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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 10:45 AM
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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 10:57 AM
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That is one lame-*** list. I only saw 3 movies that would qualify as "iconic".
 
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oh man! they left out baby from (the hard ride) from back in 1971...the whole movie was about that bike.
 
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 11:47 AM
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They don't put much effort on those lists do they?
I had to read to figure out how the bike in Pic 22 made the top 25.
 
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 11:49 AM
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They forgot Fletch Lives.
 
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 11:56 AM
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That is one lame-*** list. I only saw 3 movies that would qualify as "iconic".
Well alot of the captions do say how lame the movies were... Also always wondered what bike was used in T2
 
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 12:01 PM
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That list is as fckd up as a football bat...
 
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Terminator chase scene with the Fatboy has to be my favorite. Don't know why that had the put 2 stroke sound effects on the XR, but great scene.

The opening to Easy Rider when they are going over the Colorado River headed east bound on the I-40 on the California / Arizona border looks axactly the same today. I have gone over and under that bridge (in boats) a bunch of times.
 

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they did leave out the Sportster in Black Rain
 
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 02:55 PM
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That is a horrible list! It's basically a list where the author "saw a bike" and so he added it to his que. Most of those movies barely have motorcycles throughout them, nevermind being part of the main storyline.
 



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