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  1. Triumph announce Bud Ekins special edition Bonneville T100 and T120

    ... T120 and T100 to celebrate and commemorate the late Bud Ekins, made famous for the iconic motorcycle jump in the film The Great Escape. ... logo on the tank, further echoing the styling of the bikes Ekins and his lifelong friend Steve McQueen rode at the time. The bikes both ...

    Simon Hancocks - 05/11/2019 - 09:05 - 3 comments

  2. World’s Fastest Triumph Bobber takes to the dragstrip

    ... suspension and braking system changes. Triumph Bud Ekins T100 - Triumph Bud Ekins T120 - Triumph Bobber TFC Triumph Bud Ekins T100 - ...

    Simon Hancocks - 08/07/2021 - 14:35

  3. Bud Ekins motorcycle collection up for auction

    ... A MOTORCYCLE COLLECTION belonging to the late Bud Ekins, the stuntman that pulled off the infamous barbed-wire fence jump in the ... tools and racing jackets, as well as several items from Ekins' best friend and collaborator Steve McQueen.   Four- and two-wheeled ...

    Visordown News - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

  4. Bud Ekins Husqvarna goes under the hammer at H&H

    ... BUD EKINS’ gold medal winning Husqvarna Viking 360, that he competed in the ... goes up for sale in the H&H Classics next month. Ekins was a highly successful motocross and trails rider, who first began ... Eastwood and Paul Newman. It was this friendship that helped Ekins forge a career as the go-to-guy in Hollywood for motorcycle stunts, ...

    Simon Hancocks - 08/02/2019 - 10:38 - 1 comment

  5. 5 amazing Steve McQueen-themed bikes from the same auction

    ... another chance to see Steve McQueen’s (and stunt buddy Bud Ekins’) most famous movie motorcycle moment of all –  that  jump in ... of bikes that evoke memories of McQueen – and also of Bud Ekins, Steve’s Californian riding buddy and stunt riding body-double who ...

    Phil West - 08/01/2024 - 12:00 - 0 comments

  6. Remembering the man really behind The Great Escape’s famous jump

    ... it’s timely to remember the man who made THAT jump – Bud Ekins.   The Great Escape is, of course, most famous for the ... the jump was actually undertaken by stunt riding mate Bud Ekins, the fact bikes are so prominent and many of the sequences really are ...

    Phil West - 23/12/2023 - 10:00 - 0 comments

  7. Top 10 BEST Retro Classics Motorcycles of 2020

    If there’s one category of motorcycle that’s been booming more than any other in recent years – more so even that of adventure bikes – it’s that of the classically styled ‘retro’. ...

    Ollie Barstow - 01/09/2020 - 16:07 - 0 comments

  8. Heyyyy! The Fonz's Triumph goes to auction

    ... Triumph, was owned off-screen by another cultural icon, Bud Ekins. The late Bud Ekins was famous as a motocross racer, Hollywood stuntman (he’s the one that ...

    Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

  9. STEVE McQUEEN’S GREAT ESCAPE TRIUMPH ON STAGE NEXT MONTH

    ... by American stuntman, (and McQueen’s riding buddy), Bud Ekins in the States, while the actual jump bike was built in the UK by scrambling star Ken Heanes. They were ridden by McQueen, Ekins and Aussie ISDT competitor Tim Gibbs, during filming in Austria in 1962. ...

    Al Dowds - 25/02/2019 - 22:36 - 1 comment

  10. McQueen's and Knievel's bikes up for auction

    ... film but arguably the real star was this bike, built by Bud Ekins to look like one of Knievel’s Harley XR-750 jump bikes. At the end of ... Sled owned by Steve McQueen, which was also built by Bud Ekins for the actor to hoon about on in the California desert. The bike comes ...

    Simon Greenacre - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

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