Only baddies ride cruisers

[HenryDorsetCase]

christ, I can't remember - haven't seen that movie for at least 7 Christmases. Need to look it out - be a bit odd the German Army equipped with Triumphs though in WWII?

you're taking the piss aren't you?

no, I seriously thought it was a triumph: Bud Ekins who did the jump (insurance co wouldnt let McQueen do it) raced Triumphs in the desert, as did McQueen. basically painted it grey and put some german paint on it.

googling now.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I cant tell what this is, but its Steve-O all right. I couldnt save the photo and post it up, hence the link, sorry.

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0057115/49.jpg

[McJim]

Yeah - I did a bit of googling myself - there was another website thought it was a BMW - will go and find that link.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I wouldnt think so. given the film editing of the time, it would have been really obvious if it was a BM.. the bigass cylinders sticking out the side.

There is an article about it in a CW I have at home somewhere..... somewhere is the operative word though.

[McJim]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/goofs

Well spotted Mr Dorset Case - 'twas a Triumph after all - and it wasn't even built until 1960 - nearly 20 years after the escape!

[Skyryder]

There was a scene of a guzzi in the Italian Job. Just don't recall the details.


Skyryder

[kevie]

aaaahhhhhhhh memories of Easy rider movie was it was the most awesome I went to way back then......... think I went to see it about 5 times.

I found the video of it in Video Cancepts in Palmy recently and got it out LOL and thought to myself as I watched it "what a dumb movie" hahahaha

But guess it all looked soooooo much better on bigscreen than on the 21" tv.

I ride a cruiser and before the rebuild I was pulled over by the cops about once in every 2 weeks for a "random check" ..... the bike was rough, loud and out at 1am LOL .... guess I looked like a biker up to no good ...... after the rebuild I have been pulled up twice in almost a year, first time the cop was a biker in Feilding, saw my bike and couldnt decide what it was so pulled me over to see the bike LOL and second time was just a "random check" cop checked my reg.wof.licence then we yakked for a while about his custom bike hes building lol..... so there are actually some ok cops out there

[slimjim]

yea alway's mostly ridden cruiser's, had sport's bike's too, still own one , but still selling the dyna , and buying the VL, recked been pulled over more on the VL than the dyna, and yet the VL is a wee bit quieter, go figure,, last pull over was just coming into bull's, last week, cop reckon's pipes have been altered,

[Drunken Monkey]

In "Black Rain" Detective Nick Conklin (Michael Douglas) somehow gets away from some Yakuza GSXR1100s on his cruiser (Harley 883 Sportster?). It's an 80's flick, I'm sure Indy can tell us more about it...

[moko]

yea i remember that chick....dumb as fuck but cute as hell.

Just like my ex-wife then,apart from the cute as hell bit.

[moko]

Im pretty sure that movie was called "Stone"
possibly the most violent film I ever saw......

There`s a review of Stone on www.imdb.com where the reviewer mentions the era it was made in and comments "back then only an idiot would ride a Harley"."Back then"?

[James Deuce]

be a bit odd the German Army equipped with Triumphs though in WWII?

They had GM and Ford trucks.

What about that limp Renegade TV thing that Lorenzo Lamas and that guy who always plays American Indian Chiefs were in?

[Moki]

Steve McQueen (Great Escape)
DH Lawrence (of Arabia)

[crazybigal]

tom cruise in MI3

[vifferman]

I liked the Lone Biker of the Apocalypse in "Raising Arizona".
I also liked it when he got blown away.
Must get that out from the ziddy-oh store, if they's gottit.