Peter Fonda Mercedes Commercial

Easy Rider Peter Fonda Commercial

Easy Rider was the biker movie of the sixties & has become an ionic motorcycle movie.

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Captain America Chopper

Original Captain America chopper from the Easy Rider movie sold at auction

The customized Captain America chopper Peter Fonda rode in “Easy Rider” has come to symbolize the counterculture of the 1960s.

A motorcycle reportedly featured in “Easy Rider” has been sold for what auctioneers say was $1.35 million.The Profiles in History auction house did not identify the buyer with Saturday night’s winning bid for the “Captain America” chopper.

‘Captain America,’ the red, white and blue stars-and-stripes panhead chopper was designed and built by two African-American bike builders, Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy, based on design suggestions from Fonda sold Oct. 18 for $1.35 million.