Only in america, not my taste but when it comes to crazy looking things Paul junior is the man! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsJTMTyxtMM These bikes Orange County builds aren’t built to be daily riders or even casual riders, these bikes are usually parked somewhere in some store on display or someones personal collection. We know the damn things aren’t practical and most of you if you don’t like baseball you probably won’t like this bike. Not my style of chopper either but if I had opportunity to own one for next to nothing I would take it…
Peter Fonda rides a replica of the “Captain America” bike used in Easy Rider.
A chopper is a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in California in the late 1950s. The chopper is perhaps the most extreme of all custom styles, often using radically modified steering angles and lengthened forks for a stretched-out appearance. They can be built from an original motorcycle which is modified (“chopped”) or built from scratch. Some of the characteristic features of choppers are long front ends with extended forks often coupled with an increased rake angle, hardtail frames (frames without rear suspension), very tall “ape hanger” or very short “drag” handlebars, lengthened or stretched frames, and larger than stock front wheels. The “sissy bar”, a set of tubes that connect the rear fender with the frame, and which are often extended several feet high, is a signature feature on many choppers.
Perhaps the best known choppers are the two customized Harley-Davidsons, the “Captain America” and “Billy Bike”, seen in the 1969 film Easy Rider
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One of the best factory made custom choppers – The Big Dog k9
This is a soft-tail with an S&S 117ci engine. Big Dog’s newer motorcycles come with the S&S 124ci engine!
