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Oct 11, 2014 · The alleged last authentic motorcycle used in the 1969 film Easy Rider is going up for auction. The man who designed the bikes, Clifford Vaughs, says he has never gotten proper credit for his...
Easy Rider is a 1969 American independent [ 3][ 4] road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South, carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal.
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.
Jul 12, 2019 · This crashed bike is the only Captain America bike known to exist and is in the late Paul Allen’s collection in Washington. The matching Captain America bike and the two “Billy bikes” built for Hopper were stolen near the end of the filming and never seen again.
Jan 12, 2023 · Aside from its star-spangled cast, featuring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson, the appearance of a gorgeous ‘Captain America’ bike captured the attention of enthusiasts nationwide, to the point where it’s now regarded as the best chopper ever made.
May 28, 2021 · Captain America, the Harley-Davidson chopper ridden by Peter Fonda in 1969’s Easy Rider, will be auctioned off by Dan Kruse Classics in early June. Although it’s as controversial as the movie...
Jan 4, 2019 · In bits and pieces, the story behind the Easy Rider choppers began to emerge publicly, and identified two African-American bike builders: Clifford “Soney” Vaughs, who designed the bikes, and Ben Hardy, a prominent chopper-builder in Los Angeles, who worked on their construction.
Dec 12, 2011 · BILLY BIKE – EASY RIDER Movie Bikes. The motorcycles for the film, based on hardtail frames and Panhead engines, were designed and built by chopper builders Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy, following ideas of Peter Fonda, and handled by Tex Hall and Dan Haggerty during shooting.
Adventure Drama. Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware. Director. Dennis Hopper.
Oct 14, 2014 · The iconic red, white and blue stars and stripes panhead chopper, with chromed hard tail frame, was designed and built by two African-American chopper builders — Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy —...