Only baddies ride cruisers

[Steam]

Have you noticed in movies it is usually the bad guys who ride cruisers, hogs, choppers, etc? And the good guy in biking movies always rides a nice shiny sprotsbike.

Can you think of any good charactered cruiser riders in film or TV? The dudes from Easy rider I guess, but even those guys were no good dirty liberal drug-taking lefties.
Reno Raines, from that generic bounty-hunting programme, but that show sucked and he was a wuss.
I can't think of even one.

[Patch]

The FONZ, AAAAAAA

not a movie, but Oh Happy Day

[Motu]

It all started with The Wild One - Marlon Brando rode a Triumph,Lee Marvin rode a Harley....the die was set,and it's been the same ever since.

[car]

Can you think of any good charactered cruiser riders in film or TV?

James Bond.

[SARGE]

Can you think of any good charactered cruiser riders in film or TV? The dudes from Easy rider I guess, but even those guys were no good dirty liberal drug-taking lefties.
Reno Raines, from that generic bounty-hunting programme, but that show sucked and he was a wuss.
I can't think of even one.


AAAAA-nold in T2..

[car]

AAAAA-nold in T2..

I thought that, then I thought that maybe "character" was pushing it a bit. Animate scenery, props perhaps.

He needs your boods, your cloes and your modorzykle. Mine wouldn't fit him.

[Buster]

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991).

[Lou Girardin]

Pulp Fiction. The chopper changed sides, from Zed to Bruce Willis' character.
Willis girlfriend - Who's motorcycle?
Willis - It's a chopper baby, not a motorcycle.
WG - Who's is it?
W - Zeds
WG - Who's Zed
W - Zeds dead.

[98tls]

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

[RiderInBlack]

X-men: V-rod
Blade: if ya count Buels as a Sports HD's
The Biker Mice From Mars.
The Renegade.

[BarBender]

Electra Glide In Blue

[Crisis management]

How about the Aussie film (I have no idea what it was called) from the 70's, the baddies rode Z1's and the goody rode a Commando 750 wearing white leathers:sick: .
It was truly nasty, he looked like the Lone Ranger...actually he looked a bit like Owen Wilson if you can imagine that.

[Mom]

How about the Aussie film (I have no idea what it was called) from the 70's, the baddies rode Z1's and the goody rode a Commando 750 wearing white leathers:sick: .
It was truly nasty, he looked like the Lone Ranger...actually he looked a bit like Owen Wilson if you can imagine that.

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

[MSTRS]

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

Correct. You've lead a sheltered life (up 'til now) haven't you?

[crashe]

Arnie rode a Harley in Terminator 2.....

Easy Rider - now they were cool cruisers

James Dean also rode a bike.

[Crisis management]

Im pretty sure that movie was called "Stone"


It all comes back to me now, I thought that was what I was, rather than what I was watching, interesting juxtaposition of sensory perceptions perhaps?

[Mom]

Correct. You've lead a sheltered life (up 'til now) haven't you?

:innocent: of course I have, I went to see it with a bunch of people, I can still remember one of the guys throwing up in the carpark afterwards.....LOL


It all comes back to me now, I thought that was what I was, rather than what I was watching, interesting juxtaposition of sensory perceptions perhaps?

Ahhh those were the days huh?:whistle:

[McJim]

But not all Baddies ride cruisers - look at Mission impossible 2 - imagine if Sean Ambrose had jumped on some Boss Hoss Fat Bastard bike to try and chase Ethan Hunt - that would have been really funny.:rofl:

[HenryDorsetCase]

STEVE MCQUEEN!!!!!! 1!!!! !!

come on, guys: The Great Escape!

[McJim]

STEVE MCQUEEN!!!!!! 1!!!! !!

come on, guys: The Great Escape!

That wasn't a cruiser - that was a naked street bike....wiv german decals on..in khaki....

[HenryDorsetCase]

That wasn't a cruiser - that was a naked street bike....wiv german decals on..in khaki....


hmmm, true dat.

a triumph too, correct me if Im wrong.

[McJim]

hmmm, true dat.

a triumph too, correct me if Im wrong.

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?

[idb]

But not all Baddies ride cruisers - look at Mission impossible 2 - imagine if Sean Ambrose had jumped on some Boss Hoss Fat Bastard bike to try and chase Ethan Hunt - that would have been really funny.:rofl:

John Banks and Bishop Brian Tamaki ride Harleys.
You can't tell me they aren't good guys - one of them is only a few steps from God!

[sunhuntin]

John Banks and Bishop Brian Tamaki ride Harleys.
You can't tell me they aren't good guys - one of them is only a few steps from God!

id like to send him about 100 steps in the other direction.

and o yeh.....harley davidson and the marlboro man. shit i love that movie. marlboro is HOT!!! looks kinda like a guy i used to shag. yummy.

[cynna]

macgyver had a sportster

booker had a fatboy (off shoot of 21 jump street)

[slowpoke]

It all started with The Wild One - Marlon Brando rode a Triumph,Lee Marvin rode a Harley....the die was set,and it's been the same ever since.

Not sure which Hardly-Able-Son Marvin rode, but Brando's Triumph would have been the sportsbike of it's day. I dare say a Hardly would have been pretty damn quick at the time too.

[DingDong]

Dumb&dumberer... they were good guys on a harley... well it looked like a harley anyway:yes:

[buellbabe]

Blade: if ya count Buels as a Sports HD's[/

Last time I checked... a Buell is definately NOT a cruiser...

On the subject of movie characters... as someone else already mentioned, "Harley Davidson and the Malboro Man"
Great movie and Mickey Rourke put a different spin on Harley riders... for starters he was in flash leathers and not scummy old raggedy black ones...
:rockon:

[RiderInBlack]

Last time I checked... a Buell is definately NOT a cruiser...
Well do agree with ya there BB, but it was worth it for the fishing:dodge:

[buellbabe]

LOL...note to self: DON'T take the bait...
he he he

[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......:sick:

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"?:shifty:

[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.