Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good catch. It was definitely a Triumph twin, a 650cc Triumph Trophy TR6, I believe. Rob McClure On Aug 22, 2007, at 7:22 AM, H. Ball Arche wrote: > Actually it was shot in Germany. In the documentary > that accompanies the DVD edition, someone talks about > how the whole cast and crew worked, in off moments, to > make the barbed wire by tying small bits of rubber at > short intervals to straight fencing wire. > > My question is what kind of bike was McQueen riding? > It looks like some sort of Brit upright twin. > > > --- Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >>> Good point, Mark. But the first chase jump may >> have been McQueen's >>> epic motorcycle chase (and jump over a fence) in >> the Great Escape. >>> >>> Rob McClure >> >> >> Which I think took place in Nebraska. Those fences >> are still there. >> Nothing like that I ever saw in Germany. >> >> I read that whole thing was Steve McQueen's idea. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Harlem, NY >> >> rabinergroup.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information >> > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ > Need a vacation? Get great deals > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Rob McClure Upper Sandusky, OH