Honda announced Tuesday that its CRF250R motorcycle will be James Bond’s choice of vehicle in the upcoming 007 movie, Skyfall.
The bikes that are featured in the spy action movie, along with other unmodified Honda CRF250R, were unveiled Tuesday at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, which is currently hosting the BOND IN MOTION exhibition to celebrate 50 years of James Bond films.
“We’re delighted to be a partner for Skyfall and are very much looking forward to seeing our Honda CRFs in action in the film and rolling out some great associated activities we’ve got planned from October when the film is released,” said Fiona Cole, Honda (UK) Corporate Communications Manager, in a statement.
“We like to try and do things differently at Honda, including finding innovative, yet relevant ways to showcase our diverse products, whilst also really engaging with our customers. It’s great to not only have Honda machines chosen as the choice of Bond, but also to be working with such a longstanding film franchise,” Cole added.
The motorcycles will be “dressed” in two different native styles – a Turkish police bike and a Turkish merchant’s bike. Award-winning Special Effects team from Chris Corbould modified the bikes to fit the appropriate styles. In total, 20 CRF250R motorcycles were provided for the film.
Skyfall’s student co-ordinator Gary Powell said Honda motorcycles were chosen because they are highly versatile and could be easily modified.
“Honda’s CRFs are probably the best off-roaders out there so it’s great that we’ve been able to partner with Honda as the bikes, whilst heavily modified, were superb to work with,” said Powell in a statement.
The movie, which was recently shot in Istanbul and Adana, Turkey, will hit the screen on Oct. 26.
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