The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen

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The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen
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The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen

The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen

The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen

The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen

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The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen
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Guy Martin did the legendary motorcycle jump “The Great Escape” followed.

The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen
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Of course, Martin also took advantage of a triumph.

The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen
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A Scrambler 1200 XE was used.

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The spring elements have been extensively modified.

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In 1962, Steve McQueen escaped from a German prisoner-of-war camp on a motorcycle jump.

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According to reports, Martin’s jump was not quite as successful.

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The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up on Steve McQueen

The Great Escape
Guy Martin turns on Steve McQueen

The British motorcycle racer and TV presenter Guy Martin wants to recreate the famous motorcycle jump from “The Great Escape”.


Uli Baumann

05.12.2019

In 1962, actor Steve McQueen in the film “The Great Escape” jumped spectacularly over a fence that marked the border between the German Empire and Switzerland while escaping from a German prisoner-of-war camp with a triumph. A scene that made film history. However, McQueen’s stuntman Bud Ekins actually drove and jumped in this film scene.

Two even higher fences


The Great Escape: Guy Martin picks up Steve McQueen


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The Briton Guy Martin wanted to repeat this film leap back in September 2019, no, even increase it. Martin wanted to jump over two even higher fences than Ekins in the film. The event was accompanied by the British TV broadcaster Channel4, which will broadcast the Spung on December 8, 2019 as part of a “The Great Escape” documentary. The Brit Martin, of course, also bet on a Triumph for his jump. A heavily modified Triumph was used Scrambler 1200 XE. Guy Martin prepared for the stunt with more than 1,000 test jumps. According to reports, Martin did not quite make the jump, he got stuck in the second fence.

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