Man I'm glad to hear you talk like this .....Got me over here feeling proud💪💪💪

It is good to hear a different perspective concerning the Black Motorcycle Experience without being a Racist Tyrant!

years later watching orange county choppers I was amazed to see the computer software drawing those same chopper diagrams that I had drawn free hand back in the early seventies way before PCs were invented. It is june 2013 hope you're still building what you love and that you Sugar Bear, Ben Harding and Cliff Vaugh are up there with Mohammed Ali as the Greatest. Mihinui ki a koutou.

Learning alot ready for parts 2 and 3....

I am a white biker who has been riding since the 60's and I can't think of anyone more respected than the likes of Sugar Bear and Ben Hardy and only a few of any race regarded as their equal.

I think that people tend to want to ride or hangout with people like themselves. It is not always a race thing, even if it appears to be that way. That is not to say that there are people who only want to be with people of their own race.

Excellent stuff man!!

great series! Thanks for posting.

East Bay Dragons, The LA Rattlers, The Choppers et al. Good old days -- good times. God, I remember reading first-run issues of Big Bike, Choppers, and Street Chopper. Kudos to the following : Ed Roth (Choppers magazine) Chris Bunch (Choppers magazine) Tom Mc Mullen (Street Chopper) and Ben Hardy, Sugar Bear, and Cliff "Sonny" Vaughs. Thanks for the look back.

hey sugar bear I still have that copy of street chopper magazine with you on it. I was 11 yrs old when easy rider movie was released and those two bikes blew me away. my high school maths book was full of custom bikes that I would draw with those radical springer front ends of yours, moulded frames, paint and everything. my maths teacher was an american and he would mark the tyres with escaping air an' stuff. I did build a triumph chop when I was 17.

Theas gentlemen like suger bear are wonderful examples of hard work it does pay off

sauce thank you for letting me know of more influential builders who are not white.... I am white but as child of LA in 80's I grew up around all colors of people and appreciate knowledge

I had no idea about the easy rider bikes. Great history.

My dads a biker and im getting a bike and we are good people brother.

That's whats up BLOOD. 👍u. Did good D.T. SAUSE.👌.

So exactly where can I find Ben Hardy's works?

Far as I'm concerned, I've got a lot more in common with a black man on a Harley than I do with a white man in a cage.

Sugar bear is a legend with all bikers.

in 1971 I worked in Downey & drove daily thru Watts - Daily seeing local Bloods ride far out chopped Honda 4's - I bet many of the hot Gang Bikes I saw were the product of Sugar Bear- FAR OUT DUDE- The Honda 4's were the Bike of Choice - Fast -light and available- Moving "stuff" on the street back in the day-

Men like sugar bear are legends and not enough brother have gotten the credit for thing they have done for the bike world.

Wheels of soul

Had no idea....interesting

That shit is real than a mutha!!! My homie named Rooster(R.I.P.) from St.Louis used to run it down just like Suga Bear.He used to point out that they would ride cross-country and Whiteboy truck drivers would run them of the road and steal their bikes...but that shit changed after cats started riding three deep with guns on their sides...they started blastin back on them punks!!! 20 STARS for my rating!!!! ONE LOVE!!!

Um, this is all from Jesse James' documentary "History of the Chopper". In fact you can hear him narrating it.

i c u sauce!!! u still need to help me build a glide!!!

If bike is in the blood, it will always be in the blood, i am one of those, its very informative to know what the blacks have contributed to the bike world.

@TheDirtiboi yes there is they are called the chosen few.

did you notice he said colored people a 7:02

Executive produce? What's that, like, a head of lettuce with a little bow tie?

You Should Be Careful When Making Broad Generalizations Like That Because It Makes you Sound Ignorant. I Am President Of FIRST CLASS RIDERS M.C. here In New York. We Are A Young Mixed Club (mostly black) And All Of My Members Are Law Abiding Responsible ROLE MODELS.Its Not About Attention Or Power.. Its About Brotherhood Fun And Setting A Positive Example.. Im Only 22 Years Old By The Way* (And Im Black) :-)

Does the racism still exist in the biker culture in the United states in 2020 or have the dominant white clubs gotten over themselves,because a major American based club has changed membership policy here in New Zealand and permitted Maori and Pacific island members among their ranks which I respect them for . I support this club faithfully

@303Miles well no beacause they wore it to be rebelious cause everyone hated nazis so if someone wore it people would be afraid

you build fine bikes can I buy 1 do i need to be black. No. great that's cool. your are 1 cool dude.s

TG

wtf? you just cut the scenes out of jesse james' "history of the chopper" and put your own name on it.

@nekidbob Governments can complain as much as they like..the truth of the matter is no MC has been banned in any state..so obviously you either can not read or your getting your info from the wrong source as NOT ONE MC has been disbanded from this country by the Government or Police force...Go check your facts ya spud.

He said probably racism?You think!

r their 1% black bikers?

Zero!! journalistic integrity!!, this was spliced from another documentary (History of the Chopper - Sugarbear Segmen)