![]() ![]() ” The “far out” look of the chopper was a symbol, a visual, and part of a Bohemian lifestyle that Hopper and Fonda used to get their points across in the film. Dennis Hopper noted, “like with Rock n’ Roll, the African-Americans were way ahead of us. Vaughs organized the creation of the Captain America and Billy choppers with his mentor, Ben Hardy, in the style Hardy had been building for years: outlaw street dragsters and stretched out choppers. Filmmaker Cliff “Soney” Vaughs had been riding them since 1961, and was hired by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as Associate Producer of a new project Fonda called ‘The Loners’, to be a “motorcycle Western.” Vaughs provided the name ‘Easy Rider’, and his real-life adventures riding a chopper through the South in 1963, including being shot at from a pickup truck that U-turned to chase him in Alabama, where he marched with Dr Martin Luther King Jr. The stylish motorcycle profile of cut steering heads, long forks and sissy bars had been happening for about a decade. The film Easy Rider did not invent the chopper, but it certainly locked it into our minds. The arrival of Easy Rider, and Bruce Brown’s On Any Sunday a year or so later, confirmed Americans loved motorcycles, enjoyed a little risk involved in riding, even if their parents did not condone the new morals held by this generation. Motorcycle sales had been growing exponentially. War in Southeast Asia had split our country, exacerbated by the draft put in place to develop a force to defend the West’s interests. For many young Americans, different clothes and music, long hair, free love and experimentation with drugs were in motion. Children born just after World War II, so-called “baby boomers,” were coming of age around 1969 and did not hold to the same values as their parents. For one, it speaks to a generational shift, cultural changes taking place in America in the 1960’s. The Dennis Hopper – Peter Fonda motion picture is important for a number of reasons. ![]() July 14 marks 50 years since the film Easy Rider hit theaters in America. ![]() The iconic leather strap found on most Kask helmets is gone and replaced the new Octofit+ and the “Pro” chinstrap, which is the same ultra-lightweight chinstrap developed alongside and used by Ineos Grenadiers.Original documented Easy Rider Captain America bike when on display in the Museum. Octofit+Īnother new feature for the Elemento is the Octofit+ fit and adjustment system claimed to offer easy on-the-go adjustments, greater comfort and sturdy attachment to the rider’s head. The Multipod’s unique design greatly improves ventilation, also increasing the Elemento’s cooling capabilities. Kask says this has helped the Elemento gain a five-star rating from Virginia Tech’s Helmet Lab, a first for the brand. Rather than opting to use the third-party MIPS system, Kask has relied on its own technology to protect riders from rotational brain injuries. Multipod enables the helmet to better withstand linear and rotational impacts and also has isotropic properties which ensure it behaves consistently, no matter which direction the force is applied. Inside view of the 3D-printed Multipod technology in the Kask ElementoĪnother safety feature is the 3D-printed Multipod internal padding, a Kask-designed structure developed as a result of the brand's own Rotational Impact WG11 Test. ![]()
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