BUILDERS AND SELLERS OF BOBBERS,
CHOPPERS, AND CUSTOM BUILDS Harley-Davidson Motorcycles for Sale Our design or yours, we build 'em!
A Tribute to the Late Great Artist David Mann
Artist David Mann captured the entire chopper
lifestyle in his work, many of us actually tried to build bikes based on David's most extreme artistic interpretations
of what choppers could look like. The bikes inspired by David Mann soon made their way to reality.
The 70's were definitely heavy into custom bikes, and so were we. Now we're not just taking off unnecessary parts, but we're also adding a few touches
of our own. Back then there were no "custom bike builders" and most of the work we
did in our own garages . Going into the 70's, we really got creative, but kept with the
minimalistic approach, focusing on function and performance and not seeing motorcycles as "art".
We don't do "art"........we build bad-ass motorcycles.
These are great little pieces that totally freaked-out during
my early high school years circa 1966. I kept them pretty much stock, but they sure got bikes into my blood. I
was never the same, even though the big Harley police bikes seemed a bit big and a little out of pocket-reach where I lived back then. Of course, the
next logical step for the ultimate high school bad boys dream was the Norton 850 Commando. Gonna have to get me one
of these.
When I first
saw the Triumph Trident whizzing out of a side street in the late 60's, I slammed straight into the back of a HUGE Lincoln,
causing the ENTIRE windshield in my car to fly into space and shattering all over the road.
Just like the Vets coming back from World War II,
I was exposed to Harleys and bought my first one in 1975 during the Viet Nam conflict. It was a beautiful
black 1975 XLCH Sporster, which quickly became a really cool stripped-down bobber. The rest is history. After I got out of the service, I hung around with lots of
scooter folk, and the more differences I saw in each bike, the more I was hooked. I've been buying, building and selling motorcycles
ever since.
1975 XLCH Sportster This looks like my first Harley I got brand new
in late 1974
My next two models were the 1974 '74 Superglide and
the 1980 Low Rider. These are not the actual bikes, but it'll give you an idead of what I first started customizing.
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