Old school chopper: does this ring a bell with anyone?

[jellywrestler]

How dd you get hold of it? Looks like it's been sitting a few years givent he rusty chain & sprocket.

Would love to see it fully restored.

Will be a fun project I'm sure.

It took me 16 years quietly tracking it down yep it's been left to nature for a while but restoration is coming along nicely. A lot of work but after just restoring another bike to factory specs it's quite good to have a bit of a freehand on this one

[bistard]

Hows that special branded paint going???
The restore back to factory specs,mmm,a bit like my standard black piper

It took me 16 years quietly tracking it down yep it's been left to nature for a while but restoration is coming along nicely. A lot of work but after just restoring another bike to factory specs it's quite good to have a bit of a freehand on this one

[BIG DOUG]

And now you no why people build custom bikes it's the "freehand " aspect of it being creative thinking outside the square.

[twinbruva]

And now you no why people build custom bikes it's the "freehand " aspect of it being creative thinking outside the square.

Or if you live in Christchurch and really want to shake them up, think INSIDE the square.

[twinbruva]

I'm in the middle of a full restoration of this GS1000 based chopper and keen to find old photos info etc on the bike since it was built in 1981 both to assist with the resto and to add to it's history.
Anyone remember it?

It looks very much like a chop I encountered on Auckland's North Shore in the early 90's. Where did you find it? It went like a cut cat and I think he hung out with the Anglo's for a while. Not that they liked it being there mind you...........

[Winston001]

Nah. Nah. Nope. Can't be done.

A chopper is a twin. Built around a Harley or Triumph frame and motor. Or on rare occasions a Guzzi.














But ok.........nice project

[twinbruva]

Nah. Nah. Nope. Can't be done.

A chopper is a twin. Built around a Harley or Triumph frame and motor. Or on rare occasions a Guzzi.


But ok.........nice project

You sound like a good bastard (South Island talk for 'an ok guy'). I prefer the HD idea but looking around this site it's hard to see where people are really coming from. I'm a dyed in the wool, American V-Twin fan from way back. I can tolerate British vertical twins but real motorcycles don't have a heart without a carb, pushrods and that V-Twin configuration. Period.

[White trash]

You sound like a good bastard (South Island talk for 'an ok guy'). I prefer the HD idea but looking around this site it's hard to see where people are really coming from. I'm a dyed in the wool, American V-Twin fan from way back. I can tolerate British vertical twins but real motorcycles don't have a heart without a carb, pushrods and that V-Twin configuration. Period.

Actually, real motorbikes have two wheels and a motor. That's the criteria by definition. Period. Best you get back to the midwest USA in the 70's me thinks.

[ital916]

Bah Humbug, anything can be a chop...singles, twins, fours, rotaries, v8's. The motor doesn't matter.

Look at the photos of the dudes from the 60's and 70's, they chopped everything and anything as long as (white trash put it well) it had two wheels and a motor.

[Subike]

Bah Humbug, anything can be a chop...singles, twins, fours, rotaries, v8's. The motor doesn't matter.

Look at the photos of the dudes from the 60's and 70's, they chopped everything and anything as long as (white trash put it well) it had two wheels and a motor.

all good till some stupid fools decided their factory could produce them better.
lazy bikers bought them their thousands, I think they called soft tails, not bad for a tractor designed to carry a fat ass over flat ground at no More than a walking pace...

but i digress, a chopper is that, chopped changed made as cheaply or as expensive as the builder decides, always a one of, and alway cool, no mater how rough or refined.
its all the expression of the builder.

[MeHigh]

Subbike u know squat!
Hardtail or softail a chopper is somthin' else. And the softail was made to look like a hardtail not like a chopper (wtf???)... gizzzz....

[Subike]

yup know fuck all

[twinbruva]

Actually, real motorbikes have two wheels and a motor. That's the criteria by definition. Period. Best you get back to the midwest USA in the 70's me thinks.

I'm on my way....................brrrrmmmmm

[twinbruva]

Bah Humbug, anything can be a chop...singles, twins, fours, rotaries, v8's. The motor doesn't matter.

Look at the photos of the dudes from the 60's and 70's, they chopped everything and anything as long as (white trash put it well) it had two wheels and a motor.

Some were cool, some weren't.

[sidecar bob]

You sound like a good bastard (South Island talk for 'an ok guy'). I prefer the HD idea but looking around this site it's hard to see where people are really coming from. I'm a dyed in the wool, American V-Twin fan from way back. I can tolerate British vertical twins but real motorcycles don't have a heart without a carb, pushrods and that V-Twin configuration. Period.

I had the extreme misfortune of having to do a WOF on a '76 Harley 1000, sportster last week.
What a tragic pile of scrap, no brakes, dragging clutch, Bedford truck gearbox, Mack clutch pull & a pile of reciepts for more than it was worth.
How the hell did they sell that garbage against the likes of a CB750 Honda at the time?
"Tradition" & "hard men" i guess.