Choppers
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It'd take 50' to make a U turn.
I do like the one on the left but I've never seen anything like it on the highway, just in towns.
I do like the one on the left but I've never seen anything like it on the highway, just in towns.
Last edited by ChickinOnaChain; Nov 7, 2017 at 05:12 PM.
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From: Sacramento County, California
Choppers?
Choppers can be nice and all, but they don't seem to be in vogue anymore. My FXDWG is sort of chopper-like with its 34 degree frame and longer fork tubes. The Factory did that.
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Yeah, youre right. Maybe back in 2017 when this thread was started they were though.
The best response I could imagine for this zombie comment.
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I don't know brothers, lately I have been obsessed with choppers. Big rake springer, maybe a shovel or perhaps big pro-street..?? Any of guys have/had/ridden them? Are they as enjoyable on the road as they are parked? anything I should know about them?
I don't think I could possibly regret adding one but I have no hands-on experience.
Any offered thoughts/comments appreciated!
I don't think I could possibly regret adding one but I have no hands-on experience.
Any offered thoughts/comments appreciated!
I've been contemplating getting one again myself...
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So, a factory produced Chopper, like a Big Dog, is not a chopped bike in the sense that it was not chopped but was factory designed. If I had a chopper I would want the experience of chopping a bike to create the bike, my own personal idea and expression in a motorcycle.
One of the sweetest bikes I have ever seen was a bike an old boss from long ago had built for himself. It was a stock Harley rigid frame mated with a Pan-Shovel engine, with wide glide style forks, done up in lovely black paint with faint blue and purple ghost flames on the tank. I do not believe that the frame was raked, nor were the forks tubes extended. It was a really nice compact bike, a little jewel of a motorcycle. At the time I never thought of it as a chopper because the forks were not raked or extended. In retrospect, if I were to chop a bike I would consider something along the lines of what he did.
One of the sweetest bikes I have ever seen was a bike an old boss from long ago had built for himself. It was a stock Harley rigid frame mated with a Pan-Shovel engine, with wide glide style forks, done up in lovely black paint with faint blue and purple ghost flames on the tank. I do not believe that the frame was raked, nor were the forks tubes extended. It was a really nice compact bike, a little jewel of a motorcycle. At the time I never thought of it as a chopper because the forks were not raked or extended. In retrospect, if I were to chop a bike I would consider something along the lines of what he did.
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From: Gettysburg, PA (For Now)
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So, a factory produced Chopper, like a Big Dog, is not a chopped bike in the sense that it was not chopped but was factory designed. If I had a chopper I would want the experience of chopping a bike to create the bike, my own personal idea and expression in a motorcycle.
One of the sweetest bikes I have ever seen was a bike an old boss from long ago had built for himself. It was a stock Harley rigid frame mated with a Pan-Shovel engine, with wide glide style forks, done up in lovely black paint with faint blue and purple ghost flames on the tank. I do not believe that the frame was raked, nor were the forks tubes extended. It was a really nice compact bike, a little jewel of a motorcycle. At the time I never thought of it as a chopper because the forks were not raked or extended. In retrospect, if I were to chop a bike I would consider something along the lines of what he did.
One of the sweetest bikes I have ever seen was a bike an old boss from long ago had built for himself. It was a stock Harley rigid frame mated with a Pan-Shovel engine, with wide glide style forks, done up in lovely black paint with faint blue and purple ghost flames on the tank. I do not believe that the frame was raked, nor were the forks tubes extended. It was a really nice compact bike, a little jewel of a motorcycle. At the time I never thought of it as a chopper because the forks were not raked or extended. In retrospect, if I were to chop a bike I would consider something along the lines of what he did.
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From: Aurora, CO
a deraked chopper is much easier to handle than a long bike. i've ridden deraked bikes with a 22 inch over tubes and it handed fine. the problem was seeing around the gas tank. never been much of a springer fan. most choppers myself and friends have had over the years never got any longer than 12 over wideglides. i do like the ridge frames and have had several, but my back will no longer allow me to ride one, that and my left legs gone. the bike in the above pic is bad *** in my book.