FAMOUS MOTORCYCLE

Motorbikes and cinema come together to gain audiences together with the big screens, which is why they recognize the ones that caused the most feeling and stole the mainities in the movies.

 

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1.      Vespa 125 - Holidays in Rome

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In 1953 this motorcycle appears in the film Holidays in Rome and is one of the few bikes that took much of the prominence from the film's leading actors, in this case: Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. 

The film is practically based on a princess's escape and the encounter she has with a photographer who pretends not to know her. The two will live an unforgettable few days touring the whole city and the Vespa will star in many great plans of a film that is still in the memory of many fans of cinema and motorcycles.

 

 

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2. Triumph Thunderbird in "The Wild One"

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The cult film The Wild One was the biggest and best publicity appeal for Triumph to make known to everyone his Thunderbird along with Marlon Brandon's rebellion and his chulería when it came to getting on and driving the bike, made everyone who has seen this film fall in love with that Triumph bike and once dream of doing the 'gamberro'.

The Triumph Thunderbird is a British motorcycle that was introduced by Triumph in 1949 and produced in many forms until 1966. The name was used three more times for new and distinct Triumph models.

 

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3. Kawasaki Z1000 in Mad Max

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Mad Max, an Australian film that despite its low budget ended up being a success, showed us a wrecky Kawasaki Z1 driving a motorized police called the 'Goose'. This Kawa, prepared for the occasion, was able to take the spotlight off Mel Gibson. The Kawasaki Z1000 is a four-cylinder motorcycle introduced in 2003 with streetfighter or standard styling. The Z1000 was first introduced in 1977 superseding the previous 903 cc capacity Z1/Z900.

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4. Triumph Bonneville T140 from "Officer and Knight"

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Alongside a Triumph Bonneville T140, Gere starred in one of the first films in which he began to stand out as an actor: "Officer and Knight".

Gere is a young rebel who wants to enter the Marine Corps, but his stubborn character will pit him against the strict academy sergeant. A whole portrait of the strength of will, with a well-known and realistic love story.

Siegfried Bettman, German by birth, began manufacturing Triumph motorcycles on Much Park Street in Coventry with the help of Chief Engineer Maurice Schulte, responsible for the first Triumph: a 240cc and 2.5 hp model.

The first Triumph car made its debut in 1923. At a price of 200 euros, it had a 1,400 cc engine designed by Harry Ricardo, who also designed several motorcycle engines. 

 

 

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5. Ghost Rider: "The Ghost Rider"

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For the filming of the film The Ghost Rider, Nicolas Cage used several motorcycle models, including Harley-Davidson Panhead, a Buell X1 Lightning, a Harley-Davidson Sportster and a Honda ST 1100 Pan European. Of course, all of them were specially redesigned for the filming of the film.

The first supernatural Ghost Rider is a motorcyclist, Johnny Blaze, who, in order to save his father's life, agreed to give his soul to "Satan". At night, and when all evil, Blaze finds his flesh consumed by the fire of hell, causing his head to turn into a burning skull.

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6. Batman in "The Dark Knight"

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It is a 2008 British-American superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan and produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Nolan himself.

A film is the second part of Nolan's Batman film series and a 2005 Batman Begins sequel, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman. Batman raises the ante in his war against crime by proposing to dismantle the remaining mafia groups that plague the streets. Society is effective, until the mafia drags him into combat to prevent a criminal lunatic known as Joker.

In the Dark Knight the black cape superhero set aboard the Batpod when his Tumbler, the new Batmobile, is blown away. It hits him for round action scenes following the Joker masterfully played by Heath Ledger posthumously.