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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #50 on: April 03, 2009, 11:50:36 AM »
Looks like alum. heads. I can imagine the scenario: A few beers with the guys Saturday night in the garage, looking at the collection of old race and muscle car parts.
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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #51 on: April 03, 2009, 12:02:19 PM »
It would take a lot of beer to get me to spend over 10 g's on the top end of a motor for a bike....... And I don't drink!

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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #52 on: April 03, 2009, 12:21:31 PM »
What a wast of a perfectly good big block.

well, at least it's only a Chevy.



I kid, I kid!!

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If it was a Ford I'd have to buy it just to prove all the naysayers wrong. Then I'd drag the heck out of it.

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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #53 on: April 03, 2009, 12:33:40 PM »
Loyal MOPAR slob right here. Seriously, I like anything that goes fast.

Ford has my respect for being the only one out of the 3 to kick butt on the international stage: Gp, Lemans, etc...
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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #54 on: April 03, 2009, 03:10:08 PM »
Still, I'm not so sure I'd want to straddle a big block at red line. :o :o
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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #55 on: April 03, 2009, 03:23:30 PM »
Still, I'm not so sure I'd want to straddle a big block at red line. :o :o
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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #56 on: April 03, 2009, 09:00:12 PM »
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Still, I'm not so sure I'd want to straddle a big block at red line

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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #57 on: April 05, 2009, 03:05:49 PM »
Well I'm "Computer Impaired" since my old Acer died a week ago, so it looks like I've almost missed the thrust of another interesting thread, but anyway, in my humble opinion, the original "Worlds Stupidest Chopper" bike is in fact a very practical solution to a problem that has bugged the "Chopperisti" for many years, that is, frontal vision.

You see, in the past,  most chopper guys sitting as low as they do, can't see that well over the top of the tank, so the builder of this bike has overcome the problem by building it so that he can have a clear forward vision of the road by raising the tank above his eyeline.

Not perfectly practical in it's execution perhaps, but clever thinking, nonetheless! I'm currently working on some rose-tinted periscope goggles designed for cafe racers with low handlebars so that they can actually see ahead without the agony of constantly holding their heads at right angles to their spines, so all you "Carpy-philes" stay tuned, the revolution is coming! Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #58 on: April 05, 2009, 04:19:28 PM »
... so all you "Carpy-philes" stay tuned, the revolution is coming! Cheers, Terry. ;D

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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #59 on: April 06, 2009, 08:48:19 AM »
It's comedic fabricators like Terry that make this place so addictive!!

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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #60 on: April 06, 2009, 11:34:58 AM »
Note they are ROSE colored glasses.

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« Reply #61 on: April 06, 2009, 12:11:36 PM »
Note they are ROSE colored glasses.

Well he DOES live in Australia.

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Re: Worlds Stupidest Chopper
« Reply #62 on: April 06, 2009, 04:04:13 PM »
just a though; all we have to do is post a link to occ for w.s.c. pix.

but where's the challenge in that?
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