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How to Build a Cheap Chopper From $5000 to $20,000 By Timothy Remus
Call it a reaction to overpriced billet bikes with paint jobs that cost more than a used Buell. Call it a back-to-basics movement fueled by a growing number of individuals who think raw, flat black Choppers and Bobbers with four-cylinder Japanese engines are cool as hell. Call it the end of boredom for owners of under-utilized Sportsters and Buells looking for a way to breath new life into an older motorcycle. Call it the answer to all the people who watch motorcycle shows on TV and desperately want a really cool bike with all the right stuff, but simply can’t afford it.
Whatever the reasons, there are a whole pile of people interested in building or buying a Cheap Chopper.
What we’ve presented here are three basic types of cheap chopper: The metric ride, the Sportster/Buell ride, and the big twin ride built from new aftermarket parts.
Unlike our earlier chopper book (How to Build A Chopper) this book uses over 60% of the pages for assembly sequences and the balance to discuss necessary topics like Brakes and Frames. There are seven sequences in all, some more complete than others. Everything from a four-cylinder Honda to a big twin.
We’ve tried to cover everything from disassembling a used Buell to assembling the new bike. Ultimately there are a few things we left out. Like factory specifications for torque and clearances. Thus we recommend you buy a manual for the donor bike, or for a bike similar to the
one you’re building, i.e. a softail manual if you’re building a complete aftermarket hardtail.
The bikes are cheap, the parts are available. What you don’t know can be found in this book, at the local shop or on the web. The only thing we can’t provide is will power. The only one who can get you up off your rear and out from in front of the TV is you.
No more excuses. Go build a motorcycle. And like the T-shirts say: ride it like you stole it.
