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Ok to quell the skeptics on Sporties, In the movie Easy Rider with Jack Nicholson,Peter Fondaand Dennis Hopper they all road Sporties and if this is not enough tell to go to Evil K's grave site and tell him that that the sportster is a ladies bike. He might jump out and kick them in the pouch. LOL

sorry to break it to you,but the bikes used in the movie easyrider were not sportsters..they were both 51 panheads..

Actually, here is the full story on the 'Easy Rider' bikes (all 4 which were used during the movie).

"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’s release."

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Yes but were original sportsters.

ok i might have been wrong about the year but i was correct saying they were panheads and NOT sportsters..the only thing about them that would resemble a sportster is the smaller sized gas tanks..

Yep... still Winter.

Stand to be corrected but we can throw an Indian in there too, the web sitereferenced mentioned a sporty.

Top speed of the Captain America was 70 mph.