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Old 10-25-2008, 12:48 PM
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15 minutes of cop (?) vs Z3 M Coupe.

I am not sure this is a 'genuine' motorcycle cop.....could be ...but the finish seems staged.

However, the driver and the bike rider show remarkable control of their machines . I doubt Hollywood could do better...especially considering there is no 'special effects'.

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/6/Ghostrider-France-519308.html



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Old 10-25-2008, 12:54 PM
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It's genuine alright "Ghostrider" is probably one of the most notorious and skilled street riders in the world, he was anonymous for many years while doing stunts...check out his movies. Later it has been relieved that he is a real life motorcycle cop.
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Old 10-26-2008, 06:51 PM
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it appears the Ghost Rider dressed up as a cop and painted his bike in police colours.
Also the BMW driver was asked to be the hare.

The Ghost rider is known by the Swedish police but due to the law in Sweden he can only be arrested whilst in the commission of a driving offense and being as he has never been caught 'red handed', he is still free.

His name is Patrik Fürstenhoff, a 40 something member of the SWT.



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Old 10-26-2008, 08:03 PM
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Its TOTALLY staged. How else can you explain fixed cameras being in the right spot after a "sudden" exit from the freeway?

I have a video from Sweden where some guy in a Ruf "outruns" the cops, it is in the middle of the night and the speeds are much greater, very little traffic. I wish I had a place to upload it to, it is about 100MB.
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:07 PM
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Doesn't look completely genuine to me. The camera on the bike is remarkably stable. There's no possible way for the sound to be picked up like that either.
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Old 10-27-2008, 02:46 PM
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I love those cars! Looks like an angry shoe.
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Old 10-27-2008, 06:37 PM
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^^of course its staged, if anyone would no a small amount of research about the rider..and this particular film the narrator says its a set up in the first 30 seconds...thats the point. The point of the film is to trick a professional driver into a chase with a motorcycle cop whom also happens to be a stunt rider himself, and they chase though a predetermined course for the production.

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