Happy Chopper New Year
Happy Chopper New Year
One of the true joys of the Holiday Season is the opportunity to thank you and wish you the very best for the New Year.
I truly appreciate your contributions to the success of this custom motorcycle site.
May you and your family enjoy a Wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!
Bob, Judi,Jared,Oakley &Annie
Happy Chopper New Year
Harley-Davidson Knucklehead
Harley-Davidson Knucklehead
All this Knucklehead needed was a little TLC, a little gas and two kicks.
Speaking of “character” in a motorcycle, the thing I like best about this video is listening to the lovely throb from that knucklehead engine, either at idle or at speed. I wonder what levels of vibration the rider felt, especially at freeway speeds? Makes me wish HD still manufactured a comfortable, durable, good-cruising 61ci knucklehead. Read more
Motorcycle Girls
Motorcycle Girls
EICMA is the largest international motorcycle show. When you have good looking motorcycles, naturally the young men who dominate the shows always like to see the hot models that the motorcycle manufacturers higher to attract attention to their new bikes.
Yes, just like day and night, peanut butter and jelly, good looking babes and motorcycles just always go together! I’ve been around a long time, and been to a lot of Hot Rod and motorcycle shows and can’t remember one that didn’t have good looking gals. Let’s face it, sex sells! Okay, let’s exclude the Viagra commercials on TV, I bet that well over 80% or so of the other commercials have some underlying sex beauty component. Read more
Motorcycles Custom, Radical
Motorcycles Custom, Radical
It’s always nice to look at some very cool looking motorcycles. Personally, there’s no disputing that these are some very custom radical motorcycles, but, I wonder how many of them are truly practical to ride?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
A custom motorcycle is a motorcycle with stylistic and/or structural changes to the ‘standard’ mass-produced machine offered by major manufacturers. Custom motorcycles might be unique, or built in limited quantities. While individual motorcyclists have altered the appearance of their machines since the very first days of motorcycling, the first individualized motorcycles specifically labeled ‘Custom’ appeared in the late 1950s, around the same time as the term was applied to custom cars. In the 1960s, custom artisans like Arlen Ness and Ben Hardy created new styles of custom bikes, the chopper. Read more
Maserati Powered Motorcycle
Maserati Powered Motorcycle – Lazareth LM847
LM847 LAZARETH is a pendulum bike with 4 wheels, powered by a V8 Maserati of 470 horses.
She tilts through design and a specific kinematics of independent suspension.
Braking is provided by two brackets 8 pistons on perimeter records of 420 mm in diameter. A detail, the brake levers are reversed to improve ergonomics and accuracy in braking. The mechanism is inside the handlebar. Read more
American Ironhorse Motorcycle
American Ironhorse Motorcycle Ride
San Diego East County motorcycle ride, Mount Laguna, Sunrise Highway.
Eric’s bike featured in this video, is a 2004 American Iron horse Texas Chopper with the 111 in.³ S&S engine. This motorcycle was given to him by his dad who was the original owner of the bike. Eric rode this bike across country from Florida to San Diego California.
American iron horse produced a number of different motorcycle models, their top-of-the-line flagship model was the Texas Chopper. In my personal opinion the Texas chopper and the Big Dtheog K-9 model are two of the best factory built chopper motorcycles ever! Read more