"Easy Rider" Harley-Davidson motorcycle sells for $1.3 million at auction

zom

News from 20 October, but I cant see anyone mentioned that. Peter Fonda's "Captain America" motorcycle used during the filming of the 1969 movie classic "Easy Rider" sold for $1.3 million to an unnamed buyer.

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2014/10/20/easy-rider-harley-davidson-motorcycle-sells-for-1.html

serious3

Rumour has it that it's not even the real one

Cienciano

serious3 wrote: »

Rumour has it that it's not even the real one

Apparently the guy who owned the bike from The Great Escape sold 6 of them. Whenever he needed money he sold another one :pac:

Nodster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider#Motorcycles

In total, four former police bikes were used in the film. The 1949, 1950 and 1952 Harley Davidson Hydra-Glide bikes were purchased at an auction for $500, equivalent to about $3400 in current money. Each bike had a backup to make sure that shooting could continue in case one of the old machines failed or got wrecked accidentally. One "Captain America" was demolished in the final scene, while the other three were stolen and probably taken apart before their significance as movie props became known. The demolished bike was rebuilt by Dan Haggerty and shown in a museum. He sold it at an auction in 2001. It now resides at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa. Many replicas have been built since the film’s release.[19]

Hopper and Fonda hosted a wrap party for the movie and then realized they had not shot the final campfire scene. Thus, it was shot after the bikes had already been stolen, which is why they are not visible in the background as in the other campfire scenes.