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4
May

Motorcycle Videos

Motorcycle Videos

I I like photography and videography, and as you can see below, I produced 206 motorcycle videos that I placed on YouTube and here on my website. I recently took a look at the statistics page on YouTube and was surprised to see how many people look at my videos in the last 28 days!

motorcycle videos

The watch time of my videos in just 28 days was over 36,000 minutes! obviously this is over 600 hours of people watching my videos in just 28 days! Wow, that certainly is impressive! Also you’ll see in the above graphic that over 17,300 people viewed my videos in the last 28 days! Read more »

10
Feb

Radical Motorcycles – Custom Motorcycles

Very Cool Radical Motorcycles!

Just the wildest bunch of bikes I have ever seen. Pure art and mechanical genius.

Powerful art on wheels! tthe reason you don’t see more radical custom bikes like this is really quite simple, they cost big bucks to put together. Not even counting the time in designing and workmanship, parts chrome plating,, custom fabrication and naturally a custom paint job can easily set you back tens of thousands of dollars. Personally, I doubt that you’d ever recoup the real cost put into one of these unique  custom motorcycles. 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 »

2
Sep

Chopper Ride

Chopper Ride

European choppers riding on the highway. These are some very special wicked looking choppers.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

A chopper is a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in the United States in the mid-1960s. The chopper is perhaps the most extreme of all custom styles, often using radically modified steering angles and lengthened forks for a stretched-out appearance. They can be built from an original motorcycle which is modified (“chopped”) or built from scratch. 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.

Perhaps the best known choppers are the two customized Harley-Davidsons, the “Captain America” and “Billy Bike”, seen in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Read more »

12
Aug

History of the Chopper – Jesse James

History of the Chopper

chopper motorcycleWalk in a shop and by a bike it is something … but to build your custom motorcycle by yourself … from my viewpoint… that’s it!

The history of the “Frisco” style chopper, originated in the late ’50s, mostly by Sonny Barger and Arlen Ness.

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9
May

Custom Chopper Builder

Custom Chopper Builder – Tom Fugle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The first choppers were built in America, and were an outgrowth of the milder customization trend that had originated after WW2 when returning soldiers and others began modifying cars and motorcycles, frequently to improve performance in top-speed races on dry lake beds in Southern California and similar desolate spaces such as unused airstrips in other parts of the country, or on the street for street racing. These early modified motorcycles were known as “bobbers”, and there are many common features between bobbers and choppers, with choppers differentiated being more radically modified, and especially by having the frame tubes and geometry modified (“chopped” by welding) to make the bike longer. Read more »

23
Dec

History Chopper Motorcycle

History Chopper Motorcycle

The El Forastero segment of history chopper motorcycle from the Discovery Channel.

I have so much respect for the older generations. If you couldn’t do it yourself, then you didn’t have it … nowadays everything is handed to you which makes people lazy and idiotic. Back then you had leaders…people who fought for something, now…all people care about is a damn Facebook status. So much respect for these guys.

Below are a few chopper motorcycle photos, enjoy: Read more »

17
Jan

California choppers

California choppers

This is our second video on the Long Beach California 2015 motorcycle show. In this video we feature some of the best looking chopper is that the show.

This Orange County motorcycle show occurred on January 10, 2015 and is one of the larger bike shows in Southern California. Read more »

16
Sep

Chopper Motorcycles

Custom Chopper Motorcycles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The earliest choppers tended to be based on Harley-Davidson motorcycles, at first making use of the Flathead, Knucklehead and Panhead engines – many of which could be found in surplus military and police motorcycles bought cheaply at auction. As new engines became available they were soon utilized in choppers. British bikes, particularly Triumphs, were also a popular motor for choppers early on. As the Japanese manufacturers began offering larger engines in the late 1960s these motors were also quickly put to use by chopper builders. The Honda 750-4 was the most widely used Japanese motor for chopper builders early on. Choppers have been created using almost every available engine, but builders have always shown a preference for older air cooled designs. It is rare to see a chopper with a radiator. Read more »

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 »