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Old 97 Choppers

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seruzawa · 04-25-2008, 10:40 AM

Those long cylinders do lend an antique air to the Victories. At least they are different than the HD/S&S powered fruit flies.

Buzglyd · 04-25-2008, 10:48 AM

I wonder if he's calling the rear end the "Rockertail."

sarnali2 · 04-25-2008, 10:52 AM

Good God, those have to be the most embarrassingly ugly piles of sh*t I've ever seen. I think Victory puts out some very nice designs off the showroom, I'd say they don't lend themselves well to chopping

longride · 04-25-2008, 11:39 AM

I don't know much about the choppers, but the guys in the pics look really tough! I think I will have to stay away from them. They scare me!

Kenneth_Moore · 04-25-2008, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sarnali2

Good God, those have to be the most embarrassingly ugly piles of sh*t I've ever seen. I think Victory puts out some very nice designs off the showroom, I'd say they don't lend themselves well to chopping

I'm right there with you Snarli. Them's some butt-ugly bikes.

sarnali2 · 04-25-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenneth_Moore

I'm right there with you Snarli. Them's some butt-ugly bikes.

Amen brother, I imagine we'll be seeing a few of those in the ol' used bike classifieds before long.

12er · 04-25-2008, 02:26 PM

These have to be the ugliest customs I have ever laid eyes on. Every pic in the article looks just uh, wrong... Our buddy from a few days back with the Yamaha trike made a more balanced custom than these in appearance. I can only describe them as the ugly offspring of a chopper and a bobber, taking the worst of each and welding them together. No flow just weird... But hey, if they sell, more power to em... And no, I dont think the victory plant is the issue.

sarnali2 · 04-26-2008, 09:48 AM

The Victory engine is disproportionatly tall, I think it'll be difficult to improve on the factory bikes like the Vegas and 8 ball, these guys missed the mark.

mscuddy · 04-26-2008, 10:54 AM

Idunno, what's with all the sheet metal covering the rear tire/frame? Looks lind of scooter-ish. And that Dale E bike is (failing to find a better word) hideous.

04-25-2008, 10:38 AM	#1
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04-25-2008, 10:40 AM	#2
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,660	Those long cylinders do lend an antique air to the Victories. At least they are different than the HD/S&S powered fruit flies. __________________ "If you think healthcare is expensive now, just wait until it's free."

04-25-2008, 10:48 AM	#3
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 9,799	I wonder if he's calling the rear end the "Rockertail." __________________ "The green class of environmental elites usually uses more fossil fuels per capita than do the muscular classes who mine and drill them out of the ground — and who do not jet, drive, or live in the comparable fashion of their critics."

04-25-2008, 10:52 AM	#4
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 7,960	Good God, those have to be the most embarrassingly ugly piles of sh*t I've ever seen. I think Victory puts out some very nice designs off the showroom, I'd say they don't lend themselves well to chopping __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

04-25-2008, 11:39 AM	#5
longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 10,484	I don't know much about the choppers, but the guys in the pics look really tough! I think I will have to stay away from them. They scare me! __________________ I'm a knucklehead

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04-25-2008, 02:26 PM	#8
12er Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SF Posts: 2,670	These have to be the ugliest customs I have ever laid eyes on. Every pic in the article looks just uh, wrong... Our buddy from a few days back with the Yamaha trike made a more balanced custom than these in appearance. I can only describe them as the ugly offspring of a chopper and a bobber, taking the worst of each and welding them together. No flow just weird... But hey, if they sell, more power to em... And no, I dont think the victory plant is the issue.

04-26-2008, 09:48 AM	#9
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 7,960	The Victory engine is disproportionatly tall, I think it'll be difficult to improve on the factory bikes like the Vegas and 8 ball, these guys missed the mark. __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

04-26-2008, 10:54 AM	#10
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,439	Idunno, what's with all the sheet metal covering the rear tire/frame? Looks lind of scooter-ish. And that Dale E bike is (failing to find a better word) hideous. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.