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Posts tagged ‘Harley choppers’

13
Sep

Chopper Motorcycles

 Chopper Motorcycles

Build ’em and ride ’em before the government bans them from America’s roads.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

A chopper is a type of motorcycle that is either modified from an original motorcycle design (“chopped”) or built from scratch to have a unique hand-crafted appearance. 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. Read more »

14
Dec

Motorcycle Art

Motorcycle Art  – Chopper Art by David Mann

httpv://youtu.be/cquFiX0fWU4

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David “Dave” Mann (September 10, 1940 – September 11, 2004)was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated biker culture, and choppers. Called “the biker world’s artist-in-residence,” his images are ubiquitous in biker clubhouses and garages, on motorcycle gas tanks, tattoos, and on t-shirts and other memorabilia associated with biker culture. Choppers have been built based on the bikes first imagined in a David Mann painting. Read more »