Easy Rider Chopper
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Easy rider chopper. Ben hardy was the man who built the easy rider bikes in 1968. This is a custom built warrior chopper with lots of eddie trotta influence and parts. The original opening showing wyatt and billy performing in a los angeles stunt show their real jobs wyatt and billy being ripped off by the promoter wyatt and billy getting in a biker fight wyatt and billy picking up women at. Mar 14 2019 explore drξϟdξn s board easyriders on pinterest.
This bike won best in show at the rat s hole biker build of. Despite reports that cast doubt on its provenance a captain america chopper purported to be the last remaining motorcycle used in the filming of the 1969 movie easy rider sold at auction. A man lost in history yet was one of the men who built the most famous bike ever built. Favorite add to.
Clifford soney vaughs who designed the bikes and ben. Some of the scenes which were in the original cut but were deleted are. In bits and pieces the story behind the easy rider choppers began to emerge publicly and identified two african american bike builders. It is captain america the chopper driven by peter fonda s wyatt in easy rider and a chromed out icon of 60s counterculture the open road.
As time passed captain america became the centerpiece. The stylish motorcycle profile of cut steering heads long forks and sissy bars had been happening for about a decade. 5 out of 5 stars 620 620 reviews 34 00.