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30/01/2023

Movie motorbikes: The Matrix Reloaded

If you love motorbikes and heart-stopping highway chases the action-packed escape in ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ is not to be missed. The 2003 American science-fiction action film is a sequel to The Matrix (1999) and the second movie in the Matrix...

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30/12/2022

Movie motorbikes: Bennett’s War

If you fancy a feelgood film with plenty of motocross action, and a good guy overcoming injuries to battle the baddies, then Bennett’s War is right up your street. This 2019 American drama-sport film, written and directed by Alex Ranarivelo, is a ...

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01/12/2022

Movie motorbikes: TT – Closer to the Edge

Motoring journalist Andy Russell, who writes our newsletter, says the sport documentary TT – Closer to the Edge is the closest he has come to seeing the racing on the Isle of Man… My 60th birthday presents had a theme to them. They all help...

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01/11/2022

Movie motorbikes: Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle

One for motocross fans with a high-octane, four-minute chase full of thrills, spills and explosions. The 2003 American action adventure comedy features many of technician Gary Greenslade’s motocross heroes doing the stunt riding. The film stars...

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27/09/2022

Movie motorbikes: The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries is based on the true story of Ernesto Guevara, who later became famous as Marxist guerrilla and revolutionary leader Che Guevara, and his friend’s epic road trip across South America. The 2004 biopic tells a story that captu...

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30/08/2022

Movie motorbikes: Yes Man

Sometimes a movie can stick in your mind for all the wrong reasons. For sales executive Liam McCartney that film is the romantic-comedy ‘Yes Man’. Liam has an eye for a good motorbike but, even as a teenager, thought something sounded fishy ...

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30/07/2022

Movie motorbikes: The Hitman’s Bodyguard

Everyone loves an exciting chase in a film. Daniel Williams, our parts manager, is taken by a cool Triumph Speed Triple’s starring role in The Hitman’s Bodyguard. This 2017 film also stars Ryan Reynolds, as bodyguard Michael Bryce. He has to protect int...

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28/06/2022

Movie motorbikes: On Any Sunday

Fifty years ago a young Paul Macaree snuck into the back of the Romford Odeon, which was showing ‘Flesh Gordon’, and it changed his life. It was not so much the soft-porn movie that grabbed his attention as the support film (remember those d...

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31/05/2022

Movie motorbikes: Mad Max

It’s a cult classic but, even though the first Mad Max movie was released seven years before general manager Dave Forster was born, the motorbikes have a timeless appeal. The first Mad Max film, in 1979, made a star of the little-known Mel Gibson ...

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