An Amazing Re-Creation

Blog-Bud, fellow biker, and all-around Wonder Woman Lin sends along the following link from The Times (UK) via e-mail: “Video: The Great Escape, re-enacted” and included an admonishment/suggestion I’ll repeat here: read the article BEFORE you watch the video… coz reading will greatly enhance your viewing experience.

The bikers amongst us will recognize the subject matter without prompting. Those of you who aren’t bikers or are of such tender years that you don’t know or remember Steve McQueen may need some explanation. The re-enactment at the link is of the most famous motorcycle jump in all Hollywood history… this one:

Long time readers may recall I posted a tribute to Bud Ekins when he died a couple of years back. Mr. Ekins is the guy who actually made the jump, and there's also good "back story" about the filming of said jump in the linked article. So… I’m directing you to a re-make of the jump above… which was made on one of these:

Now if THAT doesn’t tempt you…nothing will. The Metisse is a most gorgeous piece of machinery in both sight and sound and you get to see it put to its true purpose in life... tearing up golf courses and jumping over seven foot high fences. Do go.