Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle, Washington. Rock 'n' roll guitar is changed forever.
What's Hendrix got to do with motorcycles?
Go into any biker/motorcycle bar anywhere and I guarantee you there is at least one Hendrix track on the jukebox/playlist. Walk into any biker's garage and I guarantee you there is a tape/CD/radio station that has a Hendrix track.
There are 321 websites worldwide that deal with Hendrix music influenced motorcycles.
To date, 19 websites that deal with Hendrix-themed motorcycle paint jobs.
2 molded motorcycle fenders with a Hendrix image. 5 air-cleaner covers.
9 known biker films with Hendrix on the soundtrack. The quintessential biker film Easyrider has a Hendrix track, "If 6 Were 9".
148 biker-band's (bands that regularly play at swapmeets, biker party's, etc.) worldwide have had at least one Hendrix cover. The infamous London band The Preacher's (the lead singer rode a 1960 panhead) covered "Hey Joe".
"Purple Haze" has been used as the name of a "motorcycle hang-out" in 74 different books/magazine stories.
