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Nibblet99 · Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:48 am

So in summary... The entire film "Torque"

mysta2 · #12 Unread post by **mysta2** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:21 pm

WhyteGryphon wrote:A blazingly fast streetbike on the slickest possible tires can zip through brush and loose foliage in the woods, weaving in and out of trees and jumping fallen logs with the greatest of ease and still come out shiny at the other end of the dirt road. (movie, 'Torque)...

...don't forget mission impossible 2 for that one too (x2) they weren't shiny by the tme they were done though... they just had the magic tires.

This thread kinda makes me want to go rent Torque... it would probably just "pee" me off just as much as "Driven" did though.

Gummiente · Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:13 pm

mysta2 wrote:... they just had the magic tires.

And the magic gas tanks - it was really neat to see bullet holes appear in the side of the Speed Triple's tank, looking for all the world like punctured metal - which is neat, considering the tank is made of plastic.

Anyone remember Stone Cold? With that swollen ex-football star (Bosco? Bozo?... something like that)? One of my favourite scenes is when the badass bike gang leader empties a full Uzi clip trying to shoot a beer can off one of his flunkie's shoulders... and nobody in the crowd directly behind the flunkie gets hit.

High_Side · Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:23 pm

Gummiente wrote:
mysta2 wrote:... they just had the magic tires.
And the magic gas tanks - it was really neat to see bullet holes appear in the side of the Speed Triple's tank, looking for all the world like punctured metal - which is neat, considering the tank is made of plastic.

Not to mention that when Tom Cruise does one of his reach-over-the-shoulder-and-shoot-da-bad-guy moves and he hits the windhield of the Sprint ST chasing him. The plastic shield made a big glass shattering smash when hit. It was so bad, yet I couldn't look away....... 'tis only a movie afterall....

Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:13 pm

You can effortlessly pick up the back end of a street bike and use it as a weapon (Torque).

rofls, the scene through the trees was awsome. My friend Joh thought they could actually pull that off. He didn't believe me when i said a XR650R would toast them on terrain like that.

Keyoke · #16 Unread post by **Keyoke** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:05 am

In the Buffy the Vampire movie a large Harley turns into something akin to a honda C90 scooter when she jumps off it...

Obviously couldnt afford to crash the somewhat more expensive harley....

#17 Unread post by **Kal** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:48 pm

mysta2 wrote:...don't forget mission impossible 2 for that one too (x2) they weren't shiny by the tme they were done though... they just had the magic tires.

You mean the roadtire - offroad tire - rod tire sequence...

I was bored enough to go through it in slowmo to figure out where they did the switch...

That said I liked the stunts in themselves and wish I rode half as well as that...

Torque just annoys me...