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Inside Ryan Reynold's £94k motorcycle collection, including Japanese-themed bike

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The Deadpool actor is worth £100m and likes to splash it on fast vehicles
The Deadpool actor is worth £100m and likes to splash it on fast vehicles

HOLLYWOOD A-lister Ryan Reynolds is known for being part-owner of Wrexham FC, but the actor splashes his cash on other projects too.

The actor has built up a $150m fortune which he splashes on luxury cars, property, and even a $2m ring for his wife, Blake Lively.

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Ryan Reynolds proudly shows off his new custom Roughchild Bobber motorcycleCredit: The Mega Agency
Reynolds is best known for playing the anti-hero character Deadpool
Reynolds is best known for playing the anti-hero character DeadpoolCredit: Getty

But, one of his favourite ways to spend the dosh when he's not watching football is on motorbikes, with a taste for classically-styled and modified machines.

“I love the fact that when you’re on a motorcycle, riding a motorcycle is the only thing you’re doing,” Reynolds has said.

Reynolds is understood to have a big collection of bikes, including a bespoke Vector motorcycle by a small British company called Arc.

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The actor said the custom bike was the, "coolest bike" he'd ever ridden, adding he, "never stopped giggling the whole ride."

Reynolds posted a video to his Instagram praising the £95k bike to his over 50 million followers, which sent the company into 'overdrive.'

"As a start-up business we would never have been able to pay for that sort of celebrity endorsement," Arc chairman Marc Truman told the BBC.

The Deadpool actor has also been seen on other bikes, like Triumphs, BMWs, Ducatis and Hondas too.

The Ducati, for example, is a rare bike as only 2000 were made.

The Ducati Paul Smart 1000 LE was released in 2006 and takes its design from older generation Triumph motorcycles.

Reynolds has been spotted once, surprisingly, not on an expensive superbike, but on a cheap commuter bike, the the classic 1975 Honda CB750.

He is understood to have learned to ride on the CB750 and now rides a custom-ordered modified version of one, which took seven months to complete.

But, that's not the only Japanese bike he has.

Reynolds has a British Triumph bike which has been modified with parts from the Japanese Yamaha XS1100.

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“It allowed for a taller tank-height-to-triple-clamp ratio, which always gives the impression of desirable fullness,” said the man who built the bike, Dustin Kott.

The Kott, as the bike is now called, has brandy-wine paint on the tank and tail with pewter gold pinstriping and reddish brown leather over the seat foam. 

Reynolds is set to be in Deadpool 3, which had been set for release next May, but could be delayed by the recent SAG-AFTRA strike.

Giving the real-life action man more time to play with his bikes.

Reynolds climbs aboard his Ducati in Beverly Hills
Reynolds climbs aboard his Ducati in Beverly HillsCredit: Rex
Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds likes to splash his cash on motorbikes
Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds likes to splash his cash on motorbikesCredit: Alamy

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