The Wild One
kickstarted a whole generation of motorcyclists, the Triumph that Brando rides in the film is still a hugely popular model for vintage bike enthusiasts and the jacket he wore became known as the defacto “motorcycle jacket”.
If you haven’t seen The Wild One, or haven’t seen it for a while, you can grab a copy on DVD here.
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Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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