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1. Brad Pitt’s Bonneville to go to auction

   ... Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show. The 2009 Bonneville Bud Ekins Desert Scrambler Special was one of three commissioned to celebrate the life of its stuntman namesake, who passed away in 2008. Ekins was a close friend of Steve McQueen, and raced alongside the Hollywood ...

   Laura Thomson - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 1 comment

2. 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 - 10/05/2024 - 03:49 - 0 comments

3. Triumph launches tempting summer deals on some popular motorcycles

   ... 1200 XC and XE, Thruxton RS, T120, T120 Black and T120 Bud Ekins Special Edition are all available with a £1,000 personalisation voucher. ... Sep   T120/ T120 Black / T120 Bud Ekins Special Edition - £1000 personalisation 1-Jul – 30 Sep ...

   Simon Hancocks - 05/07/2021 - 09:09

4. Triumph 2021 MY Range: What's new, what's updated, what's coming soon

   ... models in the range remain the special edition BUD EKINS BONNEVILLE T120 and T100 , plus the updated THRUXTON RS, which form ...

   Ollie Barstow - 09/06/2023 - 14:58 - 19 comments

5. The story behind Guy Martin, Triumph and that ‘Great Escape’ jump

   ... film studio insisted on a double, which in this case was Bud Ekins. Decades on it remains an enduring ... finished with a green and gold colour scheme courtesy of Bud Ekins’ legendary painter, Von Dutch. We won’t spoil the end result, ...

   Ollie Barstow - 03/12/2019 - 18:56 - 0 comments

6. Triumph Scrambler 1200 XC becomes a cowherd

   ... known, even aside from the now-iconic jump made by Bud Ekins on a lightly modified Triumph TR6. Indeed, that bike, now on ...

   Simon Hancocks - 10/09/2020 - 09:47 - 2 comments

7. “Don’t be daft!” – Watch the trailer for Guy Martin’s ‘Great Escape’

   ... the primary inspiration for this stunt, it was actually Bud Ekins that performed the jump in question. However, while in the film ...

   Ollie Barstow - 06/12/2019 - 12:30 - 12 comments

8. McQueen Triumph to get first public airing for 40 years

   ... the King of Cool’s great friend and sometime team-mate Bud Ekins instead. World War II-era machinery would not have been up to the task, ...

   Visordown News - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 1 comment

9. 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 - 10/05/2024 - 04:11 - 1 comment

10. 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

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