Where is fonzies motorcycle

This particular motorcycle which was rode by Fonzie was owned by Bud Elkins, a famous stunt driver. The bike was customized with new bars, a stripped front fender and was given a spray job. Fonzie was never expected to be a main character on the TV show Happy Days, however his appeal to the audience quickly saw him rise to fame.

In this particular episode our much loved Fonzie jumps over a shark while waterskiing, still wearing his ever present black leather motorcycle jacket. Things had been taken a little too far.

Here is where the story of Henry Winkler aka Fonzie and the character is interesting. Fonzie was very different to Henry Winkler. This is such a surprise as from his acting you would have no idea that he was nothing like the cool and uneducated motorcycle rider Fonzie.

We are always happy to be corrected, so let us know! What was your favorite motorcycle that Fonzie rode, or Fonze moment? Tell us in the comments below. However, Winkler could not ride and found the Harleys too heavy to handle. To accommodate his non-riding talents the Happy Days production crew switched to the much lighter Triumph. However it was gradually customised by removing the rack — just as well as the Fonze crashed several times during shooting — adding ape-hanger bars as many Americans did back then, a bobbed front fender and switching from a bullet-holed muffler to pea-shooters.

It has since been through several hands. There may have been several other Fonzie bikes, including rumours of a BSA, but it is difficult to prove as often only a small portion of the bike was in shot. Because of his inability to ride, most scenes with Fonzie on a bike were stationary scenes with him sitting on it, so you rarely see a full shot of the bike in motion. In one of the late seasons there is another Fonzie bike, but the model is unclear.

His friends buy him the bike after he crashes his, but it is only on screen for a few seconds and it is difficult to identify. It looks like a customised Triumph with slightly extended forks. Some say it is a Trophy Bud was a good friend of mine. I worked for him for many years. According to the Bonhams auction house, Bud Elkins says there were actually three bikes used for filming. All were half-liter Trophy models from various years. A racer and stuntman who frequently worked with Hollywood, Elkins had provided the Triumphs himself.

As Bonhams details, for the one used most on screen, he had removed the front fender along with modifying the handlebars and repainting the gas tank. While you might like to think that the Fonz's usual Trophy was chosen for the classic, nostalgia inducing styling of old Triumphs or its specific mods, Motorcycle News reports that Winkler simply preferred it for its lower weight.

It remained there for about 20 years until it was sold at a auction. It later went up for sale on eBay but unfortunately failed to sell. Toyota has equipped this model with a 3. A Constant Companion Via: Flickr. Via: Flickr. Share Share Tweet Email. Related Topics Motorcycles.