Found this while wandering around w/ my little boy one day. Got a good laugh from it, it's a 250cc single, but the guy has obviously put some work and effort into it. Mono-shock rear, clip ons, kick-only, wrapped pipe...
check out this metric "chopper"
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Found this while wandering around w/ my little boy one day. Got a good laugh from it, it's a 250cc single, but the guy has obviously put some work and effort into it. Mono-shock rear, clip ons, kick-only, wrapped pipe...
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that looks kinda cool all it needs is ravens 1202 wit a turbo
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Cool.
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What? You mean like this? Guy in Alberta built this by hand w/ a v65 Magna motor (I think). Still looking for a pic of his radiator housing, but it's a original looking bike.
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Yup, that's teh radiator housing he came up w/. Personally I would have done something a little different w/ it, but overall I think it's a cool looking bike. Love the bottom rockers on the forks, imagine spearing some roadkill w/ those?
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Back in the late 60's and early 70's some choppers used Honda CB 750 engines like this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hond...QitemZ270108574842QQihZ017QQcategoryZ80647QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hond...QitemZ270108574842QQihZ017QQcategoryZ80647QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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I think I'd have to go w/ something like that V65 motor, or even a Vmax powerplant. Might just be the traditionalist HD in me, but those motors put out torque.
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What about the two guys down in NC or SC building those turbo busa powered choppers?? 300+hp in a 350lb chopper!!! They have a video on the web. It will put the 330mm rear tire up in smoke at 80-100mph!! That's my kinda chopper. I always had the idea to build one, just never the funds. Now someone's gone and beat me to the punch!
But i have always thought a V-max motor with the v-boost mod in a chopper would be dynomite!! That let's you keep the more traditional v-twin look i guess.
But i have always thought a V-max motor with the v-boost mod in a chopper would be dynomite!! That let's you keep the more traditional v-twin look i guess.
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a tl/sv 1000 motor would be the sh*t. i just wish this this whole chopper craze would end, and the custom cafe racer would become cool. i love watching the biker build off crap, but i wish they'd build something i was interested in. gsxr1100 streetfighter biker build off
that's the show i want to see.
that's the show i want to see.
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Okay, so i'm gettin old. They are from south jersey. It's called Ransom customs or something like that. Here's a link to a video;
http://www.southjerseyvideomagazine.com/html/2006/11172006ransom.htm
http://www.southjerseyvideomagazine.com/html/2006/11172006ransom.htm
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Yea- Red, a tlr mill might be pretty cool too. But i am really feelin you on the cafe racer thing. Being i used to own 2 norton gp racers, 1 Benelli and a rd350. Up until last year. That is cool!! My old kz 650 was all customized up like a old cafe bike. It was actually as fast as the cbr600f2's that year!! Them guys hated that old bike. I always embarassed them!! It was fun!!
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Bikes are bikes, it's the guy (or gal) building them that gives it it's soul. Regardless of what it is, it's still a work of art in the eye of the builder. Just like w/ us an the older bikes, we're content in understanding that most of the parts we're putting on our older bikes anymore may have to be physically modified a bit to make them work... and we're willing and have the skills to do it. Whether or not the chopper bit is a craze or not is in the mind of those who perceive it. "Choppers" ahve been around for a LONG time, so "craze" maybe isn't the right word (IMHO). Custom bike is more like it. But I do agree that the Discovery Channel and American Chopper BS has spawned a whole new group of riders that would normally not even throw a leg over ANY machine had they not thought it would make them look cool and tough, v-twin or sportbike. Look in the other forums and on other sportbike and chopper sites to see what I mean. Most folks think riding a bike gives them a persona. I ride because I like the freedom, like to turn a wrench and be creative, and learn. I'm me, and I'm the guy I am w/ or without a bike. And if chicks dig it and it makes other guys jealous as a side-effect, so be it. I still do it because I enjoy it. Not because I feel the need to impress anyone or do wheelies or go 160mph or whatever. Only cause I enjoy the ride.
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