Why can't they make a good motorcycle movie?

[crazylittleshit]

Why o Why is there no acceptable motorcycle movies

Examples: biker boys, torque
these movies offended me. "burn rubber not soul" (What the fuck?)

Please someone out there restore my faith in the motorcycle movie there must Be, at Least one good one. :mad:

[John]

sadly none in my lifetime that I remeber...

its all this cage influenced rice crap. (IMO)

[James Deuce]

Same reason 86 year old OAPs get upset about youfs what don't tuck their shirts in - NO understanding of the component elements of a particular culture.

[Sniper]

Same reason 86 year old OAPs get upset about youfs what don't tuck their shirts in - NO understanding of the component elements of a particular culture.

I tuck my shirt in, its neater :o :Punk:

[ching_ching]

Check out the Waikato KB Ride clip. Leaves Torque and Biker Boys for shit!! :spudbooge

[StoneChucker]

It's a nice clip. Would love to have seen more though. Nice stoppies and wheelies :headbang:

[Coyote]

Torque is just The Fast and the Furious with the bikes instead of those poser cars. I always laugh when I hear people go on about the Fast and the Furious. They don't really know how the motor works yet they reckon they know all about cars because of the movie telling them about NOS, neons, chrome, intercoolers and body kits improving aerodynamics (all their spoliers and body kits are 10% function, 80% style and 10% piss).

Once I get my licence......

[slob]

The ones from the 70s were pretty good e.g. EasyRider, Stone (Aussie flick)

I've been meaning to rent 'The Wild One' - an old Marlon Brando movie from the 60s I think..

[avgas]

Oh crap i forgot what i was about to say
...
hang on....
Motorbike movies, right.
Oh yeh i burnt my soul once, it melted a little on the exhaust of my GB.
No wait that was a sole.
:doctor:
Why cant stunt riders be hard boys in films - they all chuck dirt tyres on the road bike for off road scenes, i just use road tyres

[merv]

"On Any Sunday" was the one - came out here in '73 and there was no bullshit in that. "On Any Sunday II" in '78 was OK, but not as funny as the first one. "Easy Rider" was '69 and the funny thing is if I watch it now I think it is a crap movie but back then it was so cool. They were all crash and burn back in the 60's and early 70's with other movies like "Vanishing Point" though that was about a car.

[duckman]

**ahem**

Are we forgetting"silver dream machine" with David Essex...

Any Poms out there should remember :Pokey:

[onearmedbandit]

And we're forgetting 'Faster'. Anyone else here heard of it, or seen it. Apparently a brilliant movie/docu covering the 2002/03 Motogp season.

[matthewt]

And we're forgetting 'Faster'. Anyone else here heard of it, or seen it. Apparently a brilliant movie/docu covering the 2002/03 Motogp season.

If you haven't seen it PM me with your address and I'll send you the dvd.

[Fryin Finn]

Did you ever see 'Little Faus big Halsy' from the early 70's. As I recall it was about a couple of desert racers on a green DT1 who move on to road racing - starred Rob Redford and Michael J Pollard.

[Omega1]

I thought the bikes in Mad Max 1 were pretty cool,

[crazylittleshit]

looks like all the best motorcycle movies were made it the 70's.
:ride:
I'll keep my eyes out for some of these movies thanks guys ;)
KB Ride clips sound cool were do I get a hold of that?
P.s check out www.stupidvideos.com It's got some really good motorcycle clips

[Motu]

The Wild One,Easy Rider and On Any Sunday are the only bike movies of any consequence - because they changed what people thought about motorcycles.We didn't get The Wild One in NZ until the late 70s I think,it was banned,so it's effect on us was lost,but indirectly it was responsable for the ''bikie'' culture,or bike gangs that rose in the late 60s.Easy Rider hit the spot with young people (I was 16 when it was first shown in NZ,I was there with a fake licence)Choppers became cool and we all had to have one,I did.On Any Sunday showed us dirt bikes,trail bikes were only just on the floor,we went out and bought them and hit the dirt.Those films changed our lives - I don't think any bike films after have had that impact.

[Stinger]

Has anyone seen Electra glide in Blue ??

[El Dopa]

Has anyone seen Electra glide in Blue ??

Yeah. It's OK. A bit unfocussed in terms of plot etc. All the bikes in it are the great big overfaired cruiser-types that the yanks love, if memory serves.

[TwoSeven]

My friends younguns loved torque etc. But as they pointed out, it was for the 'bling' not the reality.

They were interested in what mods can be done to the bike and all that stuff, not in actual experience of riding them or a decent plot in the movie - so long as it had big bangs and chases etc.

Modding rice bikes as a craze hasnt hit NZ yet. Here most people just grasp the concept of a new zorst and jetting, and forget about what the bike actually looks like.

I mean have you seen one of these here

http://www.monkeybike.co.uk/acatalog/4-Z50J_black_and_silver_med.jpg

Let alone a full riced out R1 or something like this

http://www.streetfighters-usa.com/web_ima/streetfighters_pic/matzisto.jpg

ok there might be a few, but its not a craze as such.

[merv]

Did you ever see 'Little Faus big Halsy' from the early 70's. As I recall it was about a couple of desert racers on a green DT1 who move on to road racing - starred Rob Redford and Michael J Pollard.

Yep that one was my vintage.

[Paul in NZ]

That malborough man one was ok (ish)

And what was to one about the 2 guys on a bike.. Road movie, quite philosp, um philasp, erm philisph... Clever...

Paul N

[750Y]

supermotohard wasn't too bad, oops lol

[Stinger]

I just watched Urban street bike warriors. Those guys have got some guts... they're all going to end up killing themselves but they've definately got some guts. It's basically like Jackass on motorbikes.

[カワサキキド]

P.s check out www.stupidvideos.com It's got some really good motorcycle clips

3 good bike clips on there (and they are very small and short)

- Motorcycle Wheelie (http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=146 )
- Motorcycle Race Start (http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=148 )
- Ninja and Tractor (http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=696 )

Pumping Gas (http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=760 ) is not bad too.

And someone unsuccessfully trys to imitate Ghost Rider in Road Rash (http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=451 )

[slob]

Ok, this is TV, but I reckon they should do a remake of "Streethawk" :eek: It seemed pretty cool back in the days..

[Ghost Lemur]

Ok, this is TV, but I reckon they should do a remake of "Streethawk" :eek: It seemed pretty cool back in the days..

I thought Streethawk was cool too when I was a kid. But having seen an episode recently, I gotta say, damn that show suck bullocks. So so very very cheesey. As bad if not worse than Knight Rider.

Damn I was easily impressed as a kid, not to mention watched way too much tv.

[Motoracer]

Yea, true. Though I still love the 80s techno back ground music for Street hawk! :Punk:

Music from the 80s is kewl! :cool2:

[Storm]

Preach it brother, preach the gospel of 80's music :Punk: :first: :yeah:

[Indiana_Jones]

Though there may not be many good bike films, there's plenty pf cool chases like the Great escape and Indiana Jones and the last crusade :shifty:

-Indy

[Deano]

I can't recall the name of it, but the Wayne Gardiner doco with music from Jimmy Barnes (and band) was awesome.

[pete376403]

That malborough man one was ok (ish)

And what was to one about the 2 guys on a bike.. Road movie, quite philosp, um philasp, erm philisph... Clever...

Paul N

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (Micky Rourke and Don Johnson)

And the other you're thinking of about Che Gauvara and someone else riding through South America on an old Norton, would that be the one?

Looking forward to the Bert Munro biopic "Worlds Fastest Indian" but that could be some time away

[SPman]

And the other you're thinking of about Che Gauvara and someone else riding through South America on an old Norton, would that be the one?
The Motorcycle Diaries....real good movie, but only got 1 bike in it. On Any Sunday and Little Fauss and Big Halsey were good. Faster is meant to be good, but hasn't been released here yet.
SP

[Ghost Lemur]

Faster is brilliant.

Motorcycle Diaries is good too.

[Blakamin]

I can't recall the name of it, but the Wayne Gardiner doco with music from Jimmy Barnes (and band) was awesome.
Just bought it and 3 other movies off trade-me... http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/auction_detail.asp?id=19341045

AND I hired "Biker Boyz" on DVD.... heaps better than torque... at least the stunts were real!
It would have been a good movie if they had of left the deleted scenes in... it made more sense

[VasalineWarrior]

Yeah hollywood make shit biker flicks. Il download you some of the ghostrider vids for christmas. Does anyone know when GR4 is out?

[FlangMasterJ]

'Dust To Glory' is great. It's directed by the son of the 'On Any Sunday' director.

'Steel Riders' as a kid was fucken awesome. The guy on the black motorcycle gave me the shits!

[Fryin Finn]

Sky has been showing some really awful biker movies on movies 3 channel recently - they are so bad you almost feel compelled to watch them. :headbang:

[Krayy]

Has anyone seen Electra glide in Blue ??
I'm hanging out for the boxed set of CHiPS :niceone:

[Ghost Lemur]

There was Girl on a Motorcycle, with a full frontal nude Marianne Faithful in here sexy prime.


What I always thought would be a great movie is Steve McQueens La Mans but set at the IOMTT. IE a movie where the IOMTT racing is the main star, and a story is built around it. Like Le Mans, actual racers could be used in most roles instead of actors.

[Pathos]

What about the fastest indian?

if you're not kiwi you wouldn't notice Anthony Hopkins awful NZ accent :/.

I remember a documentary on John Britten years ago, that was very cool. I love how their rider was doing wheelies at the front of the pack during the practises :headbang:

[crazylittleshit]

Finally A good motorcycle movie the fastest indian.

[onearmedbandit]

What about the fastest indian?

if you're not kiwi you wouldn't notice Anthony Hopkins awful NZ accent :/.

I remember a documentary on John Britten years ago, that was very cool. I love how their rider was doing wheelies at the front of the pack during the practises :headbang:


I'm kiwi, and I thought he accent was ok. Fucking brilliant movie though.

[vifferman]

I remember a documentary on John Britten years ago, that was very cool. I love how their rider was doing wheelies at the front of the pack during the practises :headbang:
I thought it was during the race.:mellow:
And at the NZ Grand Prix in '94 (or was it '95?) two of the three Brittens racing did wheelies down the length of the straight when they finished first, second and fourth. Very kewl.

[rustyrobot]

d..r..e..d..g..e..

Any moto-movies to recommend?

ONE WEEK (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104806/)

Out of the blue, Ben learns he has stage IV cancer; survival, with treatment, is 10 percent. So this risk-averse, slow-to-act, quiet man buys a used motorcycle, says goodbye to Samantha, his baffled fiancée, and heads west from Toronto. IMDB Ratings: 7.1/10 from 4,202 users. :niceone:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPXlh5U-tOA

[Boob Johnson]

Necro!!!!!

[Kornholio]

'Fled' with Stephen Baldwin and Laurence Fishburne was quite a good movie with a bit of Ducati action going on...

'Battle Truck' had some future bike action in and it run on chicken shit heh

[EJK]

Biker boyz waz da shit!

[mossy1200]

Motorcycle Diaries would be my pick.
Or Worlds Fastest Indian

[rustyrobot]

Biker boyz waz shit!

Fixed it for you.

[nodrog]

Street hawk, FTW!

[Headbanger]

Chuck Norris+motorcycle+Bike mounted rockets=Some fucked up terrorists


http://youtu.be/pTPjWrDmsZ0

[HenryDorsetCase]

In MACHETE theres a minigun mounted on a Harley. Jumped over a fence thats on fire. It was awesome

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[Swoop]

TT3D.
Closer to the edge.

[lakedaemonian]

Here's a short movie filmed on a DLSR...not bad for a semi amateur.

Better than most madd media rubbish:

http://vimeo.com/36345294

[5150]

Two come to mind (both Harley orientated movies tho)

-Harley Davidson and Marlboro man (Don Johnson and Mickey Rourke)

-Fixing The Shadow (Beyond The Law) with Charley Sheen

[munster]

Werewolves on Wheels 1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nQDGTli3uc

Clips from 'Naked Angels' 1969

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1k8_inyLQ

[munster]

The Wild Angels 1966 - Peter Fonda pre Easy Rider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtydgW2TWxU

Motorcycle Gang 1957

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIHCTJauUdk

[oldguy]

Long Way Round, Long Way Down, Charley Boorman, Ewan McGregor

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[rustyrobot]

THE LEATHER BOYS (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057244/)

Young Dot (Rita Tushingham) and her boyfriend Reggie (Colin Campbell) are members of a group of bikers who hang out at the Ace Café (a real North Circular location). They have a good time socialising and zooming up and down the road - real old fashioned "ton-up" kids. Dot wants to get married and Reggie thoughtlessly agrees, and the couple soon find themselves married.

The honeymoon, at Butlin's (Bognor Regis), doesn't go well. The weather is atrocious, and while Dot wants to go drinking and dancing, Reggie would rather stay in and have sex. The couple are already drifting apart by the end of the honeymoon, and once home Dot proves an incompetent housewife who spends her time buying magazines and chocolate and having her hair done, while Reggie works and comes home to a dirty flat and beans for tea.

Reggie finds solace with his biker mates and starts to form a close relationship with Pete (Dudley Sutton) who is a very happy-go-lucky character who works at the local tip and is of no fixed abode.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6UvpTQ-ZLM

[Drew]

Biker boys is FUCKIN AWESOME!

[Kornholio]

Biker boys is FUCKIN AWESOME!

Well there ya have it.... The tribe has spoken :D

[Drew]

Well there ya have it.... The tribe has spoken :DCome on, piss poor acting, drag racing without using full throttle unless you're behind, coreographed bikie gang parking.

It's got everything!

[Kornholio]

Come on, piss poor acting, drag racing without using full throttle unless you're behind, coreographed bikie gang parking.

It's got everything!

Sounds like the Tauranga Poseur crew thursday night ride :D

[rustyrobot]

Come on, piss poor acting, drag racing without using full throttle unless you're behind, coreographed bikie gang parking.

It's got everything!

Watch it in all it's "glory"....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrX58B99ddE

[oldrider]

Why o Why is there no acceptable motorcycle movies

Examples: biker boys, torque
these movies offended me. "burn rubber not soul" (What the fuck?)

Please someone out there restore my faith in the motorcycle movie there must Be, at Least one good one. :mad:

Contact the producers of that new NZ western movie "Good for nothing" .... they are probably looking for a new theme right now! :yes:

[Tigadee]

Chuck Norris+motorcycle+Bike mounted rockets=Some fucked up terrorists
http://youtu.be/pTPjWrDmsZ0

Ahhhh, good times... Let's not forget the cheesy Mega Force


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLwe7UqUX7k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6MGuKmexPo&feature=related

[5150]

Wasn't there a movie with Vanilla Ice riding a yellow 91-92 GSXR 1100?


Can't believe I said that...........Vanilla Ice :wacko::pinch:

[Kornholio]

Check out the brother binning a perfectly good Gixxer....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM0-ZU8njdo

[EJK]

Come on, piss poor acting, drag racing without using full throttle unless you're behind, coreographed bikie gang parking.

It's got everything!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWqijJNoByQ

The coolest, baddest, meanest mofo arrives on a ride event on a tricked out Hayabusa..... on a TRUCK!

[Asher]

Wasn't there a movie with Vanilla Ice riding a yellow 91-92 GSXR 1100?


Can't believe I said that...........Vanilla Ice :wacko::pinch:



Hahaha! Drop the zero and get with the hero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2RTRk2shM4&feature=endscreen&NR=1

[Headbanger]

Ahhhh, good times... Let's not forget the cheesy Mega Force



Hell yeah, Thats actually what I was looking for when I came across Chuck Norris.

I had a MegaForce watch back in the day, Thought I was the king.