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The wire fence jump in the CCS Wire ?The Great Escape? is arguably the greatest

motorcycle movie scene of all time, but there are others.

When Bud Ekins took the place of Steve McQueen, to jump the

wire fence in the film ?The Great Escape?, he arguably created the most famous

motorcycle movie scene of all time, but you will notice that I used the word

?arguably?, because there are other movies that run this one close. The Great

Escape wasn?t a film about motorcycles; it just happened to have the scene that

everyone remembers. Interestingly, although McQueen didn?t perform that stunt,

it was his idea to include that scene. Both Ekins and McQueen were avid

motorcyclists.

In 1969, Dennis Hopper directed and starred alongside Peter

Fonda in a film that reverberated far beyond the Movie Theatre. ?Easy Rider?

was the story of two disillusioned youths who, after collecting the funds from

a dope sale in Southern California, set off on a trip across America. The Hydraglides

in the film, which were built between 1949 and 1952, were bought at auction for

500 US Dollars, but chopper builders Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy transformed the

bikes, each one having a back-up to ensure the cameras kept rolling. One of the

bikes was wrecked in the final scene while the others were stolen before the

significance of movie props was realised. The final campfire scene still had to

be shot, hence the absence of the motorcycles, whereas in the previous campfire

scenes, the bikes are clearly visible. The wrecked ?Captain America? was

rebuilt and by Dan Haggerty and became a museum exhibit until it was sold in

2001.

Walter Salles directed ?The Motorcycle Diaries? which was released

in the USA

in 2004. This is the true story of Ernesto Che Guevara who in 1952, before

completing his medical degree, sets out with his biochemist friend Alberto, to

travel across South America on an old Norton

500. La Poderosa (The Mighty or Powerful one), as the bike is fondly, but erroneously

named, is asked to take them over the Andes, along the Chilean coast, across

the Atacama desert, through the Peruvian Amazon and arrive in Venezuela in just

a few months, in time to celebrate Alberto?s birthday on April 2nd.

They actually arrive at their destination in July. This movie is in Spanish

with English subtitles.

In 2007 the ?Wild Hogs?, bored with their middle-class

existence, decide to take to the road on their Harleys. All goes well until

they fall foul of the biker gang ?Del Fuegos? whose mean leader steals Dudley?s

bike. The bikes in the film, provided by Harley Davidson, were an XL1200C

Sporster for Dudley (William Macy), an FXSTS Springer Softail for Bobby (Martin

Lawrence), a black Fatboy for Doug (Tim Allen) and a Screaming Eagle Fatboy for

Woody (John Travolta).

In the 1997 film, ?Tomorrow Never Dies?, Pierce Brosnan and

Michelle Yeoh steal a BMW R1200 and tangle with villains in a Range Rover.

Needless to say, Bond wins the day, and luckily for Bond, the owner of the BMW

doesn?t catch up with him. Bikes aren?t used much at all in Bond films, which

is a great pity as they seem to be ideal for the this type of movie.

Marlon Brando played gang leader Johnny Strabler in the 1953

film ?The Wild One?, in which a small town is terrorized by two rival biker

gangs. Brando rides a 1950 Triumph Thunderbird. This film was banned in the United Kingdom for fourteen years, after which its

first public airing was at the 59 Club in Paddington, London. The audience were predominantly

?Rockers?. The movie also features Lee Marvin as the opposing gang leader.

In 1968 ?The Girl on a Motorcycle? was Marianne Faithfull as

young wife Rebecca, who leaves her husband to visit her lover in Heidelberg. One of the amazing

things about this film is how she manages to keep her Harley in an upright position

even when taking bends. The film is also known as ?Naked Under Leather?, which

sounds a whole lot more interesting don?t you think?

There are of course many other movies featuring motorcycles,

some of them with very interesting

titles such as ?She Devils on Wheels?, ?Chopper Chicks in Zombietown? and

?Electra Glide in Blue?, but until someone comes up with a scene to rival the

wire jump in ?The Great Escape?, I?m sticking with my favourite