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Cycle News 2014 Issue 21 May 28

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VOL. 51 ISSUE 21 MAY 28, 2014 P35 Bull and said, 'Sure, let's do it.' " Brown said with his movies he's tried not to 'piggyback on dad's stuff too much.' So he won- dered if naming the new film after his dad's movie made sense. "You're never going to top "On Any Sunday's" influence. But then I thought, 'What the heck, as long as people come to see how great motorcycling is and how nice the people are,' that still remains. To show the world, A. How cool it is, but also how genuinely nice and the passion shared whether it's here at a flat track or in Spain at a GP. The heart of it is so big." Brown said the new film will cover the gamut of motorcycle racing. "We've done Pikes Peak, we did Bonneville, we cov- ered Marc Marquez on the GP tour last year, ice racing, speedway… kind of taking "On Any Sunday" as the blue- print. Not exactly, but the same idea. We also profile some of the best known personalities of the sport like Travis [Pastrana] and Doug Henry." Brown said visually "On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter" promises to be second to none. "We're shooting 4K (ultra high- definition) and it's unbelievable. The cameras are incredible. The technology has advanced so much. Hopefully, visually, it will be something like no one has seen." Larry Lawrence Movie director Dana Brown was on hand overseeing filming for the movie that is slated to hit theaters in October. BIGGER BRAKES FOR MOTOGP T here were several top Mo- toGP riders who woke up last week with a smile on their faces when the FIM Grand Prix Com- mission announced that it had agreed to modify the rules re- garding larger sized carbon disc brakes in the MotoGP class. Previously, 320mm discs were used at all the circuits on the cal- endar with the exception of Mote- gi in Japan where 340mm discs were mandatory; and Montemelo in Spain and Sepang in Malaysia where the use of 340mm discs was optional. That changed last week with the commission – with the support of the brake manu- facturers – changing the rule to allow for the use of 340mm discs PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE The MotoGP class will get to use bigger brakes with a rule change set to take place immediately. continued on page 36

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