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The image of a black leather-clad hunk sitting astride a roaring mean machine is sure to give many an adrenaline rush8230;but its not something that comes that easy. Yet,Tinseltown actors seem to have perfected that art onscreen and off-screen. Take the case of John Abraham,a die-hard biker. Before the actor earned his big break in Bollywood,he used to live sparingly so that he could save up for his dream motorcycle. Today the actor has four super bikes including a Yamaha YZF-R1,Suzuki GSX-1300R Hayabusa and a rip-off of the American Board Track Racer 1910. Johns passion for motorcycles was seen onscreen in Dhoom too. In the heist film,the actor wooed his female fans as the charismatic bad boy zooming past on his Yamaha bike. In 1983,Jackie Shroff was one of the first Bollywood actors to hit the road on his silver 60s India Chief in Hero. The actor presently is the proud owner of Skeletor Chopper the bike that Nicholas Cage rode in Ghost Rider with a silver ribcage for fuel tank. Macho man Salman Khan too is crazy about bikes and goes riding his motorcycle around Bandra,with his bodyguard Shera trailing him. In Anees Bazmees forthcoming film,Ready,the beefy actors fans will get an adrenaline rush after seeing their favourite star attempting some serious action stunts on a bike that could even give the cast of Fast And Furious a run for their money.
Actors revving up their engines to the latest mean machines on the big screen have not only been lapped up by viewers but also helped stars get a new-found love for the motorbike in real life. While avid bikers Shahid Kapoor,Arjun Rampal,Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt were more than happy to take a spin on the heavy metal onscreen,Farhan Akhtar learnt to ride a motorcycle for a song sequence in Karthik Calling Karthik. And Vivek Oberoi and Neil Nitin Mukesh,who have always been fond of biking,got a chance to brush up their skills in Prince and Lafangey Parindey respectively.
