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  1. Limited edition Steve McQueen Bonneville

    ... rode in the movie (and only rode for close ups, as Bud Ekins actually did the famous jump scene in the film). Based on a modern ...

    rgo - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 1 comment

  2. Steve McQueen's 100-year-old motorcycle goes to auction

    ... by McQueen in the late 1970s, after he and close friend Bud Ekins undertook a countrywide search for such a model. It is unclear how ...

    Laura Thomson - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 3 comments

  3. King of Cool - Steve McQueen collection launched

    ... as an actor, ride at the event alongside his good friend Bud Ekins, as they both became the first American’s to compete in the event. ...

    Simon Hancocks - 03/02/2023 - 10:01 - 0 comments

  4. The Triumph Visitor Centre welcomes its 100,000th visitor

    ... bike is the very same tyre that stunt rider and racer Bud Ekins used when he made the jump to near freedom! You don’t get much more ‘ ...

    Simon Hancocks - 18/12/2019 - 11:35 - 11 comments

  5. Guy Martin takes on ‘The Great Escape’ in latest TV stunt

    ... him on the motorcycle at this moment. Instead it is Bud Ekins who performs the stunt and – importantly – he’s actually doing ...

    Ollie Barstow - 01/12/2019 - 11:36 - 0 comments

  6. The Pioneer Motorcycle Run

    ... machine. He bought the 1000cc V-twin from stuntman Bud Ekins (the bloke who did that jump in The Great Escape, and the best friend of ...

    Ben Cope - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

  7. Pioneer Spirit

    ... machine. He bought the 1000cc V-twin from stuntman Bud Ekins (the bloke who did that jump in The Great Escape, and the best friend of ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 19/09/2018 - 08:01 - 0 comments

  8. ‘Viva Knievel!’ bike for sale

    ... the mods made by legendary stunt man and bike builder Bud Ekins, who made the Viva Knievel! machines. Its provenance says that it ...

    Visordown Reporter - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 6 comments

  9. Triumph Bonneville: The British legend through the ages

    ... been a series of variants including a Black edition and Bud Ekins and Diamond editions. The 2017 Bonneville T100 ...

    Phil West - 30/11/2023 - 14:16 - 0 comments

  10. Top 10 unsung yet iconic motorcycles

    ... called in his bike riding buddie and top stuntman Bud Ekins. Ekins was paid a record-breaking $1000 fee for the one-off jump and got it ...

    Ben Cope - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

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