For anyone interested in bikes/harleys/choppers

DampCat · 11 Apr 2008 at 10:11

Yeah i was referring to the silencers tbh. You can see they're not straight pipes.

Got a californian import Heritage. I love the sound. Even ticking over, it's beautiful. Reminds me of my father. Cant even ride it, just go out and start it up every now and then, give it a blat. just to escape for 5 minutes y'know?

Far too heavy for me i'm afraid. At 5'7" i'm not really in the position (a-ha) to ride it. I imagine i'd be alright until i came to the first set of lights and have to put my feet down, then i'd struggle. Looking at the 1200 Nighttrain for the summer though.

Phil W · 11 Apr 2008 at 10:17

Love choppers, some of the stuff OCC produce on American Chopper is just fantastic...

http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/occ/onairtheme.html

Toker · 11 Apr 2008 at 10:28

DampCat said:
Yeah i was referring to the silencers tbh. You can see they're not straight pipes.

Got a californian import Heritage. I love the sound. Even ticking over, it's beautiful. Reminds me of my father. Cant even ride it, just go out and start it up every now and then, give it a blat. just to escape for 5 minutes y'know?

Far too heavy for me i'm afraid. At 5'7" i'm not really in the position (a-ha) to ride it. I imagine i'd be alright until i came to the first set of lights and have to put my feet down, then i'd struggle. Looking at the 1200 Nighttrain for the summer though.

yea they will be gettin removed as soon as sva is complete hehe

I'm sure you could manage, my dads only 5 '7 and has had no problems with various heritage's, fatboys, soft tail customs etc. Although if you're trying to move it about and they catch you off balance you're screwed hehe

yea i've grown up around the sound of harleys and around harley riders, I like sports bikes too but can't help calling them "sewing machines" as all the harley guys do due to their poor noise hehe

Toker · 11 Apr 2008 at 19:30

well spoke to him tonight, it's a 1584cc S&S motor, pimp

DampCat · 11 Apr 2008 at 19:59

Nitro_Junkie · 11 Apr 2008 at 20:02

Phil W said:
Love choppers, some of the stuff OCC produce on American Chopper is just fantastic...

http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/occ/onairtheme.html

too samey, a lot of what they do is the same base with different wheels, tank and fenders

have a look at
Billy Lane - Choppers Inc
Russell Mitchell - Exile Cycles

Toker · 11 Apr 2008 at 20:18

billy lane is the dogs

Vasquez · 11 Apr 2008 at 21:50

very pretty, I've always wanted to try a chopper to see what they were like to ride.

Toker · 12 Apr 2008 at 12:24

hard on the arse and difficult to move around due to poor turning circle...but who cares when you look that cool

DampCat · 12 Apr 2008 at 14:41

Brilliant riding position too

but yeah, numb bum when you're done.

milkinc13 · 12 Apr 2008 at 18:34

Toker said:
billy lane is the dogs

completly agree

Toker · 18 Jan 2009 at 15:54

Now this is what I call progress...

We've stripped it all down and had the frame sent away for powdercoating, has come back looking great. Few other bits and bobs done but nothing worth mentioning.

I'll need to take some pictures of the workshop we've just had built and finished setting up to house all his lathes/milling machines and other tools

epic play house for men

Draeger · 18 Jan 2009 at 17:16

Toker said:

What kind of HD is that in the background?.

Not a fan at all of this type of bike, but that Harley looks really nice. :cool:

Andr3w · 18 Jan 2009 at 18:11

very cool!

Toker · 18 Jan 2009 at 19:56

Draeger said:
What kind of HD is that in the background?.

Not a fan at all of this type of bike, but that Harley looks really nice.

the one in the background is a heritage soft-tail, just a cruiser really, great for doing miles. It has been tuned a bit with new cams etc so can really pull on the open road

Draeger · 18 Jan 2009 at 20:16

Looks lovely.

A friend of mine has a V-Rod and it's one of the only HD's I have seen in the flesh and thought "Yeah.....nice!!!!".

But that soft tail looks pretty cool. Got any more pics of it?.

I'm a v-twin fan ( you can tell by my sig....lol ) but in a sports bike manner only. :cool:

Toker · 18 Jan 2009 at 20:45

Draeger said:
Looks lovely.

A friend of mine has a V-Rod and it's one of the only HD's I have seen in the flesh and thought "Yeah.....nice!!!!".

But that soft tail looks pretty cool. Got any more pics of it?.

I'm a v-twin fan ( you can tell by my sig....lol ) but in a sports bike manner only.

yea I might do, I'll have a rake for some of that and his old prize winning soft tail custom which was an absolute beast.

Will also look for some of his customised ducati monster dark and his crazy streetfighter he built (916 parts/r1 parts and custom parts mated with a buell racing engine

) oh and the prize winning trike

Pinter75 · 18 Jan 2009 at 22:09

Sweet, I don't normally like bikes, but I do really like choppers.

"All that is left to do, is everything" if ya get me.

Toker · 3 Aug 2009 at 19:35

Sooooo I've been crap at updating this, lots of cosmetic things done but not fitted, but anyway yesterday we had the epic first start. This is it with the silencers fitted (to pass tests), my ears were wrecked after like a minute of standing next to it

Had a bit of electrical issues which we'll need to sort, including the horn button deciding to belch out smoke and weld its wires together...ah well that's half the fun

[Robster] · 3 Aug 2009 at 20:47

Nice bike

Can't help feeling that the black paint needs some flames tho!