Whatever happened to the old school Harley chopper style? Nowadays they are the overdone and over sized custom built bikes or an attempt at old school style but messed up by a bolt on kit instead of actually chopping the frame. Sorry for the rant but these are the bikes I remember as a kid and seems like they are all extinct.

 

Build one and you can ride it.

 

Yup! I'm literally on the verge of doing that! I just ordered the 1982 issue of custom bike magazine that this chopper was featured in. I may try to rebuild that bike from the ground up exactly how it looks.

 

Good luck bro, let us see it when done, old school choopers like the one in your post are very bad ***, I think the most iconic and classic of them all. I wish my sporty looked like that. Good luck and shiny side up!

 

I think they've fallen out of favor and now people seem to be into cafe racers???

 

Just different generations.... Once the "bobber" stage gets over the Narrow long, rideable choppers will come back

 

A Google search for "Harley Davidson chopper for sale" turned up 5,460,000 results, I think you would be better to buy one already done and fine tune it to your taste rather than starting from scratch.

 

Today's "choppers" have no soul. Most are just factory built long bikes. My favorite choppers are the CB360/750's from the 70's. I had a chance to get one last year for, $3500 and I passed. I'm still kicking myself in the ***, as it was on the cover of EasY Rider, at least 3 times.
If it would have been a CB750 instead of a 360, I would have jumped all over it.

 

[QUOTE=Bigpoppa_Junior;10161257]Whatever happened to the old school Harley chopper style? Sorry for the rant but these are the bikes I remember as a kid and seems like they are all extinct.

Dont think they are extinct at all!
Problem is being able to afford to buy one also noting your current location as Japan i think you will have a hell of a job getting a ticket for it.
Also the engine in that bike is i think? either a Knuckle or Shovel ? getting one of them will cost nearly as much as your current bike...thats why no one builds them much in my opinion

 

oh and the bike in you pic has a disc brake on the front surely old school should have a drum.
I like it but cant afford it..