Riders could be forgiven for bringing their helmets into the cinema over the next month and its not necessarily because they are worried about theft. While this month's official moniker is Motorcycle Safety Month a quick look at the big screen and it could easily be considered 'Motorcycle Movie month' as well.

With movie-goers still in awe at the extended action sequence in 'Wolverine' featuring what the script calls a 1948 Harley-Davidson Panhead, the two-wheeled star is going from an unnamed year in the past to a future era of rebellious starship captains and space exploration.

Hitting the big screens on Thursday comes the much anticipated re-invention of the classic sixties science-fiction show, ''Star Trek'.

Why is this important to bikers? The leading character is painted as one of our own.

In the upcoming revision of the science fiction classic, the leading man is seen speeding across the desert in an early scene in 'Star Trek' being released nationwide on May 8th. Riding what appears to be a future version of a sportsbike, its certainly no V-Twin powering a scene reminiscent of Tom Cruise riding alongside a landing F-14 in Top Gun. With both characters riding a motorcycle into their military destiny, the two-wheeled prop is used to paint an unconventional hero with a rebellious way of doing things.

Playing the most famous fictional captain in history actor Chris Pine had concerns about taking on the role of James T. Kirk, "As I kind of looked at it, I found that I was scared more by the prospect of bringing Kirk to life again, because he’d already been done, and done really well.”

Using a bike to set the tone of the new Kirk's character isn't just grabbing the attention of motorcycle enthusiasts, traditional news organizations as well as those such as MTV are all noting the famous Starfleet captain's choice of transportation.

Bikers have more blockbusters to get their two-wheel fix from this summer with the latest in the cyborg science fiction series coming out later this month with 'Terminator Salvation' featuring two-wheeled terminators, part-motorcycle, part-cyborg killing machines premieres nationwide on May 21st.
 

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