Guy Martin recreates Steve McQueen's ICONIC Great Escape Jump | Guy Martin Proper

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  • čas přidán 26. 03. 2020
  • Guy sets out to recreate the iconic motorcycle movie stunt at the climax of The Great Escape. But unlike Steve McQueen's film character, he aims to successfully clear both fences. To watch the full documentary, head over to All4 - bit.ly/35ffPZX
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  • @jethromaris624
    @jethromaris624 Před 4 lety +167

    It was 57 years ago which is quite amazing because I'm only 38. What an absolute legend

  • @stevedaniels6050
    @stevedaniels6050 Před 4 lety +172

    There’s something about Guy that makes you just want to watch what ever he does as he put everything into it. He has something about him. Plus I’d love the bike

    • @johnnytheboy1384
      @johnnytheboy1384 Před 4 lety +3

      Agreed. He's just a down to earth proper bloke with bucket loads of talent, in front of the camera or on a bike. Turns up to do the job on his mountain bike wearing his overalls. How could you not love him.

    • @bigbambam25
      @bigbambam25 Před 4 lety

      Absolutely

    • @marquee6
      @marquee6 Před 4 lety

      Fantastic!

    • @ooooschoolboyerror5963
      @ooooschoolboyerror5963 Před 4 lety

      Yeah your right

    • @Everett-xe3eg
      @Everett-xe3eg Před 4 lety

      @@johnnytheboy1384 hes a truck fitter

  • @TheGeezzer
    @TheGeezzer Před 4 lety +69

    Guy stop being so damn bloody modest and humble, we'll forgive ya! "I'm a bit of a bike rider..." good God man, you're one of the fastest men at the infamous most dangerous circuits in the world...the Isle of Man TT, who's had more podium finishes than most have had hot dinners! You're a gutsy exponent of all have a go heroes over the world. Keep on rockin n rollin Guy!

  • @dylanharrington744
    @dylanharrington744 Před 4 lety +102

    I truly believe Guy could do anything he attempts, he just puts his head down and gives it his all. Awesome.

  • @timbarnett3898
    @timbarnett3898 Před 2 lety +5

    Steve McQueen made motorcycle rides in "Great Escape", even riding in German uniform on German bike, supposedly chasing himself! But it was Steve's friend, Bud Ekin that made motorcycle jump over fence! Not because Steve couldn't do jump, but for film insurance policy concerns!

  • @notwhereyouthink
    @notwhereyouthink Před 2 lety +5

    Guy has to be the most lovable, genuinely, unaffected bloke, you could ever wish to work with.

  • @rickvr11
    @rickvr11 Před 4 lety +27

    What a great compliment by john layton! Guy absolutely smashed it

  • @oso_nomada
    @oso_nomada Před 4 lety +27

    Fantastic!!! My wife looked over and said...”don’t you get funny ideas dude...”. I said “nah, my ScramblerXE is ‘different’.” 😆

  • @randyeller8139
    @randyeller8139 Před 4 lety +16

    Saw him roll up on a bicycle and had to think “That’s a bit ambitious!”😂 Well done Guy from across the pond!

  • @bradshaw2244
    @bradshaw2244 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Arguably one of the greatest scenes in movie history, I’d still love to see someone do it on the original or similar bike without a decent suspension n forks like that- but damn impressive as is!

  • @bigbambam25
    @bigbambam25 Před 4 lety +21

    "Just abit of a bike rider" lol seem like such a cool bloke Guy Martin. Hopefully I'll meet you at IOMTT one day when I get there from Australia

  • @robertmfairley6737
    @robertmfairley6737 Před 4 lety +12

    Top top bloke you just can’t but like him. one of lifes genuin nice person

  • @AnikaJarlsdottr
    @AnikaJarlsdottr Před 4 lety +1

    Guy Martin's Saga gains another verse.

  • @brandob9
    @brandob9 Před 4 lety +14

    I love that Guy can't even ride a bike without one finger on each brake lever at all times. 0:28

  • @heardashot
    @heardashot Před 4 lety +5

    Delighted for Guy!! What a ray of sunshine! Go on!!!!!!!!

  • @matthewb8229
    @matthewb8229 Před 4 lety +5

    I love he's on a Triumph.

    • @joestephan1111
      @joestephan1111 Před 3 lety +1

      McQueen rode & raced Triumphs so in the movie it was only natural to use them. That included their being painted in Nazi colors for the scenes with soldiers in uniform.

  • @lloydy___8720
    @lloydy___8720 Před 4 lety +6

    Sounds like a builder “Got the brews, got the burgers, got the fence”

  • @josephreynolds2374
    @josephreynolds2374 Před 4 lety +1

    "I've got a plan... *shit or bust* "
    My new favourite Guy quote😂

  • @headkicked
    @headkicked Před 2 lety +4

    Revisiting this video, as I do a lot because it's a recreation of one of the most iconic motorcycle scenes ever!
    Just gotta say, Guy, you are my role model. Such a class act! I wish you the best in everything you do!
    And I'll be sure to keep sharing this video with everyone I can!

  • @peter7682
    @peter7682 Před 4 lety +3

    Absolutely amazing, everything fit together perfectly!

  • @rneoman
    @rneoman Před 4 lety

    What a legend, how can you not love Guy Martin

  • @timjeffries6362
    @timjeffries6362 Před 4 lety +5

    Been waiting for this! Smooth jump, no messing. Goo on lad! Gorgeous bike too....

  • @mjjr1000
    @mjjr1000 Před 4 lety +5

    Well done man ❤️👌🏻👍🏻.
    Love the ‘ The wife can drive me van but I’m a bit fussy who drives it ‘ 🤣🤣.

  • @helir00
    @helir00 Před 4 lety +1

    Wicked ! Proper result ! Never doubted you chap.👍 Spot on.

  • @mikedixon7651
    @mikedixon7651 Před 3 lety +1

    "I'm a bit particular who drives my van." Guy Martin in a nutshell. What a great GUY.

  • @noone-qg1od
    @noone-qg1od Před 4 lety +1

    You have to love guy.

  • @coelhocointech9841
    @coelhocointech9841 Před 9 měsíci

    This makes you appreciate the difficulty of the original jump even more

  • @readmycomment3157
    @readmycomment3157 Před 4 lety

    No nonsense. Brilliant.

  • @erolgermannemmanuel5637

    First class entertainment indeed.
    Thanks Guy, sehr gut....!!!

  • @jacksoni349
    @jacksoni349 Před 4 lety +4

    I was hoping he'd come back and say hey lets do it again!

  • @bklyn_line
    @bklyn_line Před 4 lety +1

    Pure class!

  • @jorgesilvano
    @jorgesilvano Před 4 lety +1

    Congrats, Guy!
    Keep on the good work,mate.

  • @jameswalker3073
    @jameswalker3073 Před 4 lety +1

    After 6 months of waiting!was it worth it? wouldn't of missed it for the world!Guy ur a grafter!good job mate!

  • @TheImtoomuch
    @TheImtoomuch Před 3 lety +1

    This really is a "proper" CZcams channel. Excellent stuff. And Guy seems like such a nice, genuine, fun, positive and humble person. I'd love to meet him someday!

  • @spectrum1com
    @spectrum1com Před 4 lety

    😍👍👍 been waiting for this. What a historic jump!🤟🤟

  • @compostwise
    @compostwise Před rokem

    A great bit of history + A great bloke + A great bike = A Great Day.

  • @roberthiggins6401
    @roberthiggins6401 Před 4 lety

    I think everything you do in the future should be on a triumph, Guy
    Fantastic

  • @candidacarino669
    @candidacarino669 Před rokem

    He's great and quite confident and humble, too.

  • @Nozzerr77
    @Nozzerr77 Před 4 lety

    Love your work Guy

  • @rexfoster9629
    @rexfoster9629 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome recreation from one of my favorite movies!! "Are you sure you're not Steve McQueen?" What a compliment!! Great jump Guy, You are a rockstar!!!!

    • @donniev8181
      @donniev8181 Před 3 lety

      Is the movie really that good, I'm thinking of watching it?

  • @caesarillion
    @caesarillion Před 4 lety

    Made my day. Thanks, Thailand Paul

  • @majorgeneralspencerreid6673

    Steve McQueen was really before my time, but his movies are amazing, as I’m sure his life was as well. I can’t imagine though, that he enjoyed life as much as Guy Martin appears to. Such a down to earth person, I’d probably even watch him make a tea mug.

    • @majorgeneralspencerreid6673
      @majorgeneralspencerreid6673 Před 4 lety

      David Miatke my comment wasn’t a slight on McQueen... granted, he was (and in many minds, still is) the “most interesting man in the world”. Thanks to social media, the public gets to see a more intimate side to celebrities today. Guy Martin appears to be perpetually upbeat, and seems equally happy talking to a fan, making a tea mug, or tearing around the Isle of Man at 200mph... His celebrity does not appear to have affected his humble nature and passion to learn. I agree, McQueen was more than an actor... he lived the action life he portrayed on screen.

    • @Art-is-craft
      @Art-is-craft Před 4 měsíci

      @@majorgeneralspencerreid6673
      McQueen served in the US Marines, was a motor bike racer, race car driver and martial artist. Most of that era of actors had lives before their acting and during their acting. Paul Newman served in WW2, race car driver, actor and spicy sauce.

  • @pierrepicco
    @pierrepicco Před 4 lety

    I love this Guy! Awesome.

  • @SuperKax3
    @SuperKax3 Před 4 lety +1

    Just made it and looked marvellous. Wonderful. Be well

  • @markjohnson8352
    @markjohnson8352 Před 4 lety

    Brilliant! Totally brilliant! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

  • @armzforte23
    @armzforte23 Před 4 lety

    I was REALLY waiting for this video.! McQueen+Martin=great.

    • @stephenclemence5856
      @stephenclemence5856 Před 3 lety

      Actually Bud Ekins did the jump in the movie, because they wouldn't let Steve do it. Bud Ekins did a few stunts for Steve McQueen. Not that Steve couldn't do it, but he was a movie star, so they had Bud Ekins do some of his stunts.

  • @khaccanhle1930
    @khaccanhle1930 Před 4 lety +40

    OMG, he actually does the jump in this video!!! 6:27
    After months of hype and clickbait

    • @nLTuRbaN
      @nLTuRbaN Před 4 lety +8

      Exactly months for an altogether 30 min video

    • @spaghetti1563
      @spaghetti1563 Před 3 lety

      you know it takes time to make them you idiot

    • @donniev8181
      @donniev8181 Před 3 lety

      Nobody asked you to watch?

  • @SilverfoxJB
    @SilverfoxJB Před 4 lety +13

    Dudes 83 and looks better than me in my 50's

  • @chloehennessey6813
    @chloehennessey6813 Před 3 lety

    You gotta give us more than just a few minutes of Guy Martin a month!!
    Come on!!! He’s a genuine man and we like him.
    If you started posting more content of Guy in the shop you’d have 500,000 subscribers by summer. You’d breach a million by this time next year.

  • @elliotwoodhouse2459
    @elliotwoodhouse2459 Před 4 lety +12

    4:09 "Yeah that's it, job done" *Misses out the most crucial part, the bike*

  • @alananderson5202
    @alananderson5202 Před 4 lety

    good job Guy! you're awesome. Love the videos.

  • @catmanrescue1
    @catmanrescue1 Před 3 lety

    He has a charming Spirit about him ,,, he truly is real

  • @sbkpeace.24
    @sbkpeace.24 Před 4 lety

    How many videos have I watch
    Before this one
    Finally jesus

  • @graemebrumfitt6668
    @graemebrumfitt6668 Před 4 lety

    Gota love a bit of Guy. TFS, G :)

  • @SuperDolemite1
    @SuperDolemite1 Před 4 lety

    Magnificent jump and just clipping the wire at the end topped it off

  • @majorgeneralspencerreid6673

    Oh, I forgot... what a gorgeous bike... Are you listening Triumph? I’d buy something like that, in an instant, if Triumph made one... (seriously considering having one modified). A really nice kit.

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Před 4 lety +1

      they do make them even have a "mcqueen" version

    • @majorgeneralspencerreid6673
      @majorgeneralspencerreid6673 Před 4 lety

      david jones available in the US?

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Před 4 lety

      @@majorgeneralspencerreid6673look them up there are a lot of new bikes a 1200cc boneville bobber is cool

    • @majorgeneralspencerreid6673
      @majorgeneralspencerreid6673 Před 4 lety

      david jones thanks, I’ll do that. I’d love to have another dual sport ride, something between 750cc’s and a liter, for just beating about the streets and trails. I currently have a 750 GS (because I’m vertically challenged) which serves me well for long/camping trips. Ideally, I’d love something akin to a street tracker.... I just love the look and feel of a flat track racer..

  • @johneire5016
    @johneire5016 Před 4 lety

    Brilliant that , proper job.

  • @cresshead
    @cresshead Před 4 lety

    well done dude...great choice from a superb movie

  • @cobraxspeed
    @cobraxspeed Před 4 lety

    That is so .....Proper !!

  • @chox2001
    @chox2001 Před 4 dny

    A right addition to your CV 👍👏🙏

  • @mr.morgan5643
    @mr.morgan5643 Před 3 lety

    Well done!!!

  • @TheJAMTUB
    @TheJAMTUB Před 4 lety +4

    Loved this, another Guy Martin adventure.... But 6 months preparation for this .... I don't know.

  • @luckyableluckyable1614

    Guy Martin has declare his Balls !! Every time he. Travels anywhere !!

  • @rachelsirett8809
    @rachelsirett8809 Před 2 lety

    Total legend just like Steve McQueen

  • @lazgyrorider3894
    @lazgyrorider3894 Před 4 lety

    That was awsome...

  • @romansavino8394
    @romansavino8394 Před 4 lety

    Awesome job Guy you are definitely a bad inspiration at my ripe old age of 47! Lol God bless you!! And thank you truly?

  • @kevancroftkc
    @kevancroftkc Před 4 lety

    Fantastic

  • @gregspinks8487
    @gregspinks8487 Před 4 lety

    👍👏👏 awesome video guy great work dude from R1 Greg 👊😉👌

  • @ecalzo
    @ecalzo Před 4 lety

    HEY Guy i follow you since ages.. i went to the TT for you.. i watched the boat that Guy built for you... and this it was awesome ... not the best landing thou but a landing in line with the scene i saw into the real movie ... well done Guy .. from Italy .. cheers

  • @onsight2822
    @onsight2822 Před 4 lety

    Brilliant 😎

  • @user-si4xg6bo6r
    @user-si4xg6bo6r Před 9 měsíci +2

    Should have done it on a 1957 T110

  • @bmcg5296
    @bmcg5296 Před 2 lety

    Steve McQueen was an amazing man, taken too young who did all his own stunts. WoW to do it in the same spot as the ledge down himself sheer class guy, sheer brilliance!

  • @chriscargle7645
    @chriscargle7645 Před 2 měsíci

    Those bike look amazing. Hoping to model mine on one.

  • @AlanAttack
    @AlanAttack Před 4 lety

    Go on Guy!....dancer mate!!!

  • @thatguy834
    @thatguy834 Před 4 lety

    Guy you are an amazing human. I hope you get to see this message. Don’t ever change and please stop with the big wrecks :) lol.

  • @neilhamill318
    @neilhamill318 Před 3 lety

    Was there any doubt. After all the man is a TT Legend.

  • @paulbrooks9168
    @paulbrooks9168 Před 4 lety

    No fakeness in guy 100% genuine bloke

  • @craigkaschan4822
    @craigkaschan4822 Před 4 lety

    Great bloke 👍

  • @mikeskidmore6754
    @mikeskidmore6754 Před 4 lety

    It's amazing the Isle of Man TT racer that I idolize takes a month to work up to do a Jump I was doing at age 16 in 1976 on a Yamaha MX-125-C well I did bend the frame and the steel gas tank cracked and was leaking,..
    Now days many 13 year old kids could do this jump on an 85 CC motocross bike..
    Much respect to Bud Akins for making the Jump on a bike with so much less suspension.. Glad to see Guy wear Motocross boots and a full face Helmet . Motocross boots give a lot of ankle support..

  • @davorurasek6935
    @davorurasek6935 Před 4 lety

    brilliant :)

  • @walterroux291
    @walterroux291 Před 4 lety

    Proper job.

  • @dmedina6835
    @dmedina6835 Před 4 lety

    Awesome

  • @alananderson5202
    @alananderson5202 Před 4 lety

    We built ramps out of all kinds of stuff when I was a kid. We where always too impatient to plan and calculate for safety and success. In the 70's our suspensions were lacking until about '76. Monoshock changed the world. We had fun on everything though.

  • @86billionneurons
    @86billionneurons Před 4 lety

    If that doesn't deserve a right nice cuppa tea, I don't know what would. ☕

  • @slspg
    @slspg Před 4 lety +2

    Listening to Guy Martin speaking is a lot like listening to a Fort Mc Newfie high on cocaine. Lol

  • @bodieofci5418
    @bodieofci5418 Před 3 lety

    I love how he used a Triumph.

  • @Roadkill601
    @Roadkill601 Před 4 lety

    WOW U Rock Made my sheltered inplace day

  • @chrisbaucom4832
    @chrisbaucom4832 Před 8 měsíci

    good stuff just you being you

  • @michaelbailey2476
    @michaelbailey2476 Před 5 měsíci

    Makes you realise how difficult the original was at an acute angle on an old heavy bike.

  • @hoverbotfpv1425
    @hoverbotfpv1425 Před 3 lety +3

    Steve McQueen never did the actual stunt. I hope they mention super star stuntman and BSA Bud Ekins, he dumped the BSA A65 in Bullit too.

    • @stephenclemence5856
      @stephenclemence5856 Před 3 lety +1

      I was looking for a comment about Bud Ekins. Yes, Bud Ekins did do the original jump for the movie, not Steve McQueen. McQueen was an excellent rider, and even rode in the ISDT, but they wouldn't let him do the jump for the movie.

  • @otaviomalheiros8760
    @otaviomalheiros8760 Před měsícem +1

    Would love to see that being done with the same bike. That modern one don’t seem too fair

  • @mikeskidmore6754
    @mikeskidmore6754 Před 4 lety +2

    I have been following this for two months now .. Big Lead up .. I just watched a Video getting a 1952 Triumph running that was used by Fonze on Happy Days.. the Harley's were too heavy for the Fonz.. the Triumph was sold to the movie set by Bud Akins..

    • @neilhamill318
      @neilhamill318 Před 3 lety +1

      Funny thing is Fonzi/Henry Winkler couldn't actually ride a motorcycle. The intro to Happy Days he was pushed into camera shot with out the engine running.

  • @oteupai.2841
    @oteupai.2841 Před 4 lety

    Martin's a Proper Guy .

  • @simonbertioli4696
    @simonbertioli4696 Před 2 lety

    He's the lad...for sure.
    Another British treasure.
    Should be knighted ... Sir Guy...🇬🇧😉

  • @shane6500
    @shane6500 Před 4 lety

    Steve McQueen! I'm trying to find his tld tribute helmet!
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @JEFFGUITAR
    @JEFFGUITAR Před 4 lety +1

    Proper 🍺

  • @stevenblagburn3951
    @stevenblagburn3951 Před 5 měsíci

    My ankle is hurting. Let's go straight for big jump 😮

  • @peterkwakman7440
    @peterkwakman7440 Před 3 lety

    I'm 57,and after 36 years i've pondered what it is........IT'S JUST COOL,Steve McQeen...pete from england 2020 BTW you didn't pat the tank,the most important part !!!

  • @gg3198
    @gg3198 Před 4 lety

    This man can drive a bike normal ppl can only dream about

  • @allansayers7842
    @allansayers7842 Před 4 lety

    well done