> > ...play a major role in a few films such as: > > The Wild One (1953) > The Wild Angels (1966) > Easy Rider (1969) > Nam's Angels (1970) > Evel Knievel (1971) > On Any Sunday [documentary] (1971) > Electra Glide in Blue (1973) > Mad Max (1979) > Biker Boyz (2003) > Torque (2004) > The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) > The World's Fastest Indian (2005) > Wild Hogs (2007) > > However they also show up as props and bit parts > in a lot more productions. For instance there is some BMW(?) > (with sidecar) action in _Where Eagles Dare_ (1968). > > A few more with motorcycle scenes: > > The Great Escape (1963) > 1941 (1979) > The Matrix (1999) and Reloaded (2003) > Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) > The Beverly Hillbillies [TV comedy series] (early 1962 episode) > Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) > > In the 1968 movie _The Green Berets_ with John Wayne > a Special Forces/ARVN team steals several enemy bikes with sidecars > as part of an operation to kidnap an NVA officer. I couldn't > identify the make; perhaps some Czech 2-strokes? > > A quick Google search didn't find a canonical list of bikes > in movies, films and other productions. Anyone here know of one?
I don't know of one, but I'd add a couple of TV shows--"Dark Angel" and
"Dollhouse" (Eliza Dushku riding a Ducati in _heels_ at one point). And
"Ratatoille" has a hilarious chase scene involving a Vespa, not to
mention that the female lead rides a sportsbike but I'm not sure if it's
a particular model or totally a figment of the artists' imaginations.
Way back in the 1969 there was the TV series "Then Came Bronson",
featuring Micheal Parks on a Sportster. Around the same timeframe was
Marcus Welby, MD, where Welby's sidekick, played by James Brolin, rode a
motorcycle of some variety, I forget what. I seem to recall a dotty old
broad with a sidecar in "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians are
Coming". Then there are the movies "Girl on a Motorcycle" and "Electra-
Glide in Blue". And the TV series "CHiPs". I also recall seeing a
movie a while back about US motorcycle troops in WWII but I can't recall
the title. But that reminds me of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
which has a motorcycle chase. One of the "Bourne" movies did as well.
And at one point Emma Peel rode off into the sunset with Steed in the
sidecar. And Spike (James Marsters) rides a motorcycle in a number of
episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", while Wesley Wyndham-Price's
(Alexis Denisof) first appearance in "Angel" is on one.
I did come across this site
<http://www.motorbiker.org/motorbiker.nsf/Movies_Titles?OpenView> .
Posted by The Older Gentleman on June 2, 2011, 1:54 am
> A few more with motorcycle scenes: > > The Great Escape (1963) > 1941 (1979) > The Matrix (1999) and Reloaded (2003) > Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) > The Beverly Hillbillies [TV comedy series] (early 1962 episode) > Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
Wallace & Gromit's A Close Shave
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Posted by Futility Man on June 2, 2011, 3:13 pm
>A quick Google search didn't find a canonical list of bikes >in movies, films and other productions. Anyone here know of one? >TIA, SQ
The last episode of MASH. B.J. gets a Chinese sidehack, takes the side car off,
paints it yellow, and rides off into the sunset.
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Futility Man
Posted by Eiron on June 2, 2011, 4:52 pm
On 02/06/2011 20:13, Futility Man wrote:
>> >> A quick Google search didn't find a canonical list of bikes >> in movies, films and other productions. Anyone here know of one? >> >> TIA, SQ > The last episode of MASH. B.J. gets a Chinese sidehack, takes the side car
off,
> paints it yellow, and rides off into the sunset.
The Batman movie, the one with the rubber shark, has a detachable sidecar.
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Posted by DC on June 2, 2011, 6:21 pm
>On 02/06/2011 20:13, Futility Man wrote: >>> >>> A quick Google search didn't find a canonical list of bikes >>> in movies, films and other productions. Anyone here know of one? >>> >>> TIA, SQ >> >> The last episode of MASH. B.J. gets a Chinese sidehack, takes the side car
off,
>> paints it yellow, and rides off into the sunset. >The Batman movie, the one with the rubber shark, has a detachable sidecar.
K'nell
If only, this was shown on Brit TV, every morning :O)
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> ...play a major role in a few films such as:
>
> The Wild One (1953)
> The Wild Angels (1966)
> Easy Rider (1969)
> Nam's Angels (1970)
> Evel Knievel (1971)
> On Any Sunday [documentary] (1971)
> Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
> Mad Max (1979)
> Biker Boyz (2003)
> Torque (2004)
> The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
> The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
> Wild Hogs (2007)
>
> However they also show up as props and bit parts
> in a lot more productions. For instance there is some BMW(?)
> (with sidecar) action in _Where Eagles Dare_ (1968).
>
> A few more with motorcycle scenes:
>
> The Great Escape (1963)
> 1941 (1979)
> The Matrix (1999) and Reloaded (2003)
> Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
> The Beverly Hillbillies [TV comedy series] (early 1962 episode)
> Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
>
> In the 1968 movie _The Green Berets_ with John Wayne
> a Special Forces/ARVN team steals several enemy bikes with sidecars
> as part of an operation to kidnap an NVA officer. I couldn't
> identify the make; perhaps some Czech 2-strokes?
>
> A quick Google search didn't find a canonical list of bikes
> in movies, films and other productions. Anyone here know of one?