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anyone from the chopper days?

wymple said:
I was there. I built an XS650 hardtail for my 16 year old son, it's still here. My nephew & I built a 750 Triumph twin. It was really common to find stock bikes with extended forks. Springers were a big deal, the coolest ones had the twisted steel look. Always a king-queen seat. . They were advertised in all the major mags. Rarely saw chops out on the road, mostly bar hoppers.
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watch this guy shadetree surgeon on youtube and he has a xs650 chopper, love the look and its ALOT cheaper than a panhead, and yes the king and queen seat is mandatory if i ever build/have a chopper, it doesnt look like one without it to me. hardtail, springer front, twisted forks, all early chopper ideals, the choppers you see now are great works of custom bikes but i still love the oldschool look.


also watch hunting harleys a bit too, not my favorite but i like seeing old choppers and such and the occasional photos/history that he'll have with a bike. very true that you dont see them on the road, if it was all the parts you wanted, and as clean as could be, its a magazine bike. the ones on the road are the ones resurrected from the junkyard, at least at the time.
 
6530499C-1355-4651-B4F4-849836DF3124.jpgSaw this on another site, thought I would post here.
 
pano said:
View attachment 60904Saw this on another site, thought I would post here.
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For the day, a fairly conservative guy on a fairly conservative bike (no raking). I wonder what the price on the pump is. :confused:

Left foot on the rear drum (if it was before '71), right foot dragging the ground to stop. :p
 
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timebombprod said:
watch this guy shadetree surgeon on youtube and he has a xs650 chopper, love the look and its ALOT cheaper than a panhead, and yes the king and queen seat is mandatory if i ever build/have a chopper, it doesnt look like one without it to me. hardtail, springer front, twisted forks, all early chopper ideals, the choppers you see now are great works of custom bikes but i still love the oldschool look.


also watch hunting harleys a bit too, not my favorite but i like seeing old choppers and such and the occasional photos/history that he'll have with a bike. very true that you dont see them on the road, if it was all the parts you wanted, and as clean as could be, its a magazine bike. the ones on the road are the ones resurrected from the junkyard, at least at the time.
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The looks thing to me has to do with fit and finish. The "back in the day" look is due to custom parts made by hand and the imperfections that resulted from that. With AutoCAD and 5 axis milling machines the custom bikes these days look like they came off the showroom floor or bolted together from parts out of the Arlen Ness catalog. My favorites are the ones a guy did in his own garage, maybe with the help of some buddies. That has more to do with "good old days" nastalgia than anything else.
 
I saw one of these godawful things at the gas station the other day while filling up the Sportster. It was based on a Sportster, looked similar to the one below. No front brake, handlebars about 12" wide, just hideous. Motor sounded really good, though.

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I kind of like it. A slice of the 70's... I'd never ride it though, but it would good in a collection. 👍
 
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Built this with a stick welder only, 28 tears ago. It's still here. Bored to 708cc, currently getting a custom electronic ignition (my boy is a machinist). Forks are 750 Honda, 6" over. I spent 250 bucks starting with a stock 1973 TX650 Yamaha.
 
wymple said:
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Built this with a stick welder only, 28 tears ago. It's still here. Bored to 708cc, currently getting a custom electronic ignition (my boy is a machinist). Forks are 750 Honda, 6" over. I spent 250 bucks starting with a stock 1973 TX650 Yamaha.
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i havent really been on this site in a while, so late to see but that things badass! love seeing twisted metal!

is that a magneto infront of the frame??

edit: i guess you saying you're getting a custom electrical ignition kinda answers my question.
 
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LAB3 said:
The looks thing to me has to do with fit and finish. The "back in the day" look is due to custom parts made by hand and the imperfections that resulted from that. With AutoCAD and 5 axis milling machines the custom bikes these days look like they came off the showroom floor or bolted together from parts out of the Arlen Ness catalog. My favorites are the ones a guy did in his own garage, maybe with the help of some buddies. That has more to do with "good old days" nastalgia than anything else.
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kinda reviving the thread but yeah i like the look and backstory of a bike that was built in a garage/shed with the boys over one that looks like its a factory finished, those certain unsymmetrical or flawed pieces/designs give it character!

the highly custom bikes of today are surely a work of art, and i can appreciate it but sometimes art is all they end up being; ya gotta be able to ride them and not polish and wax it every time u stop.
 
timebombprod said:
i havent really been on this site in a while, so late to see but that things badass! love seeing twisted metal!

is that a magneto infront of the frame??

edit: i guess you saying you're getting a custom electrical ignition kinda answers my question.
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