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Offline 754

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Cool pics of early bikes & Choppers
« on: July 27, 2008, 10:00:56 PM »
A lot of these pics are from a guy I know, huge collector of early motorcycles.. at one time he had a chopper shop..

Also some cool pics from Danny, owner of the site..

Search.... Gypsy Motorcycles

then to ..Daves photos...and photo gallery..

 enjoy..
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Re: Cool pics of early bikes & Choppers
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2008, 07:12:45 PM »
Cool pics from a time when a chopper meant something.  They weren't these $30k cookie cutters that we see every yuppie in America trailering to bike shows.  Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Cool pics of early bikes & Choppers
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2008, 08:25:36 PM »
Pretty darn cool, thanks! Man, the forks on the last couple were waaay out there huh?!

+1 on olds-cool's comment too.




That Gypsy bike is nice btw.
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Re: Cool pics of early bikes & Choppers
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2008, 08:29:23 PM »
I still laugh when i see the shortened springer.. :D

 Talked to Dave last night, he said Peter G is no longer AMCA prez, but is staring a vintage bike TV or media show.. said it can be seen on u-toob.. under Petes Garage..

 gonna check it out.. having computer probs .. but looks like it working right now..
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Re: Cool pics of early bikes & Choppers
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 09:02:21 PM »
Yup verry well done vid..

 I got 2 Whizzers from Pete,

Paul in the video, started Brodie Bikes, and built that wild OHC Excelsior boardtracker.. actually several of them..
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Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way

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Re: Cool pics of early bikes & Choppers
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2008, 06:40:05 PM »
wow that was a great video.thanks .steam engines have long been a bit of a mystery even for a long time auto tech .at least some of the real world function /operation.