80’s TV Motorcycles

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80’s TV Motorcycles

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Something to chuckle at over your toast this morning.

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I wonder if thats where Suzuki got the inspiration for the katana?
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That was very funny. I was around in the eighties but don't remember any of those bikes!! (probably was more into girls then!) but i did like the James Bond low side slide under the truck then re flip back onto two wheels an continue on trick, must give this a try lol... Oh and Automan's ability to do on the move rear wheel pivot turns was particularly fabulous hahahahahaha....
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Excellent stuff. Definitely some ideas to be working on in our sheds during lockdown.

I really like the 'effects' used back in the 80s. We were either more gullible or at least far more accepting of film effects back then. The jet bikes start flying away from the grebo harley club riders, and suddenly next shot the grebos and their bikes are scattered around on the ground. Nowadays kids would feel pretty short-changed not to see the carnage actually happening on screen. Or you could see it a kind of endearing innocence I suppose....
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Asgard wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:13 am I wonder if thats where Suzuki got the inspiration for the katana?
Just what I was thinking Asgard. Maybe Egli were involved in the film bike too?
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daveuprite wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:19 am Excellent stuff. Definitely some ideas to be working on in our sheds during lockdown.

I really like the 'effects' used back in the 80s. We were either more gullible or at least far more accepting of film effects back then. The jet bikes start flying away from the grebo harley club riders, and suddenly next shot the grebos and their bikes are scattered around on the ground. Nowadays kids would feel pretty short-changed not to see the carnage actually happening on screen. Or you could see it a kind of endearing innocence I suppose....
PMSL!!!!! Grebo! i haven't heard that since the eighties lol.... a fantastic description (only people of a certain age will know ;) ) but sadly one i feel will probably draw some woke attention these days... However im going to slip it into a conversation next week :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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:lol:

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I don't remember automan but the rest definitely in my memory.
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I wonder what the designers of these fantasy 'future' bikes would think of something like a present day Kawasaki H2 if you could transport one back to 1982 for them to look at?

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A great find that. But as impressive as the bikes were, what about the riding gear. Sean Connery's suit looked great after sliding under that truck.
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