Captain America bike

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willw · #1 Unread post by **willw** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:02 am

So, I caught a bit of "Easy Rider" the other night on AMC, I think, and I got to wondering what ever happened to the original Captain America bike featured in that movie?

Does anyone know?

I know that the motorcycle show at the Guggenheim Museum in NY a few years back had a Captain America bike on display but it was a copy.

Is the original one still around?

jonnythan · Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:18 am

It's at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa.

http://www.nationalmcmuseum.org/museum/ ... merica.asp

roscowgo · #3 Unread post by **roscowgo** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:32 am

Isn't that one a replica? I thought i read somewhere that the original was stolen, stripped and sold for parts. No really. Can't remember where the hell i read that.

celt · #4 Unread post by **celt** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:30 am

Two Captain America bikes were built for the movie. One was stolen, along with both Billy Bikes, after filming, and the other was crashed in the final scene. Rebuilt by Haggerty, the crashed Captain America was sold at auction in 1996.

http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classic ... asp?id=117

Bubba · #5 Unread post by **Bubba** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:30 am

I see one every year. There are so many out there now I dought anyone knows where the original is.
The last I heard, Fonda had the original, but who knows?