If you have seen 1994 Dumb and Dumber, you will instantly recognize one of the most iconic scenes in the movie, when Lloyd and Harry rode to Aspen on a mini-bike to return a lost briefcase.
While the two actors (Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels) did not actually ride to Aspen (obviously), Zack Courts and Ari Henning from RevZilla went ahead and recreated the scene for real.
In the movie, Lloyd and Harry took just 3-minutes to reach Aspen, Colorado, but in reality, Zack and Ari had to travel more than 600 kilometres in a span of 3-days on a 4hp mini-bike capable of topping just 50km/h!
In the 30 minute video available at RevZilla YouTube channel, you can witness the pair faced mountains of challenges from uneven pathways to gravel roads and occasionally had to change the rear tyres a few times before reaching their destination.
“The rider triangle is more accommodating than it looks, thanks to Ari stretching the frame to match the movie bike.
“The seat, on the other hand, is worse than it looks and the paint-shaker vibration rattled our joints to numbness.
“Ari had predicted that the novelty of the bike and the journey would wear off after about 15 minutes on the road, but I’m not sure it even lasted that long.
“On some motorcycles, the thought of open pasture might be appealing, but aboard our hog, it was exciting enough just staying on the straight and narrow,” said Courts.
So if you consider riding to Lemang To’ki or the occasional run to Starbucks at Genting Highland onboard your precious BMW GS as an adventure, you might want to hold that thought.
