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1. CAPTAIN AMERICA SUPER SOLDIER BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY MOVIE
2. CAPTAIN AMERICA SUPER SOLDIER BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY SERIES

CAPTAIN AMERICA SUPER SOLDIER BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY SERIES

In Captain America: The First Avenger, released in 2011 as the first of a series of Captain America films, the super-soldier rides the famed 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle, perhaps best-known as the “Liberator,” the pet name given to the hardy workhorse by servicemen in World War II.Īfter the US entered the war in 1941, Harley-Davidson produced more than 88,000 of these warriors over the course of fighting some soldiers even claimed it was “the motorcycle that won the war,” and the “Liberator” became hugely popular among civilians during the peacetime that followed. With the joining of two American icons on the silver screen – Harley-Davidson and Captain America – here's a look at all of the bikes that appeared throughout the superhero’s Marvel films.Ĭaptain America’s 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA “Liberator” Motorcycle Harley’s rich cinematic tradition has thus lived on over the past several years, its gleaming two-wheeled steeds idolized by Marvel maniacs in cinemas worldwide. To that end, as soon as Marvel started shooting its new cycle of Captain America movies in the last decade, Harley has been more than just along for the ride, manufacturing customized and sometimes even brand-new motorcycles for Captain America and his fellows (and nemeses!) to ride in each of the three films released so far (not to mention the several related Avengers movies). There is arguably no other fictional character more closely identified with the brand The chief of Harley-Davidson’s marketing communications, Dino Barneacchi, said in a 2011 press release: “Captain America and Harley-Davidson are both great symbols of freedom.” Ever since he started appearing in print in 1941, when the first Captain America comic was published during the zenith of patriotism leading up to World War II, the war-winning super-soldier has preferred to drive a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Why was it dubbed “Captain America”? Comic fans know why: the moniker is a nod to the Marvel superhero’s own historic affinity for Harleys. This now-legendary customized bike, with its distinctive long, angled front and star-spangle-banner paint job-all hand-tuned by designer Clifford “Soney” Vaughs and builder Ben Hardy-“did more to popularize choppers around the world than any other film or any other motorcycle,” as said Paul d’Orleans to NPR, author of The Chopper: The Real Story.

CAPTAIN AMERICA SUPER SOLDIER BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY MOVIE

The iconic Milwaukee-based brand has been winning the hearts of movie lovers since as early as 1969 when the “Captain America” Harley-Davidson driven by Peter Fonda in Easy Rider became an immediate cultural symbol of lawless freedom and love of the open road. Of all the motorcycles in the world, the camera might love Harleys best.