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husqvarna in the movies

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I just caught a few minutes of the actor Vin Diesel riding a dark blue and yellow husqvarna motor x bike probably a '92?

I want that exact husqvarna that can jump over building and land safely like that.
Ill bet if Steve McQueen had a husqvarna like that in the Great Escape he wouldn't of got tangled in barbed wire.

Every think about what Hollywood does to our bikes? "Follywood"
 
You guys know everything that's awesome.

Now Steve McQueens bike in the Great Escape looked like a 60's /70's husky? I think there was a close up when a German soldier rode one.
 
Bigbill said:
You guys know everything that's awesome.

Now Steve McQueens bike in the Great Escape looked like a 60's /70's husky? I think there was a close up when a German soldier rode one.
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Bike in the Great Escape, was a Triumph 650, made to look like German bike. Steve and Bud Ekins (who did the stunt) raced Triumphs in the desert back then.
 
Yup I have a few of Bruce Brown's films

If we watch Malcom Smith in On Any Sunday II the purple 430 husqvarna jumps higher than the other bikes. Well Malcom does anyway.
 
I seen a husky on a rerun of chips the other night, they entered John's truck in a desert race . Mostly yamys but I seen one red tank in there...
 
OK that's cool but what was that movie that has the guy riding a Bultaco over all the cars in the traffic jam thinks he's a cop chasing a bad guy:excuseme:
 
Norman Foley said:
Bike in the Great Escape, was a Triumph 650, made to look like German bike. Steve and Bud Ekins (who did the stunt) raced Triumphs in the desert back then.
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I'm sure you know about Steve's ISDT with Bud and his brother but I thought ( even though you already know this stuff) I'd post this link to a good recount (one of my favorites of that time) of the 1964 and a very good read by brother Dave about their devotion:
http://www.budanddaveekins.com/stories-photos/isdt.cfm
 
well i'm not to sure about huskys in the movies but ol boob got me the PENTON movie for christmas and all i can say is WOW and i wish they would make one about Husqvarna and all the big name fast guys that rode them:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:
 
The old man at Martin's farm in Union,CT were he lets NETRA race he raced a Penton in his day and dislikes husqvarnas to this day. We talked for a while once. I'm not sure if he is still alive. In the summertime they did snowmobile pond crossings there.
 
Larry Linkgogle, the man who started the Metal Mullisha, I believe was doing a lot of the stunts on the XXX movie but after hitting the Huey helicopter blade with his head, tearing his frontal lobe from his skull and torn ACL, they hired another freestyler, whose name I can't think of to take his place.
I must've seen that movie dozens of times...brings back fond memories when I had my HUSKY dealership. Universal Studios in Florida asked if I could set up a display of Husky's for the Premier..NO PROBLEM.. that was the first and only time I felt like royalty for a week!!They spared no expenses catering to me, my wife and my 2 young sons ****************************************!
 
...oh yeah, I believe, but don't quote me on this, I remember someone from Sony say something about a stunt man named O'Connor(?) that filmed the para-sailing scene died when he hit the a bridge pillar in Prague on the second take...I guess they used the first take for the film...
 
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