The 11th bike shown was my husbands. He built it in 69 then went all around the U.S on it. He freaked when he saw the picture of it. He's talked about it many times over the years. He lost pictures of the bike and was so glad to see it. He will be 70 in February and still rides. I've often said my husband is the persona of the saying "ride to live, live to ride" . His health isn't the greatest these days but he's still always tinkering away in the garage or working on friends bikes. Thankyou for the picture!
Now that's Awesome , you put this up 2 years ago , well I just found it and I started with Bike building in 1970 , well parts and still ride , Tell your Husband he's got a big Gday from Down Under
I often wonder where these people are now, If they are alive still. I was born in the late 50s so I was a bit young during the 70s, but god it looks like they had so much fun. The 70s seemed such a kool time to be kicking around. I feel sorry for the young ones today, so many rules, Our generation had the best time. Thanks for posting the pics and good sounds too.
I was just a kid during these times, but i remember them. I feel sorry for the kids today too, we had a lot of fun and not many rules, stayed outside till dark riding our bicycles, made rafts and floated the lake, fished, and had fun. Now you can,t even blink without needing some stupid permit or some other control mechanism.
I was one of them. In the late 60's I rode a 650cc BSA I chopped. I started riding in 1958 in FL on a Harley light weight 125cc at 14 years old. Back then you could get a learners permit that allowed you to ride a motor cycle. I'm almost 73 now and ride an 04 Harley Low Rider.
Awesome Bikes...love them all, from a time when you just build your chopper yourself and did'nt leave being creative to other moneymakers....respect for those days !
I wish I could go back there again and hop on my '53 gooseneck. Those were the years when living in the wind was the very best as far as I'm concerned! Back when we were still stroking bikes using 80 in. wheels in 61's and 74's.
blast from the past! 10 over-12 over, springers, girder,tubes. hardtail-softtails, peanut-coffin-tanks etc.etc. how the scooters changed! i think I'm going to ride from the past.. happy trails....
Awesome video, before the days of cookie cutter choppers and corporate sponsors, when you had to add time to your trips cause you were going to get pulled over at least twice, if your bike was bad enough. This is how I started my 42 years of riding!
I going out and start my raked sporty an I am going for a long ride . She's Mopar purple metallic with lavender side panels with fish scales . Back rest sets a foot over my head with a Maltese at it's peak . Drag pipes that roars an rip! Thanks for inspiring me.... Buy Buy!
The Triumph at 3:59 looks just like my 1st bike, from there I went to a 52 Panhead, kept the Triumph for over 14 years though, always started always ran.
Outstanding I'm sending this off the Pete Smith's friend Pete Smith is a builder from Lockport New York he passed away few years back is there a great job thank you brings back a lot of memories
Hell no.. my 1st chopper I built in 1970 when I was 18 was a 67 Triumph, 650 bored out to 700, hard tail 14 over front end, 21" front tire , 16" rear, My second was a 66 Shovelhead,, Choppers were low & long & fun to ride..
We built these in our basements or garages, & backyards. No fancy tools or computer programs, just a hacksaw , a torch if a friend had one, shit I did some nice paint with spray cans. LOL Had to send parts out to be chromed, couldn't buy a lot of custom parts, they had to be made . It was fun & you could build a bike for a couple grand.. not 30K
I bought my first Harley when I was 19 in 1975. It is a 1952 flathead Harley trike that was built by the vice president of the iron horseman MC in Cincinnati. I still have the bike and still ride, yes the seventies were very different than today. I also have a 91 fat boy that Peter Fonda rode during Daytona's bike week of 1991. Great pictures and memories.
I had a 4 cylinder 350 Honda, hard tail stretched frame, 11 inch over front forks, hog tire on back and Honda 90 front tire. Two square driving lights for high and low beam. Good times.
Brings me back to the late 60's when there was a half dozen different motorcycle gangs roaring up and down the streets on their Harleys. The Satan's Choice, the Black Diamond Riders,The Paradise Riders, The Vagabonds, among others. It was a pretty crazy time, never to be repeated.
Thanks for putting this video together, I know it took a lotta time. It's the best chopper video I've seen on UA-cam, and I'm including my own crummy chopper videos, hahaha.
I bought a Speed Twin 1953 basket case back then - Whenever I want to be extra depressed, I think about the parts I've lost while moving it from house to flat aso... Won't ever sell it though - it, my records and my 100+ Easyriders are "all" I have left from then - except my stunningly hansom looks..
Yes, the Summer of 69 in 1970 as "A" " Biker in The Brotherhood " in the Hood of The " Underground " of Detroit and my Neighbors arriving after WORK with 30 or SO, Choppers in my Neighbors parking place With THE Mob helping me Fix the Neighborhood of 69 was a Time of Hot Ladies in Mini - Skerts while made Almost as Money as The Almighty God in our Hood. By the way, " Thanks for your Thumbs ^UP^. I Believe Hayden Panettiere that you should have "KNOWN" me in The summer of of the 70's and 69. " I've Always Loved you Hayden Panettiere " " I'll Always Love 💘 you Hayden Panettiere " As Honest as as outlaw Biker in the Ghetto, Mr. "P." Butter a.k.a. Neal P. J. Fry
Hello Heavenly Hayden Panettiere, Dave Verseput, "A" Buddy from our Old Neighborhood had "A" Porche Powered " Three Wheeler, or Trike with 6 Pipes like "The MUNSTER Mobile" in the early 1970's. His "Pipes" were cut on an Angle like a Pipe - Organ in Church. His Gas - Tank was what many Dragsters and Funny Cars at The " Drag Strip. The ALL Tripple Plated Extended Front - End was for WHEEL STANDS in the Quarter Mile. At this point in Life, MEN coming Home from The Vietnam War and Battle Brave Young MEN were Angry at our Government " Not Allowing us, U.S. to WIN the War our Government STARTED, amen." " Thank 'you' Hayden Panettiere " For Changing my Life, Heart & Soul. Hayden Panettiere's my Miracle, my goddess and my Inspiration. Hayden, I've never had an opportunity to meet and Greet you with a Bouquet of your Favorite Flowers and I Hope that Last Year, 2020, you Hayden Panettiere received "Merry Christmas in July" by The Brookside Artist Management. " I'll Always Love 💘 you Hayden Panettiere " As Honest as Almighty God in Heaven, Neal Patrick Fry from Detroit, Michigan.
To me these are real bikes my style i don't knock anyone for riding whatever bike or brand the late 60s up to mid 70s was the time for this culture to really hit the streets and now its gone not the culture so much but sadly it is slowly coming to an end and a new one will take of its us old farts who are in our 60s and upwards that only knows those times because we were there my generation,today many young people try to bring it back and they are doing a great job but its there way in 30 years time they will be saying the same thing to the young ones then. Sadly time does not stand still its old vids and pics that bring back the memories for me and this video did just that i made my bike that i ride to this day and i'm nearly 65 into an image of those bikes and i love it my way of keeping my past alive i don't live in the past we have to move on but to all of us the past is all we know as we cannot experience next week keep rocking mother fuckers rock on
My 1st bike was a ‘67triumph Chopper with red tank with multi colored flames - rake front end - short drag pipes - welded handle bar (that were illegal bc they were homemade and not mfg produced so I tell pigs Harley-Davidson made ) , was nothing to do wheelies often , crazy scene back then ..
I knew a guy, who had switched forks, and had problems with getting it reg. They had foucus on axle distance, and he had to document it being right. So he photo shopped the distance his had onto a pic from some official HD thing, and made a copy, and the law dude accepted it, believing it was legit..
Just got the love of my life a few days ago and can't stop looking at these beauty's since lol.iv always wanted a bike but never knew what the feeling everyone talked about until I literally bought an now own my own Harley lol.its just something about it that makes you feel free and complete.i can't wait to start customizing it and puting my own personality in it.its kind of hard to do tho because she's already done up so beautiful and looks so nice lol.
Nostalgia, that's all. (I'm 58.) You can have any of those bikes today the same way you could have one then, by building them, and it's far easier now. Shovelheads are easy to find at reasonable prices, Ironheads are cheap (for good reason, get a Shovel instead!), and instead of fucking about ordering through a local shop which had to order enough parts for a minimum order you can get damn near anything with a few mouse clicks. Panheads are getting expensive but you can still find engines and on a chopper the rest may as well be improved aftermarket. Now go for a ride!
I subscribed to Choppers magazine (when Roth wrote for it). I also got monthly issues of Big Bike magazine. Bikes became certainly more radical after "Easy Rider" hit the big screen. Jim Leonard built the most accurate "Easy Rider" replica bikes.
Now those were the kind of choppers that I remember riding Those for me were the days. I sure wish I wouldn't of sold my bikes from the 60's-80's I could have bought 5or6 what I could get one for today. Hind sight is 20/20.
yes back when Choppers were cool lean back baby guy on the highway a lot of people got killed all these cool looking bikes but they're still looking cool Long Live cool
Was called Yogi.......Shovel head forever rode the Harley Davidson when it was,nt cool ... we rode them fast hard and laughed at those guys with rice burners ... 67 now wish i could live it all over again....
never got that. I raised kids, worked two jobs and rode for the last 45 years, never without a motörcycle! when some brat gives me the mid life crisis BULL💩SHIT I know we will never be riding partners because age and experience means they can't keep up even if they ride a Hyabusa! not all us of guys got our bikes when our kids had grown up, some kids had to put up with parents who would not stay home. Ride to live, FOREVER!
I remember 90% of these photos from 1969 threw 1975 .. the majority was from In the wind .but then and now the Cat sitting in the first 12 photos at his front end still looks like a Young Ralph Barger .
Some of these bikes were stupid and dangerous. I sold my 67 sporster to a guy around 71 or so with an extended front end and some beautiful wheels that I bought in California. He called me one night to say that the rear wheel which had 5 diamond shaped spokes had broken off at the spool, as he left a traffic light. Lucky he wasn’t hurt, and damage to the bike was minimal. Another time, we pulled in for gas off the highway after riding in a tight pack of more than thirty bikes, back around the same time. One of the guys had a K model that was beautiful with a raked and extended front end. The welds failed at the pump, and the bike collapsed onto its frame tubes. Could have killed some of us had it happened at speed, twenty minutes earlier. Some of the work was well done, some not. Same went for the limited selection of after market parts vendors who were rushing into the chopper market. Some were beautiful, but better to look at than ride at high speed. Many a passenger fell victim to sissy bars that broke as well. I do recall when one of our guys lost a girl off the back, taking off from a light fast. She wasn’t hurt, but the tail light caught and ripped her short pants right off. You could not have scripted it better, lol.
Love this video but one complaint. Wish I could play it twice as slow so I could look at each picture longer!!! I have two Dressers and now I want to cut up my ol' Shovel and make it into a vintage chopper. Thanks a lot
could not make a U turn to slow a ride to hard to control a chopper, to bouncy and now we must go on long rides for club meeting across the Country. they just cannot be used for what a club needs.. FXR is the way to go for in town riding ... and a touring Harley style for long rides . like road king or a road glide is a great choice for some ... but that new Low Rider Harley is my next ride of choice ... got a FXR and 2019 King now ,,, but i am getting that low rider next year...
yea ,my pan (for 14 yrs ) had rear mechanical brake only ,stop real good and I had a foot clutch too , good ole days , got a bagger now , not the same , been thinking of building another chopper
Front drums were garbage (road race Fontanas etc somewhat excepted) and early HD discs were deliberately weak from the factory because idiots thought if you overbraked a 600lb motorcycle you'd do an endo, so a spool hub wasn't too much of a drawback relative to the alternatives. Those wanting discs could turn their own and use Hurst-Airheart or Lockheed calipers (both styles are still available).
Most choppers didn't have front brakes, or front fenders, speedo, tach, horn ,or mufflers. I used 1 small mirror. had a pair of muffled pipes to put on when I had to take it to inspection after getting a ticket. then back to straight pipes. I once used a chrome stingray bicycle fender as my front fender. small enough to just pass the fender law. LOL
I loved these, when they showed up in the pages of the early "Street Chopper" magazine. Now days, I realize that some of those "traditional styling cues" look kinda ridiculous (like the ultra-long front ends) or just downright oogly, like "king and queen seats." Still love choppers (though not the "modern" variants, I must confess) and IMHO, the "Capt. America" and "Billy" bikes represent the epitome of chopper perfection.
The 11th bike shown was my husbands. He built it in 69 then went all around the U.S on it. He freaked when he saw the picture of it. He's talked about it many times over the years. He lost pictures of the bike and was so glad to see it. He will be 70 in February and still rides. I've often said my husband is the persona of the saying "ride to live, live to ride" . His health isn't the greatest these days but he's still always tinkering away in the garage or working on friends bikes. Thankyou for the picture!
The one in front of the Chevelle?
Now that's Awesome , you put this up 2 years ago , well I just found it and I started with Bike building in 1970 , well parts and still ride , Tell your Husband he's got a big Gday from Down Under
I just went back and had a look it's a Triumph love it , I had a 1970 Bonnie you made me Smile thank you for that ( now I know I'm old )
RESPECT
@@spiderbrandt4066 And a fine Triumph it is
I often wonder where these people are now, If they are alive still. I was born in the late 50s so I was a bit young during the 70s, but god it looks like they had so much fun. The 70s seemed such a kool time to be kicking around. I feel sorry for the young ones today, so many rules, Our generation had the best time. Thanks for posting the pics and good sounds too.
I was just a kid during these times, but i remember them. I feel sorry for the kids today too, we had a lot of fun and not many rules, stayed outside till dark riding our bicycles, made rafts and floated the lake, fished, and had fun. Now you can,t even blink without needing some stupid permit or some other control mechanism.
I was one of them. In the late 60's I rode a 650cc BSA I chopped. I started riding in 1958 in FL on a Harley light weight 125cc at 14 years old. Back then you could get a learners permit that allowed you to ride a motor cycle. I'm almost 73 now and ride an 04 Harley Low Rider.
you are right. we had a blast
A Thunderbolt for me then!
john lowe. I was born in 1957 got my 1st chopper in 1974 still out here riding today!
Back when Bikers were Bikers and Harley`s were still Harley`s
True but there were some bad ass Honda and Kawasaki choppers also the 70s.
@@cindysue5474 I agree and BSA, TRIUMP, ETC.
Awesome Bikes...love them all, from a time when you just build your chopper yourself and did'nt leave being creative to other moneymakers....respect for those days !
I am 16 years old, and I would have liked to live this time
I wish I could go back there again and hop on my '53 gooseneck.
Those were the years when living in the wind was the very best as far as I'm concerned! Back when we were still stroking bikes using 80 in. wheels in 61's and 74's.
Smoke a hooter and ride. While my girl flashes the old men. He'll ya. Now I'm the old man. Flash me girls.....
You make me feel like a dirty old man out of training hell yeah hoorah
Fk most I see on sleds today are to prudish and snoodish to show their Tits. 39 years ago is a centuary away from now .Bud .
@@lukeryan900 I hope, you like to - I sure as fuk do..!!!
Love the old style bikes. They are works of art.
I can just imagine all the crazy colours and metal flake and gold leaf we aren't seeing in those black and whites
blast from the past! 10 over-12 over, springers, girder,tubes. hardtail-softtails, peanut-coffin-tanks etc.etc. how the scooters changed! i think I'm going to ride from the past.. happy trails....
Dig that sawed off exhaust pipes on that cover bike the 70 s awesome with all the basket case bikes that
We're home built custom creations 👍
Awesome video, before the days of cookie cutter choppers and corporate sponsors, when you had to add time to your trips cause you were going to get pulled over at least twice, if your bike was bad enough. This is how I started my 42 years of riding!
I going out and start my raked sporty an I am going for a long ride . She's Mopar purple metallic with lavender side panels with fish scales . Back rest sets a foot over my head with a Maltese at it's peak . Drag pipes that roars an rip! Thanks for inspiring me.... Buy Buy!
Hope you had a good ride - now take one more, cause I bet you still have it...
Ahhhh the 70's cool looking bikes!! chops on the guys,those were the days
Straight out of Big Bike and Chopper magazines👍
The Triumph at 3:59 looks just like my 1st bike, from there I went to a 52 Panhead, kept the Triumph for over 14 years though, always started always ran.
Outstanding I'm sending this off the Pete Smith's friend Pete Smith is a builder from Lockport New York he passed away few years back is there a great job thank you brings back a lot of memories
Fun. The way motorcycles should be.
choppers forever
That 2nd bike is killer ! They all are great but that 2nd bike .
These are the best choppers by far. not like the occ bullshit bike's of today.
You wouldn't prefer an Evo engine with no leaks?
Hell no...
Hell no.. my 1st chopper I built in 1970 when I was 18 was a 67 Triumph, 650 bored out to 700, hard tail 14 over front end, 21" front tire , 16" rear, My second was a 66 Shovelhead,, Choppers were low & long & fun to ride..
We built these in our basements or garages, & backyards. No fancy tools or computer programs, just a hacksaw , a torch if a friend had one, shit I did some nice paint with spray cans. LOL Had to send parts out to be chromed, couldn't buy a lot of custom parts, they had to be made . It was fun & you could build a bike for a couple grand.. not 30K
Forever essa poha mesmo danice se eu não sei falar inglês, mas Amo as motocicletas O rock and' Roll viva as duas rodas a liberdade baby heheh!!!!🤘😎
I bought my first Harley when I was 19 in 1975. It is a 1952 flathead Harley trike that was built by the vice president of the iron horseman MC in Cincinnati. I still have the bike and still ride, yes the seventies were very different than today. I also have a 91 fat boy that Peter Fonda rode during Daytona's bike week of 1991. Great pictures and memories.
I had a 4 cylinder 350 Honda, hard tail stretched frame, 11 inch over front forks, hog tire on back and Honda 90 front tire. Two square driving lights for high and low beam. Good times.
Brings me back to the late 60's when there was a half dozen different motorcycle gangs roaring up and down the streets on their Harleys. The Satan's Choice, the Black Diamond Riders,The Paradise Riders, The Vagabonds, among others. It was a pretty crazy time, never to be repeated.
Thanks for putting this video together, I know it took a lotta time. It's the best chopper video I've seen on UA-cam, and I'm including my own crummy chopper videos, hahaha.
This takes me back! Bought a 76 xlch back then... still have it! Whenever I want nostalgia I take it for a ride!
I bought a Speed Twin 1953 basket case back then - Whenever I want to be extra depressed, I think about the parts I've lost while moving it from house to flat aso... Won't ever sell it though - it, my records and my 100+ Easyriders are "all" I have left from then - except my stunningly hansom looks..
First bike looks like my first bike I built from scratch!!!👍😎❤️🎶🎵🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
" I Love me as Much as myself. "
Yes, the Summer of 69 in 1970 as "A"
" Biker in The Brotherhood " in the Hood of
The " Underground " of Detroit and my Neighbors arriving after WORK with 30 or
SO, Choppers in my Neighbors parking place
With THE Mob helping me Fix the Neighborhood of 69 was a Time of Hot Ladies in Mini - Skerts while made Almost
as Money as The Almighty God in our Hood.
By the way, " Thanks for your Thumbs ^UP^.
I Believe Hayden Panettiere that you should have "KNOWN" me in The summer of
of the 70's and 69.
" I've Always Loved you Hayden Panettiere "
" I'll Always Love 💘 you Hayden Panettiere "
As Honest as as outlaw Biker in the Ghetto,
Mr. "P." Butter a.k.a. Neal P. J. Fry
Hello Heavenly Hayden Panettiere,
Dave Verseput, "A" Buddy from our Old
Neighborhood had "A" Porche Powered
" Three Wheeler, or Trike with 6 Pipes like
"The MUNSTER Mobile" in the early 1970's.
His "Pipes" were cut on an Angle like a
Pipe - Organ in Church. His Gas - Tank was
what many Dragsters and Funny Cars at The " Drag Strip. The ALL Tripple Plated
Extended Front - End was for WHEEL STANDS in the Quarter Mile.
At this point in Life, MEN coming Home from The Vietnam War and Battle Brave
Young MEN were Angry at our Government
" Not Allowing us, U.S. to WIN the War our
Government STARTED, amen."
" Thank 'you' Hayden Panettiere "
For Changing my Life, Heart & Soul.
Hayden Panettiere's my Miracle, my goddess and my Inspiration. Hayden,
I've never had an opportunity to meet and
Greet you with a Bouquet of your Favorite
Flowers and I Hope that Last Year, 2020, you Hayden Panettiere received "Merry Christmas in July" by The Brookside Artist
Management.
" I'll Always Love 💘 you Hayden Panettiere "
As Honest as Almighty God in Heaven,
Neal Patrick Fry from Detroit, Michigan.
To me these are real bikes my style i don't knock anyone for riding whatever bike or brand the late 60s up to mid 70s was the time for this culture to really hit the streets and now its gone not the culture so much but sadly it is slowly coming to an end and a new one will take of its us old farts who are in our 60s and upwards that only knows those times because we were there my generation,today many young people try to bring it back and they are doing a great job but its there way in 30 years time they will be saying the same thing to the young ones then. Sadly time does not stand still its old vids and pics that bring back the memories for me and this video did just that i made my bike that i ride to this day and i'm nearly 65 into an image of those bikes and i love it my way of keeping my past alive i don't live in the past we have to move on but to all of us the past is all we know as we cannot experience next week keep rocking mother fuckers rock on
nostalgia...
My 1st bike was a ‘67triumph Chopper with red tank with multi colored flames - rake front end - short drag pipes - welded handle bar (that were illegal bc they were homemade and not mfg produced so I tell pigs Harley-Davidson made ) , was nothing to do wheelies often , crazy scene back then ..
I knew a guy, who had switched forks, and had problems with getting it reg. They had foucus on axle distance, and he had to document it being right. So he photo shopped the distance his had onto a pic from some official HD thing, and made a copy, and the law dude accepted it, believing it was legit..
Yes sir boys ! Great bikes n tunes ! Those were the days ! Gawd how I miss em !
I’m building a time machine. If it works we’re going back. Be ready....
@@1941392 take me with you
Great compilation and music !! Love it !!
Just got the love of my life a few days ago and can't stop looking at these beauty's since lol.iv always wanted a bike but never knew what the feeling everyone talked about until I literally bought an now own my own Harley lol.its just something about it that makes you feel free and complete.i can't wait to start customizing it and puting my own personality in it.its kind of hard to do tho because she's already done up so beautiful and looks so nice lol.
Why at 56 years of age, does this Choke me up and cause tears to fall?
Craig Responds nostalgia?
Nostalgia, that's all. (I'm 58.) You can have any of those bikes today the same way you could have one then, by building them, and it's far easier now. Shovelheads are easy to find at reasonable prices, Ironheads are cheap (for good reason, get a Shovel instead!), and instead of fucking about ordering through a local shop which had to order enough parts for a minimum order you can get damn near anything with a few mouse clicks. Panheads are getting expensive but you can still find engines and on a chopper the rest may as well be improved aftermarket. Now go for a ride!
Union Blacksmith damn, thats deep brother
Because this was you and now it's gone. It's been traded for that nice house and car. The wife and kids. Yep, your happy and you know it...
I subscribed to Choppers magazine (when Roth wrote for it). I also got monthly issues of Big Bike magazine. Bikes became certainly more radical after "Easy Rider" hit the big screen. Jim Leonard built the most accurate "Easy Rider" replica bikes.
The Mamas - The Papas - California Dreamin-And born to be wild
Now those were the kind of choppers that I remember riding Those for me were the days. I sure wish I wouldn't of sold my bikes from the 60's-80's I could have bought 5or6 what I could get one for today. Hind sight is 20/20.
These look like my old chopper bubble gum trading cards when I was a kid. Best choppers still.
The older generations were always way cooler
Ole'Skool Rules!!!!
yes back when Choppers were cool lean back baby guy on the highway a lot of people got killed all these cool looking bikes but they're still looking cool Long Live cool
bike like these will never look outdated
A panhead chopper is the sexiest beast on two wheels!! Gotta know your machine!
Was called Yogi.......Shovel head forever rode the Harley Davidson when it was,nt cool ... we rode them fast hard and laughed at those guys with rice burners ... 67 now wish i could live it all over again....
never got that. I raised kids, worked two jobs and rode for the last 45 years, never without a motörcycle! when some brat gives me the mid life crisis BULL💩SHIT I know we will never be riding partners because age and experience means they can't keep up even if they ride a Hyabusa! not all us of guys got our bikes when our kids had grown up, some kids had to put up with parents who would not stay home. Ride to live, FOREVER!
Another time
Backyard engineering at it's finest.. especially considering we were drinking & smoking.. LOL
3:04 ... "Preacher" Eddie Paul and Chris. Good times.
Cool Choppers ! love it !
Excellent beautiful inmortal
Love them Pan Heads. Yup!
I remember 90% of these photos from 1969 threw 1975 .. the majority was from In the wind .but then and now the Cat sitting in the first 12 photos at his front end still looks like a Young Ralph Barger .
Posters - the walls of dreams we lived with - bikes, bands and broads
Buen video... saludos
I really like your choppers.
the days of pan and shovel heads
Knuckle heads
Perfect soundtrack for the slideshow.
Good old time
At 1:48 when you switched to include people.... the images go by a little too fast to enjoy the photographs.
Iconic songs. Great pix.
👍😉
Best bikes!
Nice 60s built Chopper and the 60s generation is when they first appeared 👌
late 50s
JESUS SAVES- THE MESSAGE IS STILL THE SAME TODAY.
When bikers wore boots
Because kick starting sucks wearing athletic shoes. It's still fucking stupid to ride without boots but fashion is fashion.
fashion in the 21st century is the fucking biggest joke I have ever witnessed ! born in 56!
sick scoots, gotta build an old-school chopper
Aquella peña molaba tela y cantidad, cuando los hombres eran auténticos machos.
I grew up on this shit. Fkn loved it,
Always liked Billy's bike more. I will use that as justification for blowing $250.00 when the 1st editions came out.
Oh if we / I could go back to that era... Say, why did we / I leave it?!?!?
magnifiquaaaaaaaaa...............
Some of these bikes were stupid and dangerous. I sold my 67 sporster to a guy around 71 or so with an extended front end and some
beautiful wheels that I bought in California. He called me one night to say that the rear wheel which had 5 diamond shaped spokes
had broken off at the spool, as he left a traffic light. Lucky he wasn’t hurt, and damage to the bike was minimal. Another time, we
pulled in for gas off the highway after riding in a tight pack of more than thirty bikes, back around the same time. One of the guys had a K model that was beautiful with a raked and extended front end. The welds failed at the pump, and the bike collapsed onto its frame tubes.
Could have killed some of us had it happened at speed, twenty minutes earlier. Some of the work was well done, some not. Same went for the limited selection of after market parts vendors who were rushing into the chopper market. Some were beautiful, but better to look at than ride at high speed. Many a passenger fell victim to sissy bars that broke as well. I do recall when one of our guys lost a girl off the back, taking off from a light fast. She wasn’t hurt, but the tail light caught and ripped her short pants right off. You could not have scripted it better, lol.
Amazing time...
chopper for ever
Hankzackpu
My kinda Choppers.
Best of the best
@2:31 now thats a photo! Ride on brother!
Love this video but one complaint. Wish I could play it twice as slow so I could look at each picture longer!!! I have two Dressers and now I want to cut up my ol' Shovel and make it into a vintage chopper. Thanks a lot
905 fredy me too. do it!!
In the 70s the best style chop..was called a long bike...in my opinion
could not make a U turn to slow a ride to hard to control a chopper, to bouncy and now we must go on long rides for club meeting across the Country. they just cannot be used for what a club needs.. FXR is the way to go for in town riding ... and a touring Harley style for long rides . like road king or a road glide is a great choice for some ... but that new Low Rider Harley is my next ride of choice ... got a FXR and 2019 King now ,,, but i am getting that low rider next year...
I just want to smoke a bowl and ride
Working on that rite now!!!!
Tis the life
You had to be there......
I guess a front brake is just an option for a chopper. Don't know if I like that feature, cool bikes though.
the cars back then didn't stop any better
yea ,my pan (for 14 yrs ) had rear mechanical brake only ,stop real good and I had a foot clutch too , good ole days , got a bagger now , not the same , been thinking of building another chopper
DO IT!!!!
Front drums were garbage (road race Fontanas etc somewhat excepted) and early HD discs were deliberately weak from the factory because idiots thought if you overbraked a 600lb motorcycle you'd do an endo, so a spool hub wasn't too much of a drawback relative to the alternatives. Those wanting discs could turn their own and use Hurst-Airheart or Lockheed calipers (both styles are still available).
Most choppers didn't have front brakes, or front fenders, speedo, tach, horn ,or mufflers. I used 1 small mirror. had a pair of muffled pipes to put on when I had to take it to inspection after getting a ticket. then back to straight pipes. I once used a chrome stingray bicycle fender as my front fender. small enough to just pass the fender law. LOL
When i think of a chopper this is what i think of and why everyone thinks any Vtwin is a chopper leads me to believe people are dumbasses...
Ah yes, A.E.E. inspired bikes. No saddle bags. No Bluetooth. No cell phone. No GPS. Candy Apple paint. Lots of Chrome extended forks and hardtail
A couple of them look like my old 50 pan that I wish istil had
Right on!!!
to think some of these people grandparents were very COOL!!
Best vid ever!
Chapeau Bas
Got rolling frame 1piece handlebar an fork
Auld Lang Syne, My Dear
só apaixonado
Choppers for life!
For fil
My childhoods posters - but I need colours to watch it - what a shame... Nice idea though, so you get the like anyway..
Loud pipes
to mornig a jount and the day is jour frend
I loved these, when they showed up in the pages of the early "Street Chopper" magazine. Now days, I realize that some of those "traditional styling cues" look kinda ridiculous (like the ultra-long front ends) or just downright oogly, like "king and queen seats." Still love choppers (though not the "modern" variants, I must confess) and IMHO, the "Capt. America" and "Billy" bikes represent the epitome of chopper perfection.
opinions are like assholes!
I actually knew Barnaby Wilde.
So, did that trike at 3:50 come back down or go all the way over?
Hes still ridin it pn the back wheels
had to have a strong back
Can you believe it, I sold my Honda 4/4 for a mortgage
another time
Never enough
3:12 Jeff McCann