Author Topic: Cool movies involving motorcycles: (Read 12386 times)

Flood · « **Reply #25 on:** November 08, 2005, 01:31:27 PM »

I just received the DVD of "On Any Sunday". Great early 70's racing footage with the great Steve McQueen. I did know that he was riding but I never knew what a good and competitive rider he was.

dusterdude · « **Reply #26 on:** November 08, 2005, 01:39:37 PM »

flood,thats a badass movie

egar · « **Reply #27 on:** November 08, 2005, 06:55:41 PM »

What? NO mention of Marlon Brando in the 1953 classic The Wild One?

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #28 on:** November 08, 2005, 07:05:32 PM »

Jeez, I was 10 years old when that came out.

dpen · « **Reply #29 on:** November 21, 2005, 02:38:07 AM »

Get a copy of the Australian movie "Stone". See the separate post for details.

ofreen · « **Reply #30 on:** December 13, 2005, 11:26:41 PM »

Quote from: Buffo the Magnificent on October 13, 2005, 04:18:00 PM

One of my favorite movies with a motorcycle scene is "The Great Escape" with Steve Mcqueen

At the end of the chase, McQueen and bike are tangled up in the wire. McQueen reaches down and give the gas tank a pat. Never fails to bring a tear to my eye. sniff

Greg
'75 CB750F

Einyodeler · « **Reply #31 on:** December 15, 2005, 05:57:15 PM »

I give mine a pat on the tank every time I make it back home to the barn.

The old warrior and his steed have survived another day of dodging cars

Anybody remember these classis flics ?

Einyodeler · « **Reply #32 on:** December 29, 2005, 09:50:48 PM »

Or these........

Einyodeler · « **Reply #33 on:** December 29, 2005, 09:52:13 PM »

And 1 more.....

DiscoEd · « **Reply #34 on:** January 11, 2006, 07:31:55 PM »

Black Rain circa 1989
Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia in a great Ridley Scott film.
ooohhhh... and Kate Capshaw too!
-DiscoEd

jaannaktin · « **Reply #35 on:** January 12, 2006, 06:22:10 AM »

Rumor has it that Michael Douglas is riding a doctored up HD sportster in "Black Rain" when he clashed with the bad guys. True?

DiscoEd · « **Reply #36 on:** January 12, 2006, 04:37:13 PM »

Quote from: jaan 70CB750 on January 12, 2006, 06:22:10 AM

Rumor has it that Michael Douglas is riding a doctored up HD sportster in "Black Rain" when he clashed with the bad guys. True?

No! This appears to be false... sort of.

He does appear in the first quater of the movie (prior to his clash with the bad guys) riding what does seem to to be a HD sportster. It's got a cafe style faring and I think some drag bars on it. In one scene there is definetly a visible HD emblem on the tank. Through sheer Holywood trickery he wins in a race against a Suzuki.

Regards,
DiscoEd

Vatch · « **Reply #37 on:** January 26, 2006, 03:14:08 PM »

I just watched "Girl on a motorcycle," the uncut Euro version. What's not to like? Bikes, breasts, and that leather jump suit. Was that ending the official ending for bike flicks from the late 60's?

chrometank · « **Reply #38 on:** February 12, 2006, 03:12:14 AM »

Theres a great 70s aussie movie called STONE, heaps of Z900 with a few CBs if you look closely.About a bunch of full- on bikers who ride jap bikes and get in a lot of trouble.Not much of a story but some great 70s bikes n crashes.

turtle · « **Reply #39 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:17:26 PM »

I am surprised no-one has mentioned Easy Rider. It has to be a classic.

Oops. My age is showing.

petercb750 · « **Reply #40 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:54:28 PM »

And for all the Aussies - who can forget the classic "Stone"? Especially the race thru Sydney streets between the Kwaka9 and Norton - sensational stuff.

Ted Nomura · « **Reply #41 on:** March 21, 2006, 12:06:25 PM »

Quote from: chrometank on February 12, 2006, 03:12:14 AM

Theres a great 70s aussie movie called STONE, heaps of Z900 with a few CBs if you look closely.About a bunch of full- on bikers who ride jap bikes and get in a lot of trouble.Not much of a story but some great 70s bikes n crashes.

There was an early 1970s movie titled "Stone Killer" featuring Charles Bronson with a bad guy riding a 1971 CB750K1 with dual discs and during a stunt scene it morphs into a 1971 CB500.

Ted Nomura · « **Reply #42 on:** March 21, 2006, 12:16:50 PM »

Quote from: Jonesy on October 14, 2005, 08:53:42 PM

Quote from: jbailey on October 14, 2005, 07:58:24 PM
One of the "Dirty Harry" movies with Clint Eastwood has a cool chase with a couple of '60's Triumphs.

Didn't he also chase some rouge cops on a police Harley? After the one rode off the pier and crashed into the bay, I love it when he looks down and mutters, "Briggs was right.. you guys DO need more practice!"

The bad guys were riding 1971 Moto Guzzi 750s but during the stunt scene, it changes to a 650 Triumph. The beginning scene of this movie looked just like the beginning of the popular "Wild 7" comics in Japan when in an 1969 introduction scene, a renegade motorcycle police force stopped a mob boss in a car and just blew him and his associates away with a shotgun (Dirty Harry scene used a gun). The main differences is that in the Wild 7, the renegade police cyclists are heroes. Hey, "Magnificent 7" was copied from "The Seven Samurais" so why not "Dirty Harry:Magnum Force" copied from "Wild 7"?, which itself was a modern motorcycle version of the " The Seven Samurais". They made a TV series about "Wild 7" during the early 1970s but they were riding 1972 Suzuki GT750s. In the original 1969 comics, the lead man rode a 650 Triumph, then CB750s after 1970. They made an animated version during the 1990s which featured the original custom white CB750 police bike. I recently converted one of my CB750 into one, but naturally kept all the parts to bring it back to stock.

Ted Nomura · « **Reply #43 on:** March 21, 2006, 12:27:34 PM »

Quote from: DiscoEd on January 12, 2006, 04:37:13 PM

Quote from: jaan 70CB750 on January 12, 2006, 06:22:10 AM

Rumor has it that Michael Douglas is riding a doctored up HD sportster in "Black Rain" when he clashed with the bad guys. True?

No! This appears to be false... sort of.

He does appear in the first quater of the movie (prior to his clash with the bad guys) riding what does seem to to be a HD sportster. It's got a cafe style faring and I think some drag bars on it. In one scene there is definetly a visible HD emblem on the tank. Through sheer Holywood trickery he wins in a race against a Suzuki.

Regards,
DiscoEd

He was riding what appears to be a 1977 or 1978 Harley Davidson XLCR (a factory cafe-racer version of the Sportster, the new frame became standard on later Sportsters) but with a different shaped aftermarket bikini fairing instead of the original one.

Ted Nomura · « **Reply #44 on:** March 21, 2006, 12:29:43 PM »

I just saw "Chrome and Hot Leather" video I rented from local library. It featured four 1971 Kawasaki 250 F8 Enduros..

DiscoEd · « **Reply #45 on:** March 21, 2006, 05:24:16 PM »

There is a movie called "Clockwise" starring John Cleese...
In this movie there is a father on a quest to find his run away daughter. The father is riding what appears to me to be a small CB of some type. I'm not sure which it is. There are several scenes in which the bike appears during the first 3rd of the movie. I just couldn't get a good enough look to tell what it is. Perhaps one of the experts could give this movie a view.

Regards,
DiscoEd

Magpie · « **Reply #46 on:** March 21, 2006, 07:12:54 PM »

"Little Faus and Big Halsey" with Michael J. Pollard and Robert Redford. Great show.

cyclezirk · « **Reply #47 on:** March 21, 2006, 08:46:13 PM »

That movie that had Brian "the Boz" Bosworth in it as an undercover cop...Stone Cold, I think.

Ted Nomura · « **Reply #48 on:** March 24, 2006, 01:19:44 PM »

Quote from: Magpie on March 21, 2006, 07:12:54 PM

"Little Faus and Big Halsey" with Michael J. Pollard and Robert Redford. Great show.

That was a great movie. My kid sister saw it before me because she is a Robert Redford fan (ended up editing movie scrips for him at Sundance during her adult years.) I saw it a year later at Drive-In when I became interested in motorcycles and since the movie showed Yamaha Enduros, it became a major decision factor when I chose my first motorcycle, a 1972 Yamaha 125 AT2 Enduro.

cb650 · « **Reply #49 on:** March 25, 2006, 09:09:03 AM »

Quote from: cyclezirk on March 21, 2006, 08:46:13 PM

That movie that had Brian "the Boz" Bosworth in it as an undercover cop...Stone Cold, I think.

Yes thats it but it was nothin but hardlys. How many do you see in movies? A million or more.
Its always nice to see somethin diffrent especially if it is a cb.

Terry

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