Bud Ekins, Famous Moving-Picture Demonstrate Stuntman Also Equally Legend Inwards Hollywood Customs, Cars, Also Equally Motorcycles For His Moving-Picture Demonstrate Work, Also Equally Friendship Amongst Steve Mcqueen Also Equally Von Dutch. However, Impressive For His Receive Motorbike Accomplishments. Lets Larn Got A Look

Born in, every bit good every bit lived in, Hollywood, California, Ekins began riding off-road motorcycles daily inwards the hills inwards a higher solid his Hollywood domicile entirely later WW2 ended. He was every chip adept young for the state of war machine until years later WW2 was over, because he was born inwards May 1930

He was a young hooligan, not going to schoolhouse later 8th grade, every bit good every bit getting 2 years inwards reform schoolhouse for joy riding inwards a stolen car.

He started entering local off-road races inwards 1949, every bit good every bit within a yoke years, was the overstep motocross racer inwards Southern California, winning the AMA District 37 title seven times. He used a shovel blade every chip a engine sideslip plate. Crafty.

Matchless motorbike manufacturing industrial constitute life sponsored him inwards the 1952 European Motocross Championship every bit good every bit he finished the season inwards ranked 15th inwards the world.

In 1955 Ekins won the Catalina Grand Prix, every bit good every bit inwards 1959 became the tertiary three-time winner of the prestigious Big Bear Hare every bit good every bit Hound desert race, which at the 4th dimension was the largest off-road resultant inwards the country, land at half way, he was inwards the lead, broke a rim, had his team exercise it, every bit good every bit all the same made upwardly the lost 4th dimension every bit good every bit won the race xxx minutes ahead of the guy inwards 2nd place. For his 1959/3rd 4th dimension win

He hired Von Dutch inwards the early 60's, every bit good every bit that's something I already covered inwards my Von Dutch posts. He likewise hired Evel Knievel:
‘I never saw Evel Knievel jump, simply he worked for me,’ Bud recalled. ‘He was dead broke. I had him changing tyres. He was an egotist every bit good every bit that was before he got truly famous. He jumped anything – Norton, Triumphs. He was a whore. He was kinda stupid to striking it with a Harley, simply Harley paid him for it.’

In a yoke years, he opened a Triumph dealership, every bit good every bit the young Hollywood stars were dropping by... Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty

Von Dutch painted the sign/lettering on the bldg

Ekins won 4 gilded medals every bit good every bit a silverish during his seven years of competing inwards the ISDT, the International Six Days Trial, a shape of off-road motorbike Olympics.

In 1964, he helped pioneer the Baja thou when he every bit good every bit his blood blood brother Dave did the TJ to La Paz inwards 39 hours on a motorbike every bit good every bit was the overall winner of the the maiden Baja 500 inwards 1969 inwards a Hurst Baja Boot

After the starting 4th dimension Baja 1000, Both McQueen every bit good every bit Ekins recognized the potential every bit good every bit advanced designing of the Baja Boots. Solar Plastics, Steve McQueen’s manufacturing industrial constitute life which produced accessories for dune buggies every bit good every bit motorcycles, eventually purchased both Boots from Vic Hickey.

He was the stunt coordinator for the boob tube exhibit CHiPS, every bit good every bit did stunts inwards the Love Bug, Blues Brothers, every bit good every bit Animal House. He was a writer for Motorcycling Magazine.

Many of his collected bikes are at auction every year, entirely a glimpse at Bonhams shows half-dozen pages of his motorcycles every bit good every bit cars, who states that Ekins was 1 of the USA’s firstly collectors of veteran every bit good every bit vintage motorcycles - at 1 4th dimension his collection numbered over 150 motorcycles every bit good every bit was considered to alive the most valuable inwards the country.

In his collection which went to auction inwards 2010 with Bonhams, were about foreign things similar this sign made past times Von Dutch for Ekins' Hollywood vehicle rental business, /search?q=von-dutch-signpainting-i-wonder-if-any every bit good every bit things pinstriped past times Von Dutch