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The "C H O P P E R" Project
Find yourself watching too much Discovery Channel? Catching all the Biker-Build-off re-runs? Me, too.  I've decided RCC needed to build a bike.  I kept adding pictures to this page as it progressed.  I have cut a lot of skulls, flames, etches, license plate trims, heat shields, brackets, etc. for everyone else's ride, and felt like doing one for myself.  I figure on using all of the shop's equipment + my waterjet art skills to create a custom bike. 

As of October 2008, this bike is FOR SALE.  If interested, please email me.  It has 19 miles on it.
 

                        The chassis has a 6" stretch on the downtube with an add'l 4"on the back.  I opted for the softail as I enjoy having kidneys.  Picture courtesy of Demon's Cycle.

            The forks are 10" over.  I don't know if I'll keep the spokes or buy some billet wheels and waterjet something cool out of the centers.  It's 8'6" long right now.
                   Went with a 250 on the rear this time.  Would like to build another one sometime with a 300, but that's down the road.

            8.5" wide, 250 Tire 
 

 I bought a 96" S & S for the powerplant.   Sept. 2005.

  

Tires and rims mounted.  October 2005.
 

The bike sat for about a year and a half, then I started working on it again in June of 2007. 

Here it is with a Jesse James tank, the 3" belt drive, and fenders.

After getting the seat on.

I designed and cut custom brake rotors in the style of sawblades.

A custom design for the air cleaner was made.  Ground Shaker pipes added.

The frame during painting.

After paint, it was ready to put the custom oil tank, the 6 speed transmission, and wire it.

I built a skeleton with individual pieces for arms, legs, etc., out of stainless, and hung him off the gas tank/frame to look like he was falling off the bike.
 

I sent all the stainless parts off to be polished and then put them back on the bike.

I got it together and it started right off after a little adjusting in the carb.  I took it for about an 8 mile ride in late October of 2007.

The weather got cold, so I parked it and let it sit over winter.  I entered it in a car/bike show in the spring of 2008, and it got a lot of pictures taken of it.  I listed it on Ebay for sale in Aug. of 2008.

Here's a picture of a friend of mine sitting on the chopper after it was completed.
 

A picture of the bike at the show.  April 2008.

I had a lot of interest in the bike, and I had probably 200 + pictures of it taken.
 

 

  

 

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