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"Ghost Rider" is the alias used by a Swedish motorcycle stunt rider in a series of independently produced DVD movies where the recurring theme involves Ghost Rider himself performing illegal maneuvers on his motorcycle on public roads across Sweden and other countries in Europe. The movies feature Ghost Rider, mostly in the perspective of cameras mounted on his motorbike, racing at extreme speeds on busy roadways, provoking law enforcement officers into high-speed chases, and performing various dangerous stunts in mostly uncontrolled environments. The extreme footage has brought some notoriety to Ghost Rider as the movies' wild antics have been discussed on various magazines and television programs around the world.


NOTABLE FEATS

  • ''In Ghost Rider: The Final Ride'', Ghost Rider does a timed run in Sweden from Stockholm to Uppsala (dubbed ''Uppsala Run'', a distance of 68 km or 42.6 miles) in 14m 55s with an average speed of 273.1 km/h (170.1 mph) in heavy traffic. He breaks his own record in ''Uppsala Run 2'' (''Ghost Rider Goes Crazy in Europe'') with a faster bike by a mere two seconds (14m 53s) with even heavier traffic present.


  • In ''Ghost Rider Goes Crazy in Europe'', Ghost Rider does a timed run in Paris , France on the Paris Peripherique (French term for ring road/beltway) and completes the circuit with an elapsed time of 9m 57s. This was done as a tribute to a French street racer going by the alias "''Le Prince Noir''" (Black Prince) who completed the circuit on his motorcycle in 11m 04s in the year 1989. The times are incomparable however due to Black Prince's being obtained in heavy traffic with daylight and Ghost Rider's being obtained with very little traffic at night.




TRIVIA

  • Ghost Rider's primary motorbike of choice for the movies is the Suzuki GSX-R1000 . He has used a variety of different year models with differing modifications to each, including a fully carbon fiber GSX-R1000 K4 in ''Ghost Rider Goes Crazy in Europe'' and a 280+ bhp turbocharged GSX-R1000 K5 in ''Ghost Rider Goes Undercover''.


  • Each movie has a scene where Ghost Rider rides a highly tuned, turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa . The Hayabusa in ''Ghost Rider: The Final Ride'' was tuned to 417 bhp, and the one used for the later movies was at 499 bhp.


  • Although Ghost Rider's primary vehicle is a motorcycle, he uses a wide variety of other vehicles in the movies including different types of cars, bicycles, minibikes, and even a snowmobile on public streets.


  • Swedish rock band Europe used various clips from the Ghost Rider movies in their music video for the song ''Got to Have Faith'' from their 2004 album '' Start From The Dark ''.




FILMOGRAPHY

A total of four Ghost Rider titles have been released. A fifth title called ''Ghost Rider: Back To Basics'' had been due for release in December 2006, however it has been postponed numerous times and currently remains unreleased. There is no official word on its current status.


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