I have to tell you guys these are the best replicas I have seen even down to the dog bone risers on the Captain America. Fantastic work! Thanks for the video!
Sweet!!! Congrats from “Down Under”. Well executed too, & great to hear they’re actually ridden. Easy rider left an impression on so many of us. Thanks for sharing👍🏼😁
You guys did an Excellent job with these bikes. The details of both these bikes is really on Point. Ether one of these bikes could be in the movie no problem. I've seen many that have attempted these builds and don't ever come close.
Absolutely Excellent bikes, a true credit to the twins! I love the film and have seen it many times. I built a billybike chopper a couple of years ago, but it had a WLA side valve engine, looked nice though. Panheads RULE!
+Biker Tramp Yeah -- Ben Hardy and Cliff Vaughs. Cliff rode a Pan/Shovel with a chromed frame, a rectangle pattern/button seat and tall sissy bar (like Fonda's machine).
Very cool rides. Good job. I have a mostly stock 2013 Wide Glide that looks a lot like the Billy Bike, flames and all. Not a hard tail though. I'll take the two shocks on the Dyna over back jarring rides on a hard tail any day. Peace.
Awesome bikes , And great detail also . Thx for the video . :) I myself like to ride a cruiser style myself but always love the art work that goes into a bike and older cars & trucks . The new stuff is all over priced Tupperware cars & trucks with a pop can like feel .
These are really nice.Fantastic job.I,m 60 and ride a 1963 pan I have been on it sense 1985.I,ve had others through the years but always came back to the old pan. My first was a 47 knuckle.1975 Then went in the Army in1976.My dad sold it.He was not a fan of me riding Have a nice day.
Fonda's original had a 5.00 x 16 Beck rear tire. A "wildcat" tail light was on Fonda's bike. The original gas tanks were re-worked Mustang scooter tanks. Jim Leonard built the most accurate replicas. Still, this is great work by the Sundels!
i remember a few years back. Peter Fonda was at Barrett Jackson Auctioning both the America n the Billy bike repros he had done. As a pair. He lifted the reserve. An some lucky guy got both bikes for just $23,000! what a steal.
Love the bikes and the music but I'd rather hear the bikes than the guitar. Maybe that's just me. I'm 72 and been riding since I was 14 when I got a ride on a guys 47 Indian with a hardtail and a springer. Sweet ride. The last bike I built had a Finch custom frame and 15 over springer front end which was painted candy apple red and had a fiberglass Sportster tank. My back would not take riding a hard ass bike any more. Thanks for sharing.
Doug Fever I'm 72 yrs old as well & I'm still riding my father's 1938 EL Knucklehead , 1955 FL Panhead and his 1970 Shovel ,I don't ride the Panhead too much because it's too funky to start but I ride the knuckle all the time ,I've got my own bikes thst I've bought in my lifetime in the collection but the knuckle is my daily ride ,2 kick start every time .
Old School,,,Savoy Brown ,Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush,,,,,days are gone but not the bikes,remember when Pan bottom,Shovel top ruled.Pinheads and Snivelheads rule,
The Wild Ones, Easy Rider, Then Came Bronson, The Three Stooges ( scenes where they were chased by motorcycle cops) and a friend of my dads who rode a 1967 Moto Guzzi V7. Also Steve Mc Queen in The Great Escape and On Any Sunday. Been riding for 52 years now. Got 3 in the garage and shopping for an EVO this spring.
back in the '60's & early '70's. we always built choppers without the front brake. I think the front brake law { California} came out in '69. bikes built after that date we used a wheel ass'y off an Honda 50....
The most famous Motorcycle ever built. The star of the movie was " Captain America". Make no mistake, this is the most mentioned Motorcycle in history. So far.
If you guys still got these it would be awesome to see an updated video with a bit more quality and you guys going in depth on the bikes explaining stuff. Knowing its been 13 years since you posted this a lot can happen in that time. If yall are still around and the bikes are still around it would be awesome to see them again.
Beautiful tribute bikes to the movie , it is a shame you couldn't find the little skull lights that were used as lower marker lights on both the movie machines , great job on both bikes none the less , thanks for posting .
And u didnt mention the mouse trap? No big deal these young guys would have a clue what ur talking about anyways, all u hear is Oh I wish I had one of these, but the nice thing is us old guys are gona be young forever,
Perfect example of spot-on reproduction. The only thing I could notice out of place is that your mirror mount has a longer vertical arm which makes it mount towards the center of the handle bar down turn. A good example is here: ruclips.net/video/7eGVTmrPKOY/видео.html Not knit-picking, just kind of noticed the difference since it's one of the things people see most in the movie (the handle bars)
What meant to comment on is the beautiful job you did recreating these awesome iconic machines. They are gorgeous. Thats real dedication man.!!!!! Salute
Guggenheim had a traveling Art of the Motorcycle display in Las Vegas about 15 years ago at the Venetian Casino...one of the prominent bikes was the replica of Easy Rider Captain America Bike...I have one of the posters of that bike...it definitely was is a piece of art...awesome ...not much of a road bike..it too had no front brake...I am assuming it was a replica ..
They look good. I wish the "Billy" guy had done a better job of description......as he seemed to stutter through it. No offense...............and I don't think the rear lights on the Billy are accurate.................there was 2 on one side (I believe the left) and 1 on the right!!! He seemed to discredit the "rigid", but I'm 65 years ols and still ride (everywhere) a kick only rigid. To each his own, but I'm not going to build something I wouldn't ride. Again no offense, great jobs!!!
BEAUTIFUL! even the oilbox & hard lines leak city but you definitely kept as close to O, the 2 others i've seen up close had oil filters, front breaks or course & 1 had rear disc the other had drum & a front rake set up to help steering handling. Kind like a porsche turbo 911, ferrari T, & this I would love to ride um just once, like that model I saw when I was in Ukraine, that was a bit easier just hand the money over.
Back in the late 70's I sold a bobber and bought a chopper that was the same style as Capt. America and the paint job as a Billy Bike. I used to ride those hard tails all around the country and I don't remember the pain. Now I am 66 years old and even with suspension the thing kills me. Ick old age. My wife rode across WA. state with me and she was crying from the position of her rear on the 2nd up part of the seat. I wish I could build a classic and ride it all day again.
Jim Leonard built the best ER replica machines. I met Jim at a vintage car (Packard) meet a long time ago. He told me that locating all of the correct parts was the most difficult part of the job. Incidentally, the rear tires on the original bikes were 5.00 X 16 Beck-Arnley (British).
well done guys i just herd the last remaining of the 4 bikes made has been sold it was the parts bike and may ride again . if only fonda and hopper new back then when they built these bikes ,they would have kept them , i have been searching the history looking for them but know leads to follow , but well done ,,,,,,,,,,,
Nice job on both bikes man. I rode a 48 Flat head 21 years then built a 93inch shovel chop on an amen saviour frame with a 10over wide gluide. I love and always been pretty much on hard tails love them again nice job ride free brother. Nick.
Peeeerrrrty som bitches Damn ! Built my first Harley lates 80s. " 54 frame " 48 springer with a 21 wheel, "56 engine with the old M74 linkert which are for the police bikes. Black with a little chrome. Always loved Captain American machine since was a kid. Thanks for posting Kinck.
Benny Hardy the Visionist and Creator to Captian America and the Billy Bike .Benny Hardy the one that started the Long Bike that we old Gray Beards Have Loved for so many years .. Hearts To you Benny Hardy . Many of us know who you Are .it is the Ignoriant that try to keep you covered up ,
most Capt. America replicas used SS engines ....yours used the real panhead engines ! that makes your bikes the closest I have seen to the real thing . good job !
Joe Simon's daughter here..love the Captain America bike. My father would be proud.
Tastefully done and thoroughly described. Good down-to-earth descriptions of how choppers ride and sort of stop.
"Sort of stop" -- made me laugh pretty hard.
I have to tell you guys these are the best replicas I have seen even down to the dog bone risers on the Captain America. Fantastic work! Thanks for the video!
It was Easy Rider that turned me into a life long Biker.
How come 64 people dont like this video. This man did an EXCELLENT JOB.
Sweet!!! Congrats from “Down Under”. Well executed too, & great to hear they’re actually ridden. Easy rider left an impression on so many of us. Thanks for sharing👍🏼😁
The Billy bikes is beautiful, both look superb. Good to see that they are ridden frequently, not squirrelled away somewhere
That's the motorcycle of my dreams.
You guys did an Excellent job with these bikes. The details of both these bikes is really on Point. Ether one of these bikes could be in the movie no problem. I've seen many that have attempted these builds and don't ever come close.
Amazing work. Thank you for sharing this!
Absolutely Excellent bikes, a true credit to the twins! I love the film and have seen it many times. I built a billybike chopper a couple of years ago, but it had a WLA side valve engine, looked nice though. Panheads RULE!
This is a great genuine discussion regarding these two iconic bikes.
Most people don't know the original Easy Rider choppers were designed and built by a couple of black guys...
+Biker Tramp Yeah -- Ben Hardy and Cliff Vaughs. Cliff rode a Pan/Shovel with a chromed frame, a rectangle pattern/button seat and tall sissy bar (like Fonda's machine).
Tramp, thanks cool info
They also used Honda motorcycle engines in them because they were easy to get and cheap
If you think this, your as fucken stupid as Ed Kelly.They were hired to build these bikes ass wipe.
That is true I think his name was Sugar bear or some thing like that.
" I'll Always Love Fry Radio & TV in the Motor/City of Detroit, Michigan USA."
Goddamn the pusher!!!
Any cash in the gas tank?
Was it cash? I always thought it was drugs
@@salemcripple the proceeds from the cocaindeal were in the tank
You Guys have some real TALENT!!!!!! Thank You,Jack
Wish bone frame. Orgionals came out of Benny Hardys shop
Why dont people want to give Benny Hardy his credit Due .. never understand that .
i know i can ride the Billy bike. That was always my fave. The Cap. America i know is bitch too steer. I ride a heritage now.
puss
The Billy bike is my kind of chopper. love the extended wide glide & flames. 4 of my bikes had flames inspired by that bike
theres no way they personally built them maybe they had them built
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2 fantastic looking bikes, well done guys..!!!!
Very cool rides. Good job. I have a mostly stock 2013 Wide Glide that looks a lot like the Billy Bike, flames and all. Not a hard tail though. I'll take the two shocks on the Dyna over back jarring rides on a hard tail any day. Peace.
" I'll Always Love 'me' M/C Sun Down "
Awesome bikes , And great detail also . Thx for the video . :) I myself like to ride a cruiser style myself but always love the art work that goes into a bike and older cars & trucks . The new stuff is all over priced Tupperware cars & trucks with a pop can like feel .
Nice. Interesting to hear about the difficulties in riding these hard-tails. RIP Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy!
I remember these bikes from the movie Easy Rider that was in my Grandpa's days of building Choppers.
Brett Koeshall I watched the movie at the drive-in. When it came out.
These are really nice.Fantastic job.I,m 60 and ride a 1963 pan I have been on it sense 1985.I,ve had others through the years but always came back to the old pan. My first was a 47 knuckle.1975 Then went in the Army in1976.My dad sold it.He was not a fan of me riding Have a nice day.
Fonda's original had a 5.00 x 16 Beck rear tire. A "wildcat" tail light was on Fonda's bike. The original gas tanks were re-worked Mustang scooter tanks. Jim Leonard built the most accurate replicas. Still, this is great work by the Sundels!
Bellissimo :)
I have great memories of coming back from the chrome shop with handfuls of shiny parts and living on beans for a month to pay for it all.
@washboardblues Coker tire was founded in 1958.
GREAT BIKES AND GREAT VIDEO.GREAT JOB GUYS !!
i remember a few years back. Peter Fonda was at Barrett Jackson Auctioning both the America n the Billy bike repros he had done. As a pair. He lifted the reserve. An some lucky guy got both bikes for just $23,000! what a steal.
Amazing bikes. Good job guys.
Where was the filmed at exactly? Pretty country!
Love the bikes and the music but I'd rather hear the bikes than the guitar. Maybe that's just me.
I'm 72 and been riding since I was 14 when I got a ride on a guys 47 Indian with a hardtail and a springer. Sweet ride.
The last bike I built had a Finch custom frame and 15 over springer front end which was painted candy apple red and had a fiberglass Sportster tank. My back would not take riding a hard ass bike any more. Thanks for sharing.
*****
If you're lucky you'll get to be my age.
Doug Fever I'm 72 yrs old as well & I'm still riding my father's 1938 EL Knucklehead , 1955 FL Panhead and his 1970 Shovel ,I don't ride the Panhead too much because it's too funky to start but I ride the knuckle all the time ,I've got my own bikes thst I've bought in my lifetime in the collection but the knuckle is my daily ride ,2 kick start every time .
Beautiful, I love, the American dream, Cool, ( Easy rider )
You did a great job my friend, you should be proud. Awesome looking bikes, totally iconic, from a terrific movie. 👍 Love your work!
The coolest bikes in all bikes history !
Old School,,,Savoy Brown ,Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush,,,,,days are gone but not the bikes,remember when Pan bottom,Shovel top ruled.Pinheads and Snivelheads rule,
The Wild Ones, Easy Rider, Then Came Bronson, The Three Stooges ( scenes where they were chased by motorcycle cops) and a friend of my dads who rode a 1967 Moto Guzzi V7.
Also Steve Mc Queen in The Great Escape and On Any Sunday.
Been riding for 52 years now.
Got 3 in the garage and shopping for an EVO this spring.
Un air de déjà-vu... Mais toujours aussi magnifiques!
Epic, epic bikes! Thanks so much for sharing. The sight made my day.
P.S. Are you guys slightly Irish?
Nice video..beautiful motocycles..thanks..panheads forever🔥
well done guys, absolutley awesome, you guys have true talent....
Anybody know where these guys are from? They sound Canadian or Midwest somewhere, Minnesota? Dakota's? U.P. Michigan?
I always liked the Billy bike best
back in the '60's & early '70's. we always built choppers without the front brake. I think the front brake law { California} came out in '69. bikes built after that date we used a wheel ass'y off an Honda 50....
This and Kenivels 750 jump bike would make my collection complete
Beautiful !
Que Moto tan chingona. Siempre quise comprar esa moto...Véndemela Jefecito , te pago Cash por ella.
The most famous Motorcycle ever built. The star of the movie was " Captain America". Make no mistake, this is the most mentioned Motorcycle in history. So far.
Would love that Captain America! ...and someone to clean it regularly.
Awesome workmanship guy's!
i'm not into bikes but the captain America chopper was something else to look at
If you guys still got these it would be awesome to see an updated video with a bit more quality and you guys going in depth on the bikes explaining stuff. Knowing its been 13 years since you posted this a lot can happen in that time. If yall are still around and the bikes are still around it would be awesome to see them again.
Why did this old silly man spoil an authentic collector's Harley-Davidson to make it as a fuckin' bullshit chopper ???
Sadly none of them exist. Only tribute builds.. Very cool though!👍
Beautiful tribute bikes to the movie , it is a shame you couldn't find the little skull lights that were used as lower marker lights on both the movie machines , great job on both bikes none the less , thanks for posting .
Too bad the original bike was stolen after the movie!
I like them both, but I'll take the "Billy Bike any day. Shout out to Benjamin Hardy a black dude that built both. May he rest in eternal peace.
Hmm Marvel comics will be coming out with Captain America as Homosexual. Just a tid bit.
And u didnt mention the mouse trap? No big deal these young guys would have a clue what ur talking about anyways, all u hear is Oh I wish I had one of these, but the nice thing is us old guys are gona be young forever,
Harley davidson didn't originally build those two bikes they wanted nothing to do with the build bike was built by Benny Hardy a black man
That bike was bad for accident rate. Many builder got end when driving replica.
Habe kein Wort verstanden. Aber das Bike ist wunderschön. Übrigens die einzige Harley die mir gefällt.
Tutti siamo capaci di accenderla con accezione eletronica questo cooperr..
Carrément l'affichage avec ça
N'empêche elle est très belle
That one have something different that make me fell in love , i wanna buy that cap america
#1 " PURE AWESOMENESS " 😎
Awwwwe man, why didn't you play Steppinwolf's 'the Pusher Man'? Either that or 'Born to be Wild'. GREAT JOB on the bike anyway ;-{])
Absolutely, beautiful bikes, love it!!! But if I was building it, I would have to put some suspension on it. wouldn’t want to break my back 😂
Love bike movie, Billy bike had metal flake paint...
Perfect example of spot-on reproduction. The only thing I could notice out of place is that your mirror mount has a longer vertical arm which makes it mount towards the center of the handle bar down turn. A good example is here: ruclips.net/video/7eGVTmrPKOY/видео.html
Not knit-picking, just kind of noticed the difference since it's one of the things people see most in the movie (the handle bars)
What meant to comment on is the beautiful job you did recreating these awesome iconic machines.
They are gorgeous.
Thats real dedication man.!!!!!
Salute
Beautiful works of art
must of been horrendous polishing the frame before chroming
Guggenheim had a traveling Art of the Motorcycle display in Las Vegas about 15 years ago at the Venetian Casino...one of the prominent bikes was the replica of Easy Rider Captain America Bike...I have one of the posters of that bike...it definitely was is a piece of art...awesome ...not much of a road bike..it too had no front brake...I am assuming it was a replica ..
They look good. I wish the "Billy" guy had done a better job of description......as he seemed to stutter through it. No offense...............and I don't think the rear lights on the Billy are accurate.................there was 2 on one side (I believe the left) and 1 on the right!!!
He seemed to discredit the "rigid", but I'm 65 years ols and still ride (everywhere) a kick only rigid. To each his own, but I'm not going to build something I wouldn't ride. Again no offense, great jobs!!!
I just saw the movie and searched into ebay to buy an kit, does anyone can help me?
BEAUTIFUL! even the oilbox & hard lines leak city but you definitely kept as close to O, the 2 others i've seen up close had oil filters, front breaks or course & 1 had rear disc the other had drum & a front rake set up to help steering handling. Kind like a porsche turbo 911, ferrari T, & this I would love to ride um just once, like that model I saw when I was in Ukraine, that was a bit easier just hand the money over.
Back in the late 70's I sold a bobber and bought a chopper that was the same style as Capt. America and the paint job as a Billy Bike. I used to ride those hard tails all around the country and I don't remember the pain. Now I am 66 years old and even with suspension the thing kills me. Ick old age. My wife rode across WA. state with me and she was crying from the position of her rear on the 2nd up part of the seat. I wish I could build a classic and ride it all day again.
Jim Leonard built the best ER replica machines. I met Jim at a vintage car (Packard) meet a long time ago. He told me that locating all of the correct parts was the most difficult part of the job. Incidentally, the rear tires on the original bikes were 5.00 X 16 Beck-Arnley (British).
Jack Nicholson rode on Capt' America
Why the Porno music?? It would be better to hear the bikes.
Can't smash the like button enough. What amazing detail and information. Awsome ☮️
Ben Hardy RIP
This is Herley cool!!
from Japan
well done guys i just herd the last remaining of the 4 bikes made has been sold it was the parts bike and may ride again . if only fonda and hopper new back then when they built these bikes ,they would have kept them , i have been searching the history looking for them but know leads to follow , but well done ,,,,,,,,,,,
Still luvin that Billy bike or Hopper Chopper
Nice job on both bikes man. I rode a 48 Flat head 21 years then built a 93inch shovel chop on an amen saviour frame with a 10over wide gluide. I love and always been pretty much on hard tails love them again nice job ride free brother. Nick.
To me, the Billy bike looks nicer and easier to ride
Peeeerrrrty som bitches Damn ! Built my first Harley lates 80s. " 54 frame " 48 springer with a 21 wheel, "56 engine with the old M74 linkert which are for the police bikes. Black with a little chrome. Always loved Captain American machine since was a kid. Thanks for posting Kinck.
Those exhaust pipes were called Frisco Fins in my day.
What was your day, the 60's or 70's? Or, further back?
Benny Hardy the Visionist and Creator to Captian America and the Billy Bike .Benny Hardy the one that started the Long Bike that we old Gray Beards Have Loved for so many years .. Hearts To you Benny Hardy .
Many of us know who you Are .it is the Ignoriant that try to keep you covered up ,
Yep..""..What else can you say...CHOPPERS..
"JOHNNY ROTTEN"
Ah - with mousetrap :-)
Legend chopper...wonderful bike ! ....4:50......100% Easy Rider !
most Capt. America replicas used SS engines ....yours used the real panhead engines ! that makes your bikes the closest I have seen to the real thing . good job !
I've always wanted to ride the captain america. That bike is so sick! I eventually wanna build my own.
Better without the music, so all you hear is the bike.