The relationship between comics, video games and animated films with motorcycles is very long and goes far beyond references such as Akira. In reality there are few, very few of the great names of these artistic disciplines who have not on some occasion gotten on a motorcycle by the work and grace of their authors. And it is that just as it happens with those of flesh and blood, also for these stars the motorcycle is a perfect complement that allows them to take their adventures a little further. We invite you to review some…
tintin
Tintin. Ottokar’s scepter.
Hergé was very meticulous when it came to drawing the vehicles that circulated in his magical books. In fact, you can almost follow the evolution of the motor industry in his albums, which range from the first Ford T to Jeep through Cadillac or Citröen Ami up to 79 models. We can say exactly the same about motorcycles, a constant presence, in one way or another, in his books.
FN M90 of 1931
The great Belgian, a great fan of two wheels, reproduced almost in detail in “Ottokar’s Sceptre” the 1931 FN M90, his favorite model.
Lara Croft
Lara Croft
The one who continues to be the undisputed queen of virtual “celebrities” has been one of the characters who has ridden the most on a motorcycle and has changed the model the most on her travels. We have seen the protagonist of Tomb Raider on computer screens -let alone in the flesh and blood adaptations that Angelina Jolie starred in- riding a Norton Commando, a Ducati Monster and other more undefined but clearly inspired models. recognizable…
Triumph Thruxton
… like this approximation of a beautiful Triumph Thruxton that Lara uses for one of her first adventures in Egypt.
Fred Flintstone
Flinstones Motorcycle Madness
There are three things that an entire generation remembers about the misadventures of this peculiar Neolithic family: that next to Pedro there is always a Pablo, that cry of “Yabadabadú” that we have all imitated with little luck at some clearly forgettable moment and the wonderful ” Trunkmobile”. But the patriarch of the Flintstones also appeared in some chapters with a no less stupendous “tree trunk”. An album was even published in 1983 entitled “The Flinstones Motorcycle Madness”, today highly sought after by comic book collectors, which turned Pedro and Pablo into racing drivers.
Batman
Batman and Robin on an Indian Police
Of course, Bruce Wayne’s alter ego could not be missing from this short compilation of comic book heroes who love motorcycles. To tell the truth, Batman has ridden and continues to drive so many different motorcycle models that it is difficult to choose.
Indian Chief Police Special Springer
To make it easier we have chosen one of these early examples in which the well-known batbike had not yet been built and was content with what appears to be an Indian Chief Police Special with a Springer fork. The Batbike we all know made its first appearance in the comics and classic TV series in 1966.
bologna
Mortadelo on a Derbi Variant
Our most beloved and international paper hero could not be missing from this compilation. And although good old Mortadelo has driven a lot of machines throughout the adventures he runs with his inseparable Filemón -who seems to have a special predilection for Vespas- to remember the lanky genius of the costume we have opted for something very ours, like the great humor of Ibañez: an eighties Derbi Variant. It is very worth noting that, despite the surreal touches that the cartoonist introduces in the vignette, the model is perfectly reproduced even in the detail of the popular logo.
Captain America
Personally, “Capi” America is a character that I have always liked quite a lot; so perfect, so captain, so “wasp”… In any case, and beyond personal phobias, the now very popular Marvel and DC character has also been drawn riding countless motorcycles.
In its first editions it did, why not? with a military Harley-Davidson until he changed to a KH -Elvis’s motorcycle- and later to a Super Glide Custom Special that, according to the story told in number 259 of the comic -the first in which the motorcycle appears- was prepared in the prestigious Queens workshop of Jonathan Coulson and Richard Dumbrowsky.
(Don’t Google them, they don’t exist. I’ve done it). Later, as Japanese four-cylinder became popular, he made the jump to one of them too.
Asterix
That the brave Gaul ride a motorcycle is possible in the vast world of video games that even manages to place Asterix at the controls of a very peculiar trial motorcycle to cross a series of obstacles and rescue his inseparable Obelix.
However, “Isterix” is much more interesting, a parody of the adventures of Asterix and Obelix that was published in 1988 and turns both into leaders of a biker gang piloting a Springer Softail and giving blows in their style.
bulma
The heroine of the unforgettable “Dragon Ball”, the scientist Bulma, discovered to many girls that they too could drive motorcycles as cool and futuristic as the Capsule 9. The closest thing to her motorcycle in the real world would be one of those strange although listed BMW C1 or a lesser known Benelli Adiva from the eighties.
The very geeks of “aime” and possible have the possibility of acquiring an exact replica of Bulma’s motorcycle made by a Barcelona workshop specialized in fantasy transformations, Bel&Bel (https://www.belybel.com/es/).
He also appears at times with a beautiful racing machine – albeit with machine guns, an accessory not currently allowed in MotoGP – clearly inspired by one of those wonderful “full fairing” Guzzis from the 60s.
Anakin Skywalker
Before becoming Darth Vader, one of the greatest and most beloved villains in film history, the young Anakin was very fond of piloting his Zephyr G-Swoop at full speed, which is the name given to the “speeder” in the galactic universe. ”, the floating motorcycles that all fans of the saga have dreamed of driving at some point. They already appeared in the second film of the saga -”The return of the Jedi- and since then they are also recurrent in the animated series.
And although, for obvious reasons, no real reference can be found for it and the one we propose goes much slower than the 500/h that Speeders are supposed to reach, Royal Enfield has for sale a special “Star Wars” version of its pretty meteor.
harley quinn
harley quinn
Before adopting the lush anatomy of Margot Robbie, DC’s anti-heroine was a rather stranger character but just as sexy. Dressed in a tight Harlequin jumpsuit – hence the play on words “Harley Quinn” – she would ride around the city on all kinds of motorcycles, each more impressive. The character first appeared in the twenty-second episode of Batman: The Animated Series in September 1992, a year later in the DC comics, and soon took on a life of his own. In those albums she drove a model inspired by a 1965 Honda CB 450 Black Bomber -a cult motorcycle in the USA- although, being called Harley, the subsequent leap to a Milwaukee machine was inevitable.
Honda CB 450 Black Bomber
