“It was a Limey bike. WTF do they want ?”
Actually it was a 50s era Limey bike disguised as a 60s era German bike disguised as a 40 era German bike.
Oh what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive.
The motorcycle that McQueen rides is a modified Triumph TR6 Trophy and did not exist in WWII. McQueen attempted the jump across the border fence but crashed. Bud Ekins performed the barbed wire leap stunt and was a Triumph dealer. Triumph was McQueen’s favorite motorcycle. Bud Ekins later doubled for McQueen in “Bullitt” and did a lot of the motorcycle riding for “CHIPs”. McQueen’s motorcycle is the same model that Fonzie rode in “Happy Days”.