Remember the Steve McQueen Métisse Desert Racer? Since it’s associated with the King of Cool, even the BBC decided it was worth a story.

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Debate on Fireblades forum includes many rider and motorcycle topics, one of which is a classic: the best motorcycle movie ever. Opinions range from the beauty of the South American scenery in “Motorcycle Diaries”, to the hilarity of “Wild Hogs” and 1969 cult film “Easy Rider”.

But my favourite that came up was “The Great Escape” with Steve McQueen jumping a fence on a motorcycle. Another classic film mentioned with McQueen was “On Any Sunday“. “The Great Escape” is perhaps not a “motorcycle movie” in the strictest terms, but above we give you the trailer with the closing scenes of McQueen’s famous jump.

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An commercial for Anchor butter that tributes the movie The Great Escape starring an Anchor felt cut out cow in one of Steve McQueen’s greatest roles, set to the famous theme, it reprises the scene where the hero makes his final break for freedom with a motorcycle.

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“This rig is the best handling bike I’ve ever owned” said Steve McQueen of this motorcycle, and we know that besides being avid motorcycle and car collector he was motorcycle racer in his own right. Now can find out yourself if he was telling the truth because Métisse Motorcycles is making an exact replica of the Métisse Desert Racer that was built for McQueen.

This new handbuilt motorcycle is a copy that is endorsed by the Steve McQueen’s estate and has his signature on the tank badge.

Made in England and use a fully reconditioned period Triumph TR6 engine with a single Amal carburetor. It has styled footrests made to McQueen’s original design, 35mm Ceriani forks, with seven inches of travel which he found to be the optimum, chromed steel wheel rims, period chromed exhausts and a period Triumph front hub with BSA rear.

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A couple of weeks ago we showed you the trailer of the 1971 documentary movie On Any Sunday with a look at the Elsinore race, this video clip is the closing scene from the same movie with Steve McQueen just having fun riding on the beach with his bike.

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Hard core motorcycle fan and movie buff? This video trailer comes from the 1971 documentary movie On Any Sunday directed by Bruce Brown and follows the lives of motorcyle racers like Malcolm Smith and Mert Lawwill and enthusiasts from the 60’s and early 70’s. The movie also starred and was produced by the great Steve McQueen and nominated for an Academy Award in 1972.

Check out the second video that’s from the same movie and is about the Elsinore Gran Prix

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