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Posts tagged ‘California choppers’

5
Aug

Chopper motorcycle DIY maintenance

Chopper motorcycle DIY maintenance

I’m talking about do-it-yourself maintenance for chopper motorcycles but, all these motorcycle checks would apply to almost any other motorcycle. as well.

Keep in mind, It’s little things like these checks and maintenance that can keep you from being stuck on the side of the highway on some lonely mountain road. But not only that, doing motorcycle maintenance for yourself will save you quite a bit of money compared to bringing it into the dealer, and also, provides great satisfaction in knowing that you were able to do it and that it’s been done correctly. Read more »

3
Aug

California Chopper Motorcycles

Big Bear Choppers – California Chopper Motorcycles

I believe when viewing this video you should keep in mind that it was made before our big economic downturn. Although Big Bear Choppers is still around, I don’t believe they produce custom choppers anymore, but are more focused on motorcycle accessories.

San Diego Big Bear Chopper: Read more »

30
Aug

San Diego Chopper Motorcycles at Bike Night

San Diego Chopper Motorcycles – Bike Night

Bike Night at El Cajon Classic Cruise – August 2019.

California chopper riders

California chopper riders

San Diego motorcycle belly dancer - San Diego Chopper Motorcycles bike night

Belly dancer with San Diego choppers

The Cajon Classic Cruise is one of the few free weekly Hot-Rod and motorcycle shows in Southern California. Read more »

24
Jul

California Chopper Ride

California Chopper Ride

Chopper motorcycles ride to downtown San Diego’s GasLamp Quarter for the last day of Comic-Con. Yes, this is the place to be and be seen for comic book fans, cosplayers and pop culture lovers alike to assemble at the San Diego Convention Center.

California chopper motorcycles

California chopper motorcycles

We had Big Dog motorcycles, American Ironhorse motorcycles, Thunder Mountain and custom construction motorcycles on this ride to Fifth Avenue in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter for the last day of the annual Comic-Con convention. Read more »

1
May

Insta360 One X Chopper Motorcycles Ride

Insta360 One X Chopper Motorcycles Ride

Is the Insta360 One X the best 360° video camera for your motorcycle rides? Well, in my humble opinion at the current time it definitely is!


This camera is very small fits in your shirt pocket and yet takes stunning 5.7 K video! The best advantage of using a camera like this for your motorcycle rides is the fact that it is like having a camera person riding along with you. You really don’t have to worry about pointing the camera at any particular subject or direction because at 360° camera like this films everything. In the software that the company provides you can then edit the video to show the views that you feel are most interesting.

When watching this video, at times you’ll see that it seems like the camera is floating over my helmet. In reality, the camera is attached with a GoPro type attachment to the helmet. Read more »

2
Jan

Chopper Motorcycles

chopper motorcycles

This is a little video retrospective of some of the chopper motorcycles that I’ve owned over the years.

I grew up on the East Coast and that’s where my passion for high-powered chopper motorcycles began. Actually my first motorcycle was an old 1950 something Harley-Davison with a suicide shift.

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25
Dec

California Chopper Riders Christmas

Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah to all!


California Chopper Riders Christmas

11
Oct

California motorcycle shows

California motorcycle shows

Here in Southern California there are quite a lot of Hot-Rod and motorcycle shows. Probably the vast majority of the shows, because they are mixed with Hot-Rods and motorcycles, only provide a trophy for the best in show for motorcycles while the Hot-Rods usually have a number of categories for trophies.

Ironhorse Texas Chopper

As far as motorcycle only shows, there are just a few. Most of these, almost always have numerous categories as well as the best in show. Personally, I think these are the only fair way to judge motorcycles for these types of shows. Really, how would you judge a beautifully it restored flat track racer against a totally custom chopper?

Also, having attended a lot of the shows, I think we’re really lucky here in Southern California because a lot of the shows are totally free to enter, as they are supported by the local merchants/Chamber of Commerce in order to have an event that draws lots of people into their business areas. Read more »

18
Jun

California Custom Motorcycle Traffic

This site had over  24,700 unique visitors in May and was the highest in the last seven months!

California Custom Motorcycle Traffic

May motorcycle traffic

As always, a big banks to all my  custom motorcycle enthusiast! coming up soon we have a few mechanical how to repair videos as well as a nether video on the West Coast Thunder Southern California motorcycle ride and by night at the El Cajon Classic Cruise with just occurred last Wednesday evening. Read more »

26
Nov

American Ironhorse Texas Choppers

American Ironhorse Texas Choppers ride up to Mount Laguna and Julian CA.

My 2006 American Ironhorse Texas Chopper and Eric’s 2004 Texas Chopper. A November San Diego ride up to Julian California which is northeast of San Diego and about a mile high in elevation.

Julian is a very popular motorcycle riding destination in San Diego. If you ride east out of Julian down the banner grade you leave the tree covered hillsides for typical desert scenery. You can ride around granite mountain on S2 (the Great Southern Overland Stage Route) as you head out toward Ocotillo at the junction  of Highway 8. now, depending on your time you can just head back to San Diego on eight  as you climb up from the desert floor heading west. Read more »