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LJ3

the mcqueen '67 bonnie just sold for 100k plus 20% buyer's premium. 120k for a bike, wow.

Mecchanica

Weird. The bike in the photo with Steve on board is a 70 Bonneville, not the 67 that they touted as the bike. Something weird there.

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649cc

yeh but for a mere $120000 whos going to argue minor details...can I make a guess heres a bike thats never going to be ridden again

Red1959

I like the bikes that Clint Eastwood rode in one of his movies. It was a bout a six minute bike chase.

Mecchanica

One was Magnum Force, where the MotoGuzzis magically changed into Triumphs when the stunt work needed to be done.

I forget the other one, but I think it was a grey or green Triumph Trophy and he was chasing a guy through a park.

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GrandPaulZ

That was a Bonnie chasing a Daytona in "Coogan's Bluff", and Coogan was "from Oklahoma, not Texas".

Trivia question of the day regarding that movie, what was the name of the band & song playing in the club he went to to find Linny Raven?

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dave1068

pigeon toed orange peel was the song and he was from arizona, not oklahoma. Piute county sheriffs

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GrandPaulZ

Double correct-O on the trivia. You got me on the "Arizona, not Texas" thing.

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LokiX

I'll sacrafice and sell my '68. $100,000.00 - we'll haggle.

LightningJack

Steve McQueen had the Midas Touch. His dark red Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Lusso with tan interior, which had been immaculately restored to better than original condition, recently sold for somewhere over $400,000