Got a million bucks laying around on the floor or forgotten in a kitchen drawer and want a cool idea for spending this money? How about getting a nice bike and even better, how about getting a nice and world-famous bike? If the answers are both “yes”, you’re in luck, as Peter Fonda’s Easy Rider Harley-Davidson will be auctioned on 18th of October, by Profiles in History.
The Captain America was built on purpose for the shooting of Easy Rider, a movie which made it into the cult hall of fame very quickly, most likely because of the rather questionable plot involving a high level of debauchery including drug smuggling, motorbikes, prostitution and violence.
Written and directed by Fonda himself, Easy Rider has effortlessly become one of the iconic milestones in the ‘60s American counterculture and has drawn a lot of attention to the raising biker gangs which were sprouting across the nation. The movie also stars Dennis Hopper and young Jack Nicholson.
The bike is auctioned by its current owner, Michael Eisenberg, who co-owned a motorcycle-themed LA restaurant with Fonda and Hopper. Eisenberg got the bike from Dan Haggerty, who seized it when the National Motorcycle Museum let it go after 12 years. However, he feels like keeping the bike would deny fans a good chance to lay eyes on this veritable historic machine.
Of the initial 4 bikes created for the movie, three were stolen even before Easy Rider was released, making this one the only authentic Captain America in existence. This is also proven by the three letters of authenticity, one signed by the National Motorcycle Museum, one by Fonda and one from Haggerty.
The auction house Profiles in History is expecting that the bike brings in $1-1.2 million (€777,000-932,000), of which Haggerty says "a significant amount" will go to the American Humane Association to honor Peter Fonda's involvement in the organization. And no, Captain America's money are no longer in the tank.
Written and directed by Fonda himself, Easy Rider has effortlessly become one of the iconic milestones in the ‘60s American counterculture and has drawn a lot of attention to the raising biker gangs which were sprouting across the nation. The movie also stars Dennis Hopper and young Jack Nicholson.
The bike is auctioned by its current owner, Michael Eisenberg, who co-owned a motorcycle-themed LA restaurant with Fonda and Hopper. Eisenberg got the bike from Dan Haggerty, who seized it when the National Motorcycle Museum let it go after 12 years. However, he feels like keeping the bike would deny fans a good chance to lay eyes on this veritable historic machine.
Of the initial 4 bikes created for the movie, three were stolen even before Easy Rider was released, making this one the only authentic Captain America in existence. This is also proven by the three letters of authenticity, one signed by the National Motorcycle Museum, one by Fonda and one from Haggerty.
The auction house Profiles in History is expecting that the bike brings in $1-1.2 million (€777,000-932,000), of which Haggerty says "a significant amount" will go to the American Humane Association to honor Peter Fonda's involvement in the organization. And no, Captain America's money are no longer in the tank.
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