its hard to say whether there are any film bikies left now with many replicas being built over the years.

the bikes were all built/styled by a guy called Bertrand Cadhart, a French guy who had his own fibreglass/fairing business and was called upon to do the movie, he went on to huge success in that business, also imported Fournales airshocks for years. last I heard he was mayor of a town , Launceston, in the island state of Tasmania. he also has the mayoral scooter as opposed to a limo.

the film itself was made on a shoestring budget and many of the actors went on to have film and tv careers later on.

theres a big fight scene in the film outside a pub on the cliffs in Sydney. they dragged in a whole lot of real bikers to make up the numbers and the scene became an actual fight due to certain rivalries

a while ago there was a Stone anniversary run up whats called The Old Coast Road which is where they filmed the funeral procession scenes with the coffin on the sidecar. unfortunately a car driver took exception to the unending procession of bikes behaving in the slow lane and ‘pushed’ his way through to take an exit, hit several bikes, caused a pile up and at least one rider died

I was actually thinking about the movie yesterday when I saw a Harley rider in all white leathers and it reminded me of Stone’s riding gear in the scene where he chases the club member round the streets to prove he can ride

all in all well worth watching and despite what the poster above says it was years before the first Mad Max

that’s all I can think of now but in the meantime ride stay safe and be nice to Vmax riders, they may be beside you at the next set of lights…….

cheers, Spotty