** PHAT *** Sporty Choppacycle'

[sumo]

just picked up this unfinished / barely started project. came up at the right price so i had to jump on it to park in the corner for a little while and tinker when i see parts for it

ok - so its not the cool style for this years prom queens but i care not a jot. its something ive hankered after for about 10 years

should a be a ton of fun to have alongside the vintage stuff

[felon]

looks like an exile bike. i dig it. be cool to have that in the garage

[coldsmokejr]

Looks cool sitting there, but probably won't corner worth a fuck.......

[LDNCLR]

holy triple trees!

[sumo]

Looks cool sitting there, but probably won't corner worth a fuck.......

race ya when its done...

[ironshamrock]

holy crap! that's pretty sweet! you know what you're going to drop in it? can't wait to see what direction this thing goes in

[coldsmokejr]

race ya when its done...

No problem....you can join so many others who thought they had a chance

[BillyT]

holy triple trees!

I like every part of it, but the triples... You could have 3 separate sets out of all that

I was always a fan of the Exile bikes, so I dig this a lot.

[jimthefred]

Looks like Bat Mans ride! Nice score!

[gyro]

wow yeah those trees are hugh. it looks like some sort of super 48.

[gyro]

what kinda plans you got for this thing? I am intrested in what kind of tank your gonna slap on it and the look you are gonna go after.

[sumo]

probably 3.5 fatbobs, not too high apes, rigid mounted seat on frame. dont know, probably a fair amount of mr potatohead till it looks how i want

bike i have in mind is an oldish mag coverbike cant remember what magazine, and it probably looks nothing like i remember anyway.

just a big chunky simple bike that i can rack miles on

and yes the yokes are excessive at 3" haha but they are what i have for now, may machine them down but not yet i wont, see where the bike leads me first

[NHMike]

I'd dig it a lot more if the front and rears were the same. And used those bubble type skins exile used. Looking forward to see what you do with it.

[REV]

PJD sportster?

[worn]

PJD sportster?

well, he is calling it a "choppa"

[sumo]

I don't see why it's less legitimate to build a 90s bike than it is to build a 60s or 70s bike, other than because that's not what the cool guys are building this week. always amuses me how small minded people are with their taste in bikes, I like all sorts of stuff. lets be honest...I wasn't alive in the 60s, neither were the majority of you, the decade didn't influence me...

as for choppacycle, was very much tongue in cheek, call it a chopper and people get their pants in a twist that it's not a chopped frame, call it a bobber and their g-string starts chafing its not a bobber stock bike etc etc. cant win eh

[Deadweight]

Looks fine to me. And I agree about the small minded, period correct shit. This bike will be killer when yer' done.

[YOURADHERE]

I dig it. What are those front forks? Looks to be inverted forks off a modern sport bike.

[coldsmokejr]

Looks fine to me. And I agree about the small minded, period correct shit. This bike will be killer when yer' done.

+1

[BillyT]

Funny thing about people always spouting off their opinions on stuff like this, if they truly didn't care, we just wouldn't see a word from them. But they care, to make sure you know how they "don't care".

Being cool enough to truly not care is whole other level type shit.

I think this thing kicks ass. I loved Russ Mitchell's bikes. Not afraid to say it either... Those early years on Discovery Channel were a huge influence on me as a builder... Not so much the style of bike I like, but the way I approach building at all, cars, bikes or otherwise. Fuck all the haters.

Frankly, I'm getting tired of all the bearded, vested, flipped bill, swazi, sheep looking, period correct mfer's anyway. Just like the hipsters... trying to stand out, by looking exactly like the guy next to them.