Motorbikes at the Movies

From Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper riding throughsame name, was set in 1964 when the mods and the
America to Marlon Brando and his motorbike gangrockers were waging wars against one another.
terrorising the locals, the movie industry has created'Proper' bikers may baulk at the puny Lambretta
some of the most iconic motorbikes. So what are thescooter. However an iconic film on British Culture
most iconic motorbike moments in movie history?presented an iconic 'motorbike'. When the 'scooter for
The first movie that has to be mentioned is Easysale' sign went up the famous Lambretta it sold for
Rider, the custom bikes that were built by chopper£36,000.
builders Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy created a trulyThe Great Escape did not feature motorbikes heavily
iconic motorbike. Using former police Harley Davidsonbut the scene where Steve McQueen races to the
Hydra-Glide's they were custom built with PeterSwiss border in his TT Special 650 Triumph is a
Fondas bike decorated with the iconic 'Stars andfantastic moment. The pursuit by the German soldiers
Stripes'.is a heart-racing scene and the glorious jump over the
Before Marlon Brando got old and overweight he wasfence is certainly one of the great motorbike movie
the star of the classic motorbike movie. The Triumphmoments. McQueen actually attempted the jump over
Thunderbird 650cc belonged to Brando himself. Brandothe fence himself but crashed. Luckily they had
and the other members of the Black Rebel Motorcyclemotorcycle spares and McQueens stunt double
Club terrorised a small town. The town was based onsucceeded.
Hollister riots where a biker gang invaded the smallFilm has provided the most famous of motorbikes
town of Hollister in California. The movie poster ofmoments in memory and greatly improved the sales
Brand resting on his Triumph is a truly iconic picture.of particular models.
Quadrophenia, based on The Who rock opera of the