I'll just never understand.............

[Zooks]

The 'chopper' thing. Some of them look pretty cool but a lot of them just look plain stupid (in my opinion).

Case in point - http://cgi.ebay.com.au/gsx-1100-cust...QQcmdZViewItem

[tkent02]

Agreed.
Stupid is as stupid does.

[n1elkyfan]

I don't think it looks to bad but I have definitely seen better ones

[TheCafeKid]

For sake of a chopper its not a bad attempt honestly. Tho they do all kinda look the same...but meh..im building a cafe...they all kinda look the same. Lil personal touches make the difference i suppose.

[tkent02]

For sake of a chopper its not a bad attempt honestly. Tho they do all kinda look the same...but meh..im building a cafe...they all kinda look the same. Lil personal touches make the difference i suppose.

Cafe's at least have a function which defines the form, some of them I really like, yours comes to mind.
Custom bikes with serious improvements in braking, handling, comfort, power, it's all good.

The same amount of effort going to make a bike look cool at the expense of being nearly unridable, unstable, unsafe, and useless for any purpose other that looking cool is ludicrous to my way of thinking.

I just don't get it.
And the hacksaw specials where nothing is done except cutting off part of the frame are the worst.

[Jd Powell]

Looks like someone dropped a bunch of swapmeet parts on with no eye for lines, form, or function. Unfortunatly most of the "custom" jobs I see are hack job abominatoins. Especialy with the old jap bikes because they are so cheap. While I do appreciate a nice "cafe" I see very few. I constantly see old ujm's where some azzhole cut off the ass end of the frame, cut the springs to drop the rear, yanked the fenders, added bar-end mirrors, clubman bars and a viper fairing, And think they have a cafe-racer. Uh no you effin missed the point entierly. Yeah whatever this is a rant- just sick and tired of retards who think that if the bike looks faster to them then it will perform better. Tune your **** first. Suspencion, Motor, Bodywork/mass centralization , then framework last.

[spyug]

In this day and age, chopper is a misnomer as, generally more things are bolted on than chopped off. In the main, home built efforts are not as offensive as those from the so called pro builders. Of them all the most offensive to my eye are those from Orange County Choppers "theme bikes". What a load of crap. That riders and major corporations buy them confounds me.

As GS riders we buy our bike for handling and performance. Choppers don't handle people. In a straight line you can do burn outs and go fast but in the twisties where all the fun is try and get that puppy to lean with extended forks, 8" wide primary and 350 rear tire.

These bikes are rolling abortions. Pretty to look at for some but at best metal masturbation. Not my taste either.

Spyug.

[TheCafeKid]

Well i will say this in defence of OCC. Those theme bikes are exactly that. They will probably RARELY be ridden, instead set to pasture in some corporate lobby or whatnot. Its a fad, the whole theme bike thing, and as you can see, its starting to fall off.

[BentRod]

really? WE bought our bikes for performance...
umm.. ya! I'll go with that..


honestly.. i just thought that the heap with the suzuki label looked easier to get rid of if and when i give up on restoring it out of frustration..

[Zooks]

...............but at best metal masturbation. Spyug.

Quote of the day. LOL

[rigidchop]

choppers

i'll never understand why people think that a chopper can't handle well. if the trail is set up correctly the bike should handle fine. of course really extended fork chops may not be able to keep up in the twisties, that isn't what they are made for. check out this bike http://www.allamericanracers.com/all...r_6-11-03.html not a chopper, but kinda the same concept, sitting in the bike not on it, made to handle well.
oh yeah the chopper thing is dying off, thank god, now prices might get back to normal.

[drhach]

Well, it's a good thing nobody is holding a gun to your head and making you buy a chopper. Some people hate bobbers or cafe bikes. Some people don't like the looks of stock Japanese bikes. Get over it. It's just like what you hear on the radio or see on tv. If you don't like it, change the station, but nobody really want sot hear you complain about it. I'll just never understand why people criticize the personal tasted of others. How does this encourage people tto post the fruition of theur hard work work? How is it positive at all? Can we get back to talking about jets or oil or tires?

[jbs80106]

Saw some cool choppers on Superbikes!

Did a snippet on some guys out in Cali that were turning Ducati's into customized choppers....and then ran them 'round a track some place to show they'll still corner and run like a ducati. Use the same engine, custom frame w/swing arm....pretty cool..

Not my style but was certainly more than taking a hog and dropping some new forks in it....

[Bubba67]

Well, it's a good thing nobody is holding a gun to your head and making you buy a chopper. Some people hate bobbers or cafe bikes. Some people don't like the looks of stock Japanese bikes. Get over it. It's just like what you hear on the radio or see on tv. If you don't like it, change the station, but nobody really want sot hear you complain about it. I'll just never understand why people criticize the personal tasted of others. How does this encourage people tto post the fruition of theur hard work work? How is it positive at all? Can we get back to talking about jets or oil or tires?

I do concur.

[Zooks]

I have no problem with Choppers per se. I am just aghast at the piles of parts that some people put together and think that it looks cool. This particular bike is as ugly as a hat full of as$holes IMHO. Building a nice custom bike is artistic. You have to have lines and curves and things have to flow. Just chopping and welding the frame and banging on a new tank doesn't work.

My 2c