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| This awesome chopper
was built by Matt and Jason Freeman from
Warrensburg Missouri. Mat is a great guy and has a wealth of
information and ideas. |
This Bike was built
from the ground up by Terry in Louisiana. It has an 18 hp V-twin motor and
a Comet 44-40 clutch. The paint is kandy apple red over shimrin gold with
black ghost flames (House of Kolour). The frame sits just 2" above the
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This is Terry's first
bike. It used a 6 hp engine. The project combined the neck and triple tree
off of a wrecked Suzuki 50 mini bike and front forks made from 1/2 inch
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This is a mini chopper trike project
by Dave in Florida City, Florida. The trike has a 16 HP
Briggs V-twin, a Comet clutch, and a differential rear end.
Dave will send more pics as the project progresses |
Manco chopper
built by The Diceman. The neck was raked 3-1/2" and front forks
stretched 2-1/2".A lot of chrome was also added. Here are few of his other custom
projects - bar
stool, the
Sod-Father, and a turbo
for a Briggs and Stratton |
Take a
look at Ben Rou's hot chopper, "Arachnophobia" He built if from
scratch. The project took 6 months. The bike has a hand-beat rear fender
and tons of hand-bent round stock for the webbing. |
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| Bob Rocco in
Las Vegas built this little old school chopper. He calls it
"Demonic" The bike uses a genuine Harley frame, motor, and front
end. You can see more pics here |
Alan (Geordie) Sutton sent a photo of his chopper to show
us how they do it down in New Zealand. The bikes used an RM80 front
wheel, RM 125 forks, RV 50 rear wheel and Suzuki tank. He designed seat
and Exhaust. The engine is an old Honda CG 125, old pushrod
motor |
Gabe from
Tucson, AZ built this sweet bike using parts from a number or sources - an
old moped , an old Jamis bicycle, and a golf cart. He bought a
welder, snapped out a frame with a chalk line on the concrete and
started welding. The result was this great-lookin' bike that cruises
45 mph |
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| Marvin from
California created this unique bike. Check out the cool frame. He built it
from the ground up. |
Steve of Maine built his first chopper from an old junk Rupp
Scrambler and some extra Harley parts he had laying around. Take a look at
his second chopper! Street legal and 60mph.
Practice pays off!
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Chuck from upstate NY, built this mini trike using a
Kawasaki KLT-110 3-wheeler
motor and frame. He built the tank, bars, fenders, chain guard, seat,
brake pedal, foot pegs, forks and other custom pieces. |
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| Matt in
Nebraska has built several impressive mini choppers. He builds his
bikes from the ground up, including custom wheels,
frames, sheet metal, handlebars, paint
jobs and exhausts. He also built a red fire bike tribute to the 9-11
firefighters. The blue V-twin bike is his newest creation, featuring a
custom 45 rake frame, Liffan 250 motor, five speed tranny, and .JJ
replica tank. matt made the bars, pipes, and the intake, and capped it off
with candy blue paint and ghosted flames. |
This Old Skool chopper was built by Justin in N.
California.
He built the frame from scratch. It runs a Tecumseh 6hp electric start with
functioning LED lights. The whole bike has a very functional appearance
while still holding true to the old school look.
Justin also sells minichopper parts at
www.carbeautiful.
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Check out "Goliath", built by Jeremy from California.
It has a 12.5hp Vangaurd Briggs, Comet torque-a-verter, old skool springer
front-end, 16" bars, and a 12" wide rear tire. Other
than the chrome, everything was fabricated and assembled in his
garage.
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| Mark Neary
of West Fargo, ND, built this great looking custom trike. He built the
frame from scratch and then used a tech HM80 engine, a disc brake from a
snowmobile, a solid rear axle that drives one wheel. It's geared rather
tall and does around 50 mph. |
Sweet Home Alabama!
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This custom bike was built by Richard Penner
and his Dad in British Columbia. His brother David did all of the welding. The
engine, is a Honda 135cc 4hp. and uses a centrifugal clutch and jack
shaft. The bike is 5'4" long. They finished it with a custom leather
seat and clear alkyd enamel paint mixed with copper powder.
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| This great
bike was built by Lester in Mililani Hawaii. It has a Yamaha 80cc. motor
and transmission, front and rear disc brakes, and a nice hydraulic
front-end, custom seat and paint. It looks like it is a great riding bike. |
This cool bike was built by David W. in Columbia TN. It was
made from scrap pieces, including an old tiller and some old bike
parts.
Creativity and Resourcefulness
That's in the heart of a chopper builder!
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This is Ben Stewart's (Rapid City, SD) first bike. He built
everything from the ground up, including the frame, tank, fender, forks,
etc. It has a 175cc 6 speed Yamaha engine. It rides smooth and will go around 40 - 50 mph
. Ben is in the process of making it street legal!!
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This chopper
was built by Cody and his Grandfather in Ontario Canada. They
built almost every piece from scratch, including the tank, fender, chain
guard, seats, forks and exhaust. They built the frame to fit a lawn tractor
wheel
then added a sissy bar for that old skool look. The total cost for this
bike was around a hundred dollars.
It is
quite a beast to ride! |
Tim Pigeon in Riverside California sent some pics of his
second mini chopper - The Red Sled. He built everything on this phat-tire
chopper from scratch. The motor is a 6 hp Honda.
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This is Trevor's second bike. It has a Lifan 110cc motor with
a 4 speed jockey-shift and manual hand clutch. He built everything but
the tank. It will do wheelies and cruise at about 55 mph.
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| Tyler and
James took some time during their senior year at college in Lubbock
Texas to build a couple of great springer choppers. They are now
working on custom tanks and fenders. |
This up-stretched chopper was built by 16-year old Trevor
Farmer from Salem OR. Trevor made his own forks and frame, and hand pounded the gas
tank. He also used a lot of parts from a junkyard, including a horseshoe for fender mounts,
scaffolding couplers for
risers and rear wheel off an old tractor.
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David Cecil promised his daughter a mini chopper if she got all "A's" in school. Well, she did and he got
busy building the "Rollin' Dice". The bike has a chromed-out
110cc Lafan. SS custom exhaust, BDL forward
controls, Corbin ostrich seat and gold metal flake over H.O.K. Persimon Red
Pearl paint. The Air Box looks like a Dice, including LEDs that
light up when the brakes come on.
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Phil Scoby
in Austin, Texas, was surfin' the net and stumbled onto my web site. After
checking out the photos he caught the chopper bug and jumped into his
project. His first bike, the "Hammered" chopper uses textured paint
that looks like hammered metal. It also has all of the other custom
touches that yield a classic mini chopper.
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Everyone is getting in on the mini chopper craze! Check out the Woodhead Mud
Glide. It has all the classic chopper form - big front tire and low rear
tire and check out those sweet apehangers!!
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This pair of bikes was built by Scott Hargis in Douglasville,
Georgia. Both use Kawasaki kx60 forks on custom frames. The engines are both
V-twins, with some serious performance upgrades, 10.5:1 forged pistons, .390
lift cam, porting/polishing, 15 degree advanced timing, etc. The engines
dyno at 42hp @5800rpm.
Imagine that on a 200 lb bike!
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| This is the
second bike built by Charles Lovitt in Homestead Florida. The frame is
made from 1-inch polished stainless steel. The engine is a 11hp
Briggs and it clocks at 63 mph. The bike has hydraulic front and rear
brakes, headlight, front shocks, and other "Big Bike" features. |
A great bike built by Tim Kinnamon in Seward, ILL...Tim
has built 3 Mini choppers to date. He put together a frame gig and
started bending and welding. The most recent fat-tire bike features a 6.5 hp motor
and a torque converter clutch, and is a blast to ride around the
neighborhood.
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The Hubless minichopper built by Chris Taylor and his
son.
Stay tuned for more info and better pics of the finished product.
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| This little
chopper was built by Mathew Wetterman in Houston Texas. Mat is 16
years old and he built this bike from scratch, including the bending and
welding. You can check out his web site at: www.luckyminichoppers.4t.com |
This is a mini twin built by Jeff
"JESSE FLOYD" Wallace with some help from Glenn Gulledge, and Mike
Crawford from North and South Carolina. They started with a Reaper
frame and two 10 horse TECs. Check out the Edelbrock 4 barrel supplying the go juice to this mini
monster. When they hit the burnout pits, they definitely draw a
crowd!!!!
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Kelvin from Nottingham England built this mini chopper
almost entirely from scratch. It has a 50-inch wheelbase and 23-inch seat
height, 13 inch wheels. The engine is a Honda type 125cc. Kelvin hand-made
the seat, engine plates, wheel hubs, exhaust, dummy oil tank,, battery
box. etc. It rides and handles very well and is street legal.
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This great bike was built by Shane Alexander in
Springdale, Arkansas. This was his first bike and it took about 3
months. It uses a Honda 5.5 h.p. engine and modified tourque converter
for a top speed of 45 m.p.h. Front forks and tank are off of
an old Kawasaki found in a junk yard for twenty bucks. He painted
it with Dupli-color and proves that you can get a nice look from a
rattle can!!
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This is the Red Zeppelin built by Alan Sutton from New
Zealand. That is a 22" wide rear tire!! The bike is powerd by a
Lifan V 250.
Watch the test ride on Youtube
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