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Benjamin F. Hardy (1921–1994) was an American custom motorcycle builder who made the Captain America and Billy choppers for the 1969 Peter Fonda road movie Easy Rider. [1] Ben Hardy. Replica of the "Captain America" bike in the Deutsches Zweirad- und NSU-Museum.
Posters of Peter Fonda on his motorcycle from Easy Rider for sale in a store in Chicago circa 1970. Along with Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate, Easy Rider helped kick-start the New Hollywood era during the late 1960s and 1970s. [48] The major studios realized that money could be made from low-budget films made by avant-garde directors.
The Panhead is an overhead-valve Harley-Davidson motorcycle engine, so nicknamed because the rocker covers resembled cooking pans. The engine is a two- cylinder , two- valve -per-cylinder, pushrod V-twin , made in both 61 c.i. (EL) and 74 c.i. (FL, FLH) displacements.
Clifford A. "Sonny" Vaughs (April 16, 1937 – July 2, 2016) was an American civil rights activist, filmmaker, and motorcycle builder. Vaughs designed the two chopper motorcycles used for the 1969 film Easy Rider, while an associate producer on the film. [3] He also produced and directed the documentary What Will the Harvest Be?
Peter Fonda rides a replica of the "Captain America" bike used in Easy Rider. A chopper is a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in the US state of California in the late 1950s. A chopper employs modified steering angles and lengthened forks for a stretched-out appearance.
The Harley-Davidson Museum is an American museum located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin celebrating the more than 100-year history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. [1] The 130,000 square foot (12,077.3952 m 2) three-building complex on 20 acres (8.0937128448 ha) along the Menomonee River bank contains more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles and hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the Harley ...
From 1977 to 1982, Chicano Roy was the first Hispanic motorcycle chopper builder to conquer the custom motorcycle magazine world, with his right-hand man, and youngest brother of 10, David Garcia. These magazines included Easyrider , Big Bike , Street Chopper , Custom Bike , Chopper , Iron Horse and others.
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