Before Easy Rider there was Then Came Bronson. Michael Parks played the worldly Jim Bronson on the weekly series, riding across the country looking for answers and truth in the everyday world. Running for a single season in 1969-1970 the show gained a cult following over its 26 episodes and exposed a turbulent and exhausted America to a side of motorcycling that wasn’t often presented previously. The show inspired many people to get into motorcycling as a lifestyle or a hobby and showed that motorcycling wasn’t just about the rough biker gang lifestyle.
Come see some of the memorabilia from around the world and from the fans that gave the iconic bike and its rider the cult following it enjoys today. Hang in there!
“Then Came Bronson” devotees were out in force celebrating the new exhibit all about Bronson here at the National Motorcycle Museum.
The title card for “Then Came Bronson”
I have parts of a bicycle from when I was a kid in the 60s and 70s that looked like the Bronson motorcycle.
Dad must have done something with the rest of the parts but I have the frame and a few other parts of anybody is interested.
Contact me if you are or in going to trash them.
Thx
DO YOU STILL HAVE THE PARTS
I have an old Bronson model that is missing the frame and some other parts. Let me know if you have some parts available. Thanks.
I painted the bronson bikes there were 6 & 3 dirt bikes
To Jerry Culwell…
Where are the 3 dirtnikes used on then came Bronson?Are there any pictures of them?
To Jerry Culwell…
Where are the 3 dirtnikes used on then came Bronson?Are there any pictures of them?
When the trailer with the bikes in it at warrens harley
In salinas ca there was only 2 sportsrters and thay
Were in bad shape ihave no idea what happened to the other bikes at that time the bronson bikes was not a big deal i wish i had payed more attension
Jerry
Hi Jerry. I loved Then Came Bronson as a 13 year old kid (both the pilot movie and the show). It is so cool that you were the guy that painted the bikes for the show back in the day! Do you have any idea if Warren’s Harley in Salinas still has any of the Bronson bikes? It would be so cool to go have a look at them if they would allow it. So glad you posted on the museum website. Then Came Bronson had a huge influence on my life – and you were a part of that!
We had one dad cloned at Harley Davidson of lex John R Cook Jr owned a VW dealership across the street at 1264 new circle Rd. I love the bike hope it’s still out there. DP BEAM JR
Is the bronsen bike still in the museam
Hi Jerry. I loved Then Came Bronson as a 13 year old kid (both the pilot movie and the show). It is so cool that you were the guy that painted the bikes for the show back in the day! Do you have any idea if Warren’s Harley in Salinas still has any of the Bronson bikes? It would be so cool to go have a look at them if they would allow it. So glad you posted on the museum website. Then Came Bronson had a huge influence on my life – and you were a part of that!
i have been looking for a bronson bike i can buy. Any leads? thanks, Bruce
I painted the bronson bikes there were 6 & 3 dirt bikes