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What kind of frame is on this Chopper??? |
In the movie Easy Rider, What kind of frame is on the Red, White, and Blue Bike and what kind of raking and what kind of Stretch did they use, and who is the Manufacturer of this frame? It was a panhead frame with custom modifications. Today you can build your own bike from a catalog. But the bikes built during the 60's were custom. Paugho makes a very similar frame today for the Panhead motor. 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. In total, four former police bikes were used in the film. The 1949, 1950 and 1952 Harley Davidson Hydraglide bikes were purchased at an auction for US$ 500. Each bike had a backup to make sure that shooting could continue in case one of the old machines failed. 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. Many other replicas have been built since the film鈥檚 release. Hopper and Fonda hosted a wrap party for the movie and then realised they hadn't 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. That is all I can remember about filming the movie. Hey the 60's were rough on me. it's been 35 years since I saw that movie last...hear go's It's a hard tail frame.with a springer front end don't believe its raked at all.........now I have to watch that movie again |
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