The Great Escape Triumph

KTRIC

Does anyone have any pics of the Triumph in the film The Great Escape. I plan to modify my bike to look like it and I was hoping to get some nice stills of it somewhere as a reference point.

Thanks
K

galwaytt

...sorry, I thought this was a posting about something else.......... namely a support group for those who've been lucky to unload their Triumph(s) after spending years restoring them only to find they were ****e when they're restored to 'as new' in the first place.............:rolleyes:

....my search continues.

Btw: cure = modern bike with more volts than cylinders..........

KTRIC

galwaytt wrote:

...sorry, I thought this was a posting about something else.......... namely a support group for those who've been lucky to unload their Triumph(s) after spending years restoring them only to find they were ****e when they're restored to 'as new' in the first place.............:rolleyes:

....my search continues.

Btw: cure = modern bike with more volts than cylinders..........

I don't have a Triumph (thank Jeybus), just a bike that looks alot like one. I wouldn't touch a Triumph (new or old) with a 10 foot kick start.

madrab

how can you say that when they look so damn cool

Hotblack Desiato

K-TRIC wrote:

I wouldn't touch a Triumph (new or old) with a 10 foot kick start.

Your loss. The Hinckley (post-1991) Triumphs are among the very best engineered and built bikes in the world, bar none, and have an excellent reputation for longevity.

art

On my second Triumph now. Love em. Don't know why on earth anybody would want to avoid such great machines.

My last Triumph ...

galwaytt

no-one said they're not cool. And none of the ones above bear anything like a resemblance to Steve McQueen's one in the film...........apart from using the same fuel.

so, quit the hijacking.........and quit the 'ol verctically split crankcase whilst you're ahead.

Your bank manager, and your credit card, will thank me...........

art

galwaytt wrote:

no-one said they're not cool. And none of the ones above bear anything like a resemblance to Steve McQueen's one in the film...........apart from using the same fuel.

so, quit the hijacking.........and quit the 'ol verctically split crankcase whilst you're ahead.

Your bank manager, and your credit card, will thank me...........

Jesus you're a dry old ****e. No one said they were just cool anyhow, but some of the best bikes being made out there at the moment.

And if you want the Steve McQueen scrambler, they are making them now too anyhow.

KTRIC

art wrote:

And if you want the Steve McQueen scrambler, they are making them now too anyhow.

Ah FFS, Steve McQueen did not have a scrambler in the film !!. He had a Triumph TT Special 650 made to look like a 1940's German army BMW. They used this because the original BMW's wouldn't have been able to perform the stunts that they needed for the film.

My OP (if anyone read it) was requesting any decent pics of the bike. My own bike (Kawasaki W650) bears a canny resemblance to the TT and would make a great platform for a replica.

So if no-one can be of any help then please don't bother replying in this thread. The last thing I wanted was an argument about the build quality of Triumph motorbikes.

Idleater

K-TRIC wrote:

Ah FFS, ...
So if no-one can be of any help then please don't bother replying in this thread...

I have the DVD at home. If you want I can try to get some print screens?


L.

KTRIC

nereid wrote:

I have the DVD at home. If you want I can try to get some print screens?


L.

I'd really appriciate that,

Thanks

Hotblack Desiato

K-TRIC wrote:

The last thing I wanted was an argument about the build quality of Triumph motorbikes.

So, don't start one then

art

Have you tried searching the internet?






model:


or the "un-camoflaged"




Are you going to put on Triumph decals to make it look authentically Triumph too?

KTRIC

art wrote:

Have you tried searching the internet?

The internet you say !!! Gee wiz, where'd ya think I might get that ?

I have a couple of those pictures already, the colour one is good. But I was hoping for some more detialed ones.

art

K-TRIC wrote:

The internet you say !!! Gee wiz, where'd ya think I might get that ?

I have a couple of those pictures already, the colour one is good. But I was hoping for some more detialed ones.

Have a look at: http://www.battlefield-travel.com/popup/1796

Here's a pic of a 1962 bonnie - great escape was made in 63 so this is probabaly pretty close, though the pipe looks a bit different.


Though I think 63 was a year that they changed the engine so ...

Drawing of a '63 (bars look wrong?)


Pic of a '64, other side (unbelieveable condition, similar to above)

KTRIC

*/ bangs head against wall

madrab

K-TRIC wrote:

*/ bangs head against wall

he he k-tric is loosing the plot

try here http://tiger100.co.uk/mcqueen.html

KTRIC

madrab wrote:

he he k-tric is loosing the plot

try here http://tiger100.co.uk/mcqueen.html

Thanks for the link, some very useful stuff there.:D

Idleater

K-Tric,

Here are some pics from the movie. In a lot of the distance shots, the bike is too small and in a lot of the close ones, the pic is more of McQueen rather than the bike.

Hope this helps a bit,

L.

KTRIC

nereid wrote:

K-Tric,

Here are some pics from the movie. In a lot of the distance shots, the bike is too small and in a lot of the close ones, the pic is more of McQueen rather than the bike.

Hope this helps a bit,

L.

just what I was looking for, thanks

Pigeon Reaper

You must post pics of the Bike once you're done.