It is clear that a Keeway Superlight 125alone, it is still a conventional mount to use. However, the specimen that is currently auctioning in the well -known online Catawiki platform has something that makes it truly special. The reason is none other than being self -ographed by one of Hollywood’s biggest stars: Tom Cruise.
Keeway Superlight 125: almost “a movie motorcycle.”
Coinciding with the premiere of the new Tom Cruise movie, an impossible mission: final sentence, a Keeway Superlight 125 motorcycle, a retro -style citizen chopper, goes out to auction in Catawiki, the online platform specialized in special objects. But what makes this motorcycle special? It is signed by the actor himself, Hollywood icon and passionate about motorcycles.
The autograph was added to the fuel tank in Paris, during an unexpected encounter with the actor while he was in France on the occasion of the Olympic Games. This moment, immortalized in photographs, captures a unique night in the streets of the French capital. John Searle, expert in Catawiki motorcycles, explains about it:
“What makes this motorcycle truly exceptional is not only its vintage design or its excellent state of conservation, but the story that takes with you. The firm of Tom Cruise, added in a spontaneous encounter in Paris, transforms this vehicle into a unique collection piece, in the intersection between the cinema, the passion for motorcycles and chance.”. For his part, the owner of the Moto tells how the meeting with Tom Cruise and the actor’s subsequent signature on the deposit of his Keeway Superlight 125:
“I was very lucky to meet Tom Cruise in April 2024. Tom Cruise was in Paris to shoot some scenes for the closing scene of the Paris Olympic Games ceremony. In one of the videos you can see Tom Cruise talking to me, thanking him for his work and having signed the motorcycle. Tom Cruise was very friendly and we exchanged on different themes that we both passionate about. Deportivo, ships and motorcycles! “
Concludes: “It was random that I was shooting a scene in one of the streets of Paris, where a friend of mine has a house and while going down to buy something I caught his attention and kindly asked him to sign my motorcycle when I had time, which he accepted. I found the white pen and he could sign the fuel tank. The deposit was then protected with a special transparent layer.”
With respect to the state in which the Superlight 125 autobiographed by Cruise is located, this “It is conducted, brakes and changes well. It has frequently remained in a workshop for the maintenance of the chain, the engine, etc.”They clarify from Catawiki. Of course, it presents small scratches in the escape, which have been repainted and carries the newly replaced clutch handle.
Of course, it carries French registration and currently only has 7,000 kilometers traveled. With an estimated value between 3,000 and 3,500 euros, it becomes an irresistible opportunity for collectors and cinema lovers.
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