Steve McQueen wasn’t just an actor—he was a bona fide speed junkie, and he rode with the kind of guts you couldn’t fake. In The Great Escape, McQueen made one of the most iconic motorcycle jumps in cinematic history, sailing over barbed wire and into legend.
But here’s the kicker: the motorcycle you see on screen wasn’t the military-spec German machine it was supposed to be. No, McQueen rode something else entirely, a British iron horse disguised for its Hollywood role—a 1961 Triumph TR6 Trophy.
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