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Mainstream Choppers Shootout

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sachiwilson · 11-29-2007, 04:26 PM

Those behemoths are as far from "choppers" as they can be.

What's "chopped"? (That is, cut down or removed as excess and unnecessary?) Nothing. They are banal bikes at best.

The_AirHawk · 11-29-2007, 05:07 PM

Tho the bikes ain't my cuppa' Joe, I enjoyed the article. Enough-so, I read the entire thing (somesing I normelly do not do mit "Kruzer Artikles").

BrowningBAR · 11-29-2007, 05:45 PM

It seems Buz has been really busy lately. Tell Fenton I said "hi".

As far as the bikes go, it seems the Yami is a pretty good deal...and more rideable than the other two with a normal sized back tire.

sarnali2 · 11-29-2007, 05:47 PM

I guess whatever flips your switch is about all I can say. They're neat looking factory bikes though way too flash for me. Now let me get my nose in the air at the appropriate angle and say you don't buy a chopper you build it. Anyone can buy a bike and add or remove parts to make some kind of statement, the more rad you go the more chopped or bobbed the bike is and the more personal it is to you, you don't just f*ckin' go "buy a chopper"

Like I said, these are cool looking factory bikes but they're no more choppers than that OCC sh*t on TV

BrowningBAR · 11-29-2007, 06:02 PM

...And wasn't the point of the original chopper concept was to buy a cheap POS and than fix it up and Frankenstein the hell out of it because you couldn't afford a new manufactured bike?

Buzglyd · 11-29-2007, 06:07 PM

Maybe since none of you like these bikes you can comment on how I get more handsome with every shootout.

longride · 11-29-2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BrowningBAR

...And wasn't the point of the original chopper concept was to buy a cheap POS and than fix it up and Frankenstein the hell out of it because you couldn't afford a new manufactured bike?

Somewhat, but mostly the 'chopper' was a symbol of self-expression I believe. It was to build something with your own two hands making something that was different than anyone else's bike. Now you just slap down 20G and buy one!

longride · 11-29-2007, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzglyd

Maybe since none of you like these bikes you can comment on how I get more handsome with every shootout.

And we would................if you did!

longride · 11-29-2007, 06:17 PM

True dat! Build what you ride, don't buy it. Especially when two of them are trying too hard to look like the third one. Hopefully, this whole scene will soon be a bad memory, and the copycats can go out of business, the idiots with too much money will find another hobby, and the Japanese can go back to copying themselves full time. It's time for something new, and these ain't it.

11-29-2007, 03:35 PM	#1
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11-29-2007, 04:26 PM	#2
sachiwilson Women Riders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,623	Those behemoths are as far from "choppers" as they can be. What's "chopped"? (That is, cut down or removed as excess and unnecessary?) Nothing. They are banal bikes at best. __________________ Frappé LaRue Safety Queen Are you a Rounder? Sarnali: "what could be more useless than arguing with a deaf female lawyer????"

11-29-2007, 05:07 PM	#3
The_AirHawk Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Egypt; in the State of DeNile....... Posts: 7,504	Tho the bikes ain't my cuppa' Joe, I enjoyed the article. Enough-so, I read the entire thing (somesing I normelly do not do mit "Kruzer Artikles"). __________________ *Parfois, on fait pas semblant* Sometimes, it's not pretend *Tuez L'Homme Blanc* Kill Whitey Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear Gustatus Similis Pullus Tastes like Chicken Arbeit macht frei, you Nazi SOB's Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now.........

11-29-2007, 05:45 PM	#4
BrowningBAR Leo Bloom Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In a really, really, really old farmhouse Posts: 4,256	It seems Buz has been really busy lately. Tell Fenton I said "hi". As far as the bikes go, it seems the Yami is a pretty good deal...and more rideable than the other two with a normal sized back tire. __________________ I'm a nothing. I spend my life counting other people's money. People I'm smarter than. Better than! I want... I want... I want everything I've ever seen in the movies!

11-29-2007, 05:47 PM	#5
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 5,564	I guess whatever flips your switch is about all I can say. They're neat looking factory bikes though way too flash for me. Now let me get my nose in the air at the appropriate angle and say you don't buy a chopper you build it. Anyone can buy a bike and add or remove parts to make some kind of statement, the more rad you go the more chopped or bobbed the bike is and the more personal it is to you, you don't just fckin' go "buy a chopper" Like I said, these are cool looking factory bikes but they're no more choppers than that OCC sht on TV __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "This being our first try, I'll use the lowest setting..."

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11-29-2007, 06:02 PM	#6
BrowningBAR Leo Bloom Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In a really, really, really old farmhouse Posts: 4,256	...And wasn't the point of the original chopper concept was to buy a cheap POS and than fix it up and Frankenstein the hell out of it because you couldn't afford a new manufactured bike? __________________ I'm a nothing. I spend my life counting other people's money. People I'm smarter than. Better than! I want... I want... I want everything I've ever seen in the movies!

11-29-2007, 06:07 PM	#7
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 7,722	Maybe since none of you like these bikes you can comment on how I get more handsome with every shootout. __________________ One Big A$$ Mistake America

11-29-2007, 06:17 PM	#10
longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 9,649	True dat! Build what you ride, don't buy it. Especially when two of them are trying too hard to look like the third one. Hopefully, this whole scene will soon be a bad memory, and the copycats can go out of business, the idiots with too much money will find another hobby, and the Japanese can go back to copying themselves full time. It's time for something new, and these ain't it. __________________ I'm a knucklehead