Next came a banana-style seat that obviously owed its inspiration to a Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle. On went a set buckhorn handlebars – hence the "high rider" imagery. The transformation from standard sporty Commando to boulevard-happy Hi-Rider was fairly simple.
It would several years before the Japanese factories followed suite, and of course now the majority of new motorcycles sold in the U.S. One was Harley-Davidson with its seminal Super Glide, the other was Norton with its Hi-Rider. Two manufacturers recognized the trend and built custom-style models to take advantage of America's new taste in motorcycles. After that Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper flick hit cinemas and drive-ins in 1969, choppers were the hot ticket.
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