Easy Rider in England

PETER Fonda, co-writer and star of Easy Rider, will take a piece of biking history to England in a few days when he rides the Captain America Chopper at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

During the annual event, over July 3-5, Fonda will take the famous bike up the 1.16-mile hill climb course in the grounds of the English stately home of Lord March. The iconic Captain America bike will also form the center piece of a display of custom bikes in the prestigious Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ area. Alongside the Captain America bike, UK custom shop Krazy Horse Custom Cycles will be presenting an Easy Rider Billy Bike, its own European and World Championship bike Zeroesque, Fred Krugger’s Speedbowl, the S&S 50th Anniversary bikes built by Hogtech of Sweden and SPS of the Netherlands. British builders will also be represented by Roger Almond’s radical Ducati and Destiny Cycles’ extreme trike “High Roller”, which won the International prize at the recent Affiliate show in La Clusaz, France.

This will not be the only attraction for motorcycle enthusiasts over the weekend, as there will also be a focus on the World Superbike Championship. Race teams expected to be in attendance include BMW Motorrad Motorsport, Kawasaki World Superbike R.T, Suzuki Alstare Brux and Ten Kate Honda alongside factory riders such as Troy Corser, Broc Parkes, Yukio Kagayama, Jonathon Rea, Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow - as well as stars from other walks of motorcycle racing such as Phil Read, Mick Doohan and Troy Bayliss.

Bikes on display and being ridden at the Festival of Speed will include the 1971 Bol d’Or winning Triumph Trident, 1984 Team Bike Honda VF750 which took class honors at Le Mans, and 1998 World Endurance Championship winning Phase One Suzuki GSX-R750 SRAD, as well as a selection of other famous endurance racing machines such as 1981 Meyer-Honda and 1986 Ducati 750 F1.

A further celebration will be taking place at the event to mark 60 years of Motorcycle Grand Prix racing, with a gathering of significant machines and famous riders; from the first 500cc championship winning AJS Porcupine, the ex-Geoff Duke Gilera 500GP and ex-Phil Read MV Agusta 500, through the ex-Johny Cecotto Yamaha OW45, ex-Freddie Spencer Honda RS500 and ex-Takazumi Katayama Yamaha YSK33, through to modern machines such as the ex-Loris Capirossi Ducati GP3 ‘Desmosedici’ and ex-Alex Hoffman Kawasaki ZXRR.

www.goodwood.co.uk

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