Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. As for actual performance enhancements, the motorcycle’s suspension and linkage were heavily fortified-it needed to be extra strong, Gall says, since the stunt bike was used for jumping-and a stand was added to the front wheel to keep it sturdy in the shifting sands. An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. In the back, a 22-inch swing arm was added to give the Yamaha a desert-bike look, and the exhaust system was also extended (again, just to dramatize the look of the machine, not to enhance performance.) For even further special effects, head mechanic Matt Bromley designed stainless-steel, paddle-like scoops that he affixed to the rear tire, which would send sensational plumes of sand soaring behind the motorcycle as Max plowed through the exotic desert landscape. Revving the bike’s 160hp engine in the sand, “it will drift and slide unbelievably,” he says, “so, as far as an exciting beast, this is it.” The Mad Max motorcycle was heavily modified, of course, though most of those changes were cosmetic: the driver’s seat and rear passenger seat were replaced with horse saddles, in a reference to the Vuvalini tribe’s horse-faring past, and the bike was also given an intricate custom paint job to evoke mysterious tribal insignias. A heavily disguised 2010 Yamaha R1 first appears in Mad Max: Fury Road when a nomadic desert woman of the Vuvalini tribe is spotted steering it through the dunes she ends up gifting it to Max, and in later scenes, the R1 reappears as part of the fleet backing up Imperator Furiosa’s War Rig.īike stunt director Stephen Gall said in a promotional YouTube interview that this was his very favorite bike to ride onset, of the more than 42 bikes total used for filming (the majority of which came from Yamaha), calling it even more thrilling than some of the cycles he’s toured in Motocross events.
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