![]() ![]() He has collected memorabilia, military equipment and other vehicles all his life and said “it’s good to put it all under one roof”. Photo: Daniel AlveyThe man cave is one many people could only dream of owning. The Easy Rider motorcycles are one of the main features in his man cave, which is home to some of the 214 bikes and 29 other vehicles he owns.ĭean Graham on his Easy Rider Harley Davidson. “When dad had his AJS or whatever out, I’d go on the back with him and I just remember the smell of him and his hair and the smell and sound of the bike and it just hooked me.” “Dad was into motorbikes and that was how mum met him in town on a bike.” At the time, Neil was riding a bike from British motorcycle manufacturer A. “I remember the first time dad sat me down and watched it.” His love for motorcycles came from his dad, the late Mainfreight co-founder Neil Graham who died aged 71 in 2015. “He could have asked for double and probably would have paid because it is my favourite movie,” Graham said.Įasy Rider, staring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, is about two bikers who travel through the United States southwest and encounter the rise of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal living. ![]() They now sit inside his 420 sq m man cave in Lincoln. Graham, 57, bought two Harley Davidson’s used in the 1969 cult classic film Easy Rider off their owner near Auckland for $740,000 about four years ago. When Dean Graham got the opportunity to buy a part of history from his favourite movie he couldn’t turn it down. ![]()
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