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Triumph has paid an undisclosed sum to feature in the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die, but a Ducati Scrambler has stolen some limelight. The price for product placement in a movie is up to about $A500,000, but for a Bond film it can be a whole lot more. In fact, Heineken is believed …
(Wheels and Reels: Sponsored post) There are movies and TV shows, not to mention books and comic books, that define their heroes, villains, perhaps antiheroes by the wheels they use to move around. These wheels, two or four, depending on the necessities of the plot, are sometimes placed inside the story by the courtesy of …
Ducati has released a video of behind-the-scene stunt action in the new movie Venom featuring a customised Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle and Ducati Scrambler 1100 Special. Venom stunts Venom, an M-rated Spiderman spinoff, is now in cinemas starring actor Tom Hardy who personally rides a Triumph Thruxton R. While Tom rode in some Venom scenes, he doesn’t …
Arnie’s Fat Boy has sold at auction for more than half a million dollars, far exceeding the expectations of auction house Profiles in History which estimated it would fetch up to $US300,000 (about $A400,000). The bike is believed to be one of several used in the 1991. That still didn’t stop an unknown bidder from paying more …
Hollywood blockbuster actors Matt Damon (Bourne Identity) and Liam Neeson (Taken) are tipped to star in an action movie about the famous and deadly Isle of Man TT race. No, it’s not yet another documentary, of which there are several. This is expected to be a full-on action flick. Both actors are keen motorcyclists, but …
KTM motorcycles featured in the adventure film, Motonomad – a 7000km journey from Austria to Egypt – and the follow-up Motonomad II – Riders of the Steppe, a 9000km ride from Kazakhstan to Mongolia. To celebrate the release of the second Motology Films movie, KTM Australia is holding a world debut screening of Motonomad II …
What are the fastest bikes in the movies, music and pop culture? American electric bike company Evelo has produced an infographic that answers this question. It starts with the bicycle that Elliot and E.T. ride into the sky right up to the 3000+mph Hell Cycle from the movie Ghost Rider, starring Nicholas Cage. Other great movie …
Let’s cut to the chase … I love a good chase scene in a movie, but it’s usually cars, cars and more cars. There are few movies that solely concentrate on a motorcycle chase which is strange since bikes can do a lot cars can’t such as jumps, wheelies, stoppies, etc. However, many of the …