The iconic Harley-Davidson chopper-style motorbike ridden by Peter Fonda in the 1969 classic Easy Rider has sold for $US1.35 million ($A1.46 million).
The Captain America bike, complete with authenticating documents including a letter from Fonda, was a star attraction at a Profiles in History auction on the weekend.
The red, white and blue stars-and-stripes panhead chopper was the work of bike builders Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy, based on design suggestions from Fonda.
Two Captain America bikes were built for Easy Rider, so shooting wouldn't be disrupted if one of them broke down.
The bike sold on Saturday was used in the crash scene at the end of the film.
Auctioneers' boss Joseph M. Maddalena described the chopper before the sale as "one of the most iconic images in American film".
"It personifies the 60s, all of the good and the bad that decade brought," he said.
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