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The reason some of us older guys buy and ride Harley's is we secretly want to emulate what those 2 guys did in that movie. At least the riding across the country part. While some people, and especially Sonny Barger from the Hells Angels, make fun of this movie, the actors, the bikes, etc, it was a seminal event in motorcycle history and changed many things about motorcycling for generations to come.
In 2008 my brother and I rode to the Laughlin River Run, via Las Vegas (my bike has changed A LOT from then). On the way back we rode through Flagstaff then up to the 4 Corners. This closed gas station is about 20 minutes outside of Flagstaff and was used in the gas station scene in Easy Riders. I wanted to visit it badly and looked hard for it and almost missed it since it looks a bit different from the scene.
I used to ride with a guy years ago that had a bike like those. The front end was so long, He had to have the longest kick stand on it you ever saw, with a bird finger on the end.
We rode two abreast everywhere!
Yep, me with my yellow bubbleshield. I just threw away that old helmet a couple of years ago, old times...
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