The Chopper Compendium

The geometry is better. Better handling. I bored out the jets about 10/1000 each and man the difference is awesome. The programmable high performance ignition is nice also. I need to open up the rev limiter about 500 rpm more and I’ll be happy.

If you look at my bike pics you will notice that the front forks are a bit too tall. When I hit the road bump a while back, apparently, that ruptured the seal in my right fork. I rebuilt the carb last week and took the bike out for a ride only to discover fork fluid leaking out of the fork. I looked...

had to do some repairs this week. I hit a dip in the road. Went airborne. Broke some bolts holding the left gas tank in place on landing. Otherwise bike and myself are ok. Replaced the bolts and got it all back together and running. Future planned work. Lowering the front forks an inch or so. Puttin...

I had to swap out the engine overnight when I rode to the Smokeout back in 2007 April. The transmission splined shaft stripped out and a replacement took two weeks to arrive. Pulled the engine out of my 100th Anniversary bike to make the trip. Not sure if anyone noticed at the Smokeout. You can tell...

The one major design flaw to date is that oil tends to flow into the crank case from the elevated oil tanks if the bike sits too long without running. When it cranks it wants to throw oil out the breather tube. Fixed that with an in-line valve leaving the oil tank. The seat design has worked great. ...

My bike is not dead but this forum is...

Hi, I built a bike with help from the “Chopper Handbook” community back in 2006. I’d just like to say that the bike is still on the road. You may remember it as it was the cover bike for “The Horse, Backstreet Choppers” April 2007. I moved to the south Nashville area a few years ago and had the bike...