. I don't think about accelerating in 5th gear anywhere below 60 mph. Before I installed a tach I thought it ran ok and I was shifting at really high RPMs. After the tach I found it ran much better and had only been cranking it up to about 5000 rpms. With the tach I let it run on up to 6200 and really felt what it could do.
Congrads on the RSV. Growing up with brothers and friends riding Harleys, I can relate. Still today on rides my friends will switch bikes, never once do I hear them tell me the RSV is better, some will even say they don't like it, but when I see the smile on their face when they are riding the RSV, I know which is the better bike. But like Dennis said, after you give a long break in period, let her whine out when you shift, she will really show you what the RSV is about. Have Fun, Later-
I think this is part of my thing. I always seem to be obsessed with keeping the RPMs as low as possible, maybe not to the point of lugging the motor but I really don't like to wind it out. Harleys have very clear shift points and with a tach it was never in doubt. I think that I will have to shift less and learn to love the higher RPMs. With the stock pipes so quiet I hear the motor and tranny so much, it just seems weird I guess.
That said, I do notice some vibration when accelerating that is not there with the Harley. I felt it in the handle bars and in the seat today, in fifth gear doing 60 accelerating to seventy and going up hills. It was not troubling, just there. With the Harley it vibrates like crazy at idle and then smooths way out at speed. I think that what I am noticing is the difference between shaft drive and belt drive mostly. I had a shaft drive Suzuki M50 before and it feels similar to that. But I would agree that shifting later is probably key to smoother riding for me now. I need to love the overhead cams and the higher RPMs for all there glory! Thanks for the input.
Thanks. The steering is great. U turns are still clunky but that is mostly my fault - I was so used to the Harley and now I am riding like a new guy a little. But generally the bike handles great. I am very pleased. Don;t know what I have for tires but I will check.
OMG! Those RPMs scare the hell out of me! But as said here several times, I have to get used to it. I rarely ever went over four on the Harley, ever. Routinely running over five freaks me out a little, but as everyone knows these bikes are made to run that way. Thanks for the info and reassurance everyone. It is great to have the benefit of others' experience. Here is a pic from today and pic of the old ride. 152ee80cbc
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