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Post by BB on Jan 26, 2009 19:17:50 GMT
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Post by BB on Jan 26, 2009 19:22:56 GMT
Also did they have Supergrips? Mine has. These pics make my bike look rusty but its not  |
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Post by 4737carling on Jan 27, 2009 10:50:54 GMT
never seen that crank on a chopper before! and no they didnt have supergrips (is the rear tyre in good coondition?) i feel a swap coming on as i have the correct crank for your bike and a new redline rear tire!! Thats an mx tyre on the front!!
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Post by BB on Jan 27, 2009 18:25:04 GMT
Pmed  |
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Post by griftergli on Jan 27, 2009 19:57:41 GMT
wow, never seen supergrip stylee tyres on a chopper - they look really smart! makes it look a bit tougher somehow i think  |
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Post by BB on Jan 27, 2009 20:21:37 GMT
Its an Off Roader ;D
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Post by admin on Jan 27, 2009 21:05:12 GMT
wonder what that'd look like with grifter bars fitted |
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Post by griftergli on Jan 27, 2009 21:45:42 GMT
now there's a challenge bb! ;D
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Post by cotterpin on Jan 28, 2009 22:52:12 GMT
i put cowhorns on my mk2 back in the day (thought it looked smart back then)
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Post by mushroom on Aug 31, 2009 2:16:56 GMT
That looks like my old one when I was a kid back in the early '80s. It had the prismatic stickers on it but I put a grifter back tyre and strika front on it  Snapped it by the back wheel jumping off the bunkers and tees in Saltdean park Seem to remember having a set of Arena forks and front tyre with grifter handlebars too, although it was very hard to ride like that Never know what became of it |
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Post by capitano on Aug 31, 2009 8:22:51 GMT
I don't know what happened to mine either, eventually. It was sold on in not much worse condition than I received it and completely bog standard despite a certain amount of off-roading and attempts to modify the gear shifter with my genitals. All I remember is some young kid's Dad turning up to pick it up the week before Christmas 1975 (my old bike always had to go before I got a new one). I bet it hasn't been looked after! Hmmmmph!  On to serious matters, mine was a MK1 I'm sure, bought just before Christmas 1972 if I remember correctly. It definitely had the mk1 gearshift, and I remember Mk2s coming out and looking slightly different. However, all the Mk1 orange Choppers I've seen latterly have much wider bars than mine had. Mine were narrow, like the ones I see on restored Mk2s now. Was mine something of a "crossover" between Mk1 and mk2? Or were wider bars fitted to earlier ones? No biggie, just one of those things that has bugged me for years and I figured that someone on here may have the definitive answer. |
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Post by ajchopper on Aug 31, 2009 9:15:27 GMT
I don't know what happened to mine either, eventually. It was sold on in not much worse condition than I received it and completely bog standard despite a certain amount of off-roading and attempts to modify the gear shifter with my genitals. All I remember is some young kid's Dad turning up to pick it up the week before Christmas 1975 (my old bike always had to go before I got a new one). I bet it hasn't been looked after! Hmmmmph! On to serious matters, mine was a MK1 I'm sure, bought just before Christmas 1972 if I remember correctly. It definitely had the mk1 gearshift, and I remember Mk2s coming out and looking slightly different. However, all the Mk1 orange Choppers I've seen latterly have much wider bars than mine had. Mine were narrow, like the ones I see on restored Mk2s now. Was mine something of a "crossover" between Mk1 and mk2? Or were wider bars fitted to earlier ones? No biggie, just one of those things that has bugged me for years and I figured that someone on here may have the definitive answer. Yes the last of the mk1 choppers came fitted with the more narrow mk2 style bars. due to the earlier ones moving from the headset, a few people lost there front teeth i believe... |
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Post by capitano on Aug 31, 2009 9:36:52 GMT
Cheers, Dude! I rather suspected it was something along those lines and it's cool to hear it from someone who knows. ;D I like the lines of the narrow bars better.........but then again I also like the mk3 Ben Sherman edition............  |
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Post by jojo on Aug 31, 2009 12:32:04 GMT
Heres mine.    Is the crank from another bike or do some Choppers have this one as well  the chain an pedals are the same as on my vindec bb 8-)dont think ive seen em on a chopper though  |
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Post by BB on Sept 27, 2009 6:05:16 GMT
Its almost finished now. Here it is in its new Harley colours.      Now i'm just waiting for the orange seat strap, and 2 mirrors to arrive in the post. And still need to find a chainguard for it. |
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