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Easy Rider. 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. The success of Easy Rider helped spark ...
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. The Captain America bike, made from a then 20-year-old, heavily customized Harley ...
Easyriders is an American motorcycle magazine, founded in 1970. [2] It was published monthly by Paisano Publications for over 50 years. In addition to its coverage of motorcycles (particularly Harley-Davidsons) and related activities, Easyriders is also known for including pictures of nude or topless women [3] [4] and paintings by David Mann who was a California graphic artist whose paintings ...
In foreground, Stokely Carmichael pulls Vaughs' right leg from Guardsmen. [1][2] 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]
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. They can be built from an original motorcycle which is modified ("chopped") or built from scratch. Some of the characteristic features of choppers ...
David Mann (() September 10, 1940 — () September 11, 2004) [2] was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated biker culture, and choppers.Called "the biker world's artist-in-residence," [5] his images are ubiquitous in biker clubhouses and garages, on motorcycle gas tanks, tattoos, and on T-shirts and other memorabilia associated with biker culture.
Sales of motorcycles and scooters declined 43.2% in 2009, and continued to decrease in the first quarter of 2010, with scooter sales doing worst, down 13.3% compared to a 4.6% drop for all two-wheelers. [46] Other types of small motorcycles include the minibike, monkey bike, Welbike, pocketbike, and pit bike.
Woodbury University. Occupation (s) Publisher, writer, movie producer. Years active. 1950 - 1997. Notable work. Creator and Publisher of Easyriders magazine. Lou Kimzey (Sr.) (1928-1997) was the creator and publisher of the biker magazines Easyriders and Iron Horse. Lou Kimzey was inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame in August 2009.