I don't get Choppers
#231
06-16-2011, 08:07 PM
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Factory we worked at made cheapo BBQ grills. The little round ones.
#232
06-16-2011, 08:08 PM
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can't wait to get my little chop going again... thinking of shoving the motor into a different frame. Really short, stock rake with shaved Norton forks and a spoolie. It should be dangerous enough to scare the **** out of me ....I've had front brakes for the last 20 or so years.
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06-16-2011, 08:09 PM
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I guess you kant say kunt here....
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06-16-2011, 08:10 PM
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sucks losin parts... body parts that is... I have been real fortunate! Broke enough of em though!
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can't wait to get my little chop going again... thinking of shoving the motor into a different frame. Really short, stock rake with shaved Norton forks and a spoolie. It should be dangerous enough to scare the **** out of me ....I've had front brakes for the last 20 or so years.
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06-16-2011, 08:13 PM
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Had an index finger put back on at the second knuckle , doc did a damn fine job too almost can't tell to look at just a bigger joint than the other . Ended my long distance shooting days , trigger sense went to hell .
#238
06-17-2011, 12:21 AM
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Who did you say was being snobbish?
#239
06-17-2011, 12:33 AM
I knew a dude who lost few fingers to a punch press. Docs somehow reconstructed his thumb, middle finger and a pinky that wasn't hurt at all.
So he ended up with 3 fingers like a friggin alien...and that was his nickname "the Alien". He rode an early 70's cop bike with foot clutch and tank shift.
So he ended up with 3 fingers like a friggin alien...and that was his nickname "the Alien". He rode an early 70's cop bike with foot clutch and tank shift.
#240
06-17-2011, 12:55 AM
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I'll probably get beat up for this, but I have tough skin..
I really don't get the whole chopper thing. I get Bobbers. I get customization and mods. I get restoring old bikes. I love motorcycles.
Choppers? It's taking a bike and reshaping it into a visually appealing (questionable) piece of art, that isn't nearly as functional as it was before. I just saw one at my local convenience store and it was a super stretched, super chromed thing like you see on the show, and it was all the guy could do to get it turned into the gas pumps and park it. I don't mean a tasteful rake like on the Wide Glide either.
I can see stretching the frame on a drag bike, but beyond that I don't understand why someone would bother. Can someone help me out?
I really don't get the whole chopper thing. I get Bobbers. I get customization and mods. I get restoring old bikes. I love motorcycles.
Choppers? It's taking a bike and reshaping it into a visually appealing (questionable) piece of art, that isn't nearly as functional as it was before. I just saw one at my local convenience store and it was a super stretched, super chromed thing like you see on the show, and it was all the guy could do to get it turned into the gas pumps and park it. I don't mean a tasteful rake like on the Wide Glide either.
I can see stretching the frame on a drag bike, but beyond that I don't understand why someone would bother. Can someone help me out?