![]() It cost about £5,000 and the quality wasn’t the best if you look back at them now. Of course twelve years ago there were no GoPro cameras and so we had to use quite a large Sony camera taped to the tank. So I sat down with some friends and we agreed to make a video that was completely real and to make it as crazy as possible, I think we achieved that with the first movie. Although I have to tell you that everything they did was fake! The police in the videos were fake, the speeds were fake, it was all set up. The main reason behind ‘Ghostrider’ was because of this Swedish car film called ‘Getaway in Stockholm’. In the end there was such a demand for a follow up that we ended up making a sequel and then a third a fourth and so on. Ghostrider: It all started back in 2002 with ‘Ghostrider – The Final Ride’ which seems like an odd title to use seeing as it was our first video, the truth is there was only ever meant to be one film and nothing more.īack then the internet was really exploding with popularity and our video spread like wildfire. SuperBike: What was your inspiration to start making the Ghostrider movies? His films have been big underground hits, with the crazy road riding, police chases and high-speed stunts cheering up thousands of bikers for years. ![]() Widely rumoured to be Patrik Fürstenhoff plus his mates, the black-clad stunt rider did the Top Gear ‘Stig’ thing early on, and keeps his identity under wraps. A great bike.Based in Sweden, Ghostrider’s been making films about high-speed road rides for more than a decade. In the end I gave an extra $200 and rode it home and for 17,000 more miles. I got some advice from Dave Roper when he heard what was up. I made you an offer, that's it.Īnd it went on and on ,Sal trying to get deeper in my pocket,me saying nope. He got Sal on the phone and Sal says ,"You got to pay more,the bike is like new." Nope says I ,It's got 3000 miles,it's a used bike. The truck driver hemmed and hawwed and tried to get me to offer more. I dug deep and offered $7000, which was about 3 times more than I'd ever paid for a bike before. So I asked "How much?" and got the, Make an offer ,thing. The "truck driver" as Sal, who I talked to on the phone later, refered to him, said "It's for sale, you know". It was the first one I'd seen in person, after reading all I could find about them in magazines.Īnyway, Ghost was sponsering Nancy Del'goto in the 883 Sportster class and they had sent the Ducati along in hopes of someone like me falling for it. I went to Vintage Days in 1991 and one of the first things I saw in the pits was this. I believe this is Sonny on his CZ in a race at Fishkill NY. ![]() I believe Mickey won the 500 support class at Unadilla in 1979. On the left is well know retired pro MX racer Mickey Kessler. Here is Sonny again (60 years old and looks great). Here is a photo of Sal and Sonny taken at the 2013 Unadilla MX rewind where Sonny was recognized as one of the Legends of Motocross. Sonny must be there too, perhaps to the right of Barry? I'm just not sure. The guy in the red Ghost shirt, just under the flag, I think that may well be a very young Barry Higgins. That is Roger Decoster in the Ghost shirt and Joel Robert to his right. Now have a look at these two chaps in yellow. Ghost may have also sponsored Barry Higgins early in his career. If I remember correctly, Sonny had top finishes in many nationals in about the 1972 season on a CZ. And I believe Sonny Defeo (Sal's son) won the very first AMA sanctioned national motocross race. Ghost was also very involved in the early days of motocross. My buddy bought his used cb400F there around 1979 or so. Ghost Motorcycles was a happening place on 1970's L.I.
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