[QUOTE="Mike"] The version that I heard (which may, of course, be wrong) simply had him either not want to do it himself or the film company not wanting him to do it and consequently Bud Edkins did. I hadn't previously seen mention of him trying and crashing.[/QUOTE] Bud Ekins [URL]http://home.ama-cycle.org/forms/museum/hofbiopage.asp?id=166[/URL]