With extended hill climber swing arms, chunky tyres and boom sticks strapped to the back these desert sleds were based on larger capacity, heavily modified street bikes. The character Toecutter was the leader of the outlaw biker gang in the original Mad Max movie, and he also managed to land a different role in Fury Road. Other bikes ridden by members of the other gangs were more suited to flat plain, high speed desert riding. 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. Then to ensure they looked as good in action as they did standing still Aussie MX champ Stephan Gall was called in to coordinate the riding action.

They used an array of general household items and miscellaneous vehicle parts which they bolted to the stripped down frames, removing paint in favour of raw steel and adding plenty of desert patina for added realism. Production designer Colin Gibson worked with his team to convert the bikes into their Fury Road form. These guys all ride bikes based on MX and trials motorcycles like YamahaYZ250F’s and Gas Gas TXT250’s (pictured above).

Half way through the film they come across the Rock Rider gang in some narrow, rocky canyons. The bad guys, which are made up of several different gangs that pursue Max and Furiousa in their war rig, drive an array of post apocalyptic, two and four wheeled vehicles. As I said the bike has some rather questionable upholstery draped all over it, but underneath all that gaudy tapestry is what looks to be a Yamaha R1!

Starting with Max Rockatansky’s bike, he was given his motorcycle by the Vuvalini women, fully loaded with supplies as thanks for helping Furiousa and the 5 wives during their attempted escape from the War Boys and Immortan Joe. Download this stock image: motorbikes used in Mad Max Fury Road Film on display at the Sydney motorcycle show,Olympic Park Homebush,Australia - F70CH2 from.

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