Commando Choppers please
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Not quite my style of chopper but sure got the right spirit to offend everyone but the 1%'rs. Don't think ya can steal ebay photo's so catch it while it lasts.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/67-Norto ... 48437ea70c
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/67-Norto ... 48437ea70c
unlike some chopper builders I tryed to make to not just look good but to also be safe to ride. the owner lives at my campground in the mountains of NE Tenn and rides like he stole it, so much so he has drug the exhaust .the touch down point is at the weld for the reverse cone on the muffler.
grandpaul said:hobot said:
If I was Windy, I'd put that front wheel on a cafe racer and replace it on the chopper with a 19" spool.
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A long long spring fork to oggle or recoil at. When they get this far out the front wheel just sort a flops side to side rather than turning.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CUSTOM-HARLEY-C ... es&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CUSTOM-HARLEY-C ... es&vxp=mtr
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Whole bunch in one place here
http://dayerses.com/norton-commando-chopper.html
http://dayerses.com/norton-commando-chopper.html
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here is a pic of my chopper, I found it behind an old garage.
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Oh my oh my oh my, now that is very close to my ideal of a Righteous Chopper! Too long a springer w/o a brake, King/Queen seat and ratty well used proof of concept! Only thing I'd add to catch up to the 60's breed is smooth blending and molding of frame into spacy shape. No one but no one has the balls to flash one of these real choppers at big rallyes as has something to offend everyone! Glad you got a photo for a few of us to drool over, but keep your own post going as things change and what it did to ya doing it. If I was done with my low rider special I'd make an offer as sense there's a chopper in my old old age. Two downsides on choppers, parking lot turns and down hill stops in the rain. Ok 3 may need fire extinguisher if shown in much of a Norton crowd but hey the Harlely folks would accept in it knowingly an instant.
The only thing that could improve the 60's/70's choppers would be a pair of six bend butterfly bars. You know, the ones that rested your upper arms on your ribcage and your elbows on your non existant belly? Wouldn't work for me anymore but they sure looked cool in the day. Well, maybe they would work fine on the open road but turning might be a challenge.
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Na, they're not it. They came with the SEI ? rolling chassis kits in the 70's Long girder, hardtail, stacked square headlamps, no front brake etc, Just add your engine. Sporty, 750 honda or Triumph Anyway, I think they were also called "pullbacks" Every bend brought them closer to your chest. I'll try to find a pict.
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Type in six bend bars and or jockeyjournal There is a pict of a fellow on a panhead and also an absolutely bizzare pair of 6 bend/ apes on what I think is a BSA
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Sorry, tech challenged as to how to bring these picts to this link. No children Need I say more?
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Sorry, tech challenged as to how to bring these picts to this link. No children Need I say more?
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You need to put the link on . I only Found THIS , which was enough to stop me right there . Peculiar may be contageous ?
These Honda Owners are real smart too . . . definately qualifies for 'sureality '. Im not sure what elese though ?
These Honda Owners are real smart too . . . definately qualifies for 'sureality '. Im not sure what elese though ?
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