Ĭaptain America about to face an attacking Quinjet When regathering with the Avengers at Central Park to see off Thor, Loki, and the Tesseract, Rogers arrived and departed on his motorcycle. However, due to changes in modern forms of transportation and the variety of his new assignments under S.H.I.E.L.D., he rarely, if ever, used his motorcycle while running missions and regulated it to personal use only. In 2012, during the Chitauri Invasion, Rogers relied on a 2012 Harley-Davidson Softail Slim as his personal form of transportation. In 2024, the replica had been placed on display in a new section of the updated Captain America exhibit. ĭecades later, a replica of Captain America's World War II era motorcycle was put on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., alongside other displays documenting the activities of Captain America, the Howling Commandos, and the Strategic Scientific Reserve during World War II. He abandoned the bike after setting it to self destruct, aiming the bike for the base's main blast doors, which were taken out by the resulting explosion. As Rogers approached the base, he used the motorcycle to jump the main wall. The bike's gadgets proved useful in taking out a squadron of HYDRA soldiers on motorbikes patrolling the outside of the base. Near the end of the war, in a plan to infiltrate HYDRA Headquarters, Captain America used this motorcycle to attack the base head-on, as well as serving as a distraction for the Howling Commandos and other SSR forces to break in.
It began as a standard Harley-Davidson model motorcycle that was modified by Howard Stark and the Strategic Scientific Reserve, who added several weapons and gadgets for use in combat situations.Ĭaptain America riding into Red Skull's base 2.1 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA "Liberator"Ĭaptain America's motorcycle was a 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA "Liberator" with custom additions made for the personal use of Captain Steve Rogers during his service in World War II.