BSA Lightning 650

BSA Lightning 650 in Thunderball, Movie, 1965

Class: Bikes, Road — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
datsunZ 2006-09-28 00:36	The bike armed with explosive rockets,ridden by evil Bond-girl Fiona Volpe(roled by Italian actress Luciana Paluzzi);a trick into movie was that of make believe that bike was ridden by a woman,really,while,the stunt was done making drive the bike in motorway scene by a leather-clad-in biker-suit man;the unique scenes played with the woman and the bike together were these when throw away the same in a ravine,after killing mission
G-MANN 2008-09-03 00:27	After blowing up the car, Fiona gets rid of the bike by dumping it into a lake. -- Last edit: 2008-09-03 00:29:00
G-MANN 2008-09-03 01:20	Should we upgrade this to 3 stars, given its rather dramatic use?
G-MANN 2008-09-03 01:46	Registration is BOJ443C, but this doesn't appear on the DVLA database.
antp 2008-09-03 10:22	G-MANN wrote Should we upgrade this to 3 stars, given its rather dramatic use? Not if it is used just for that scene (though that I do not know if it is short or not).
G-MANN 2008-09-03 11:19	The bike spends less than a minute on screen, if you want to you can watch the scene here (the bike appears at 4:20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ery7cZ47mG4&feature=related
antp 2008-09-03 15:04	I'd keep the 2-star rating
G-MANN 2008-09-03 15:26	OK.