Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Bikes in the movies

Bikes in the movies have been inspiring people for years. The bikes, the image, the journeys. From Marlon Brando looking cooler than a snowstorm in Alaska to Charley and Ewan revealing to the masses that adventure bikes could rule the world.

Looking back, was it as commercial then as it is now? Did Triumph provide Marlon’s crew with bikes knowing that the image of him with his cap and a Thunderbird would become so iconic that 65 years later it would still be on posters around the

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