NORTON CHOPPER

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hope this works. here is a pic of my chopper, I found it behind an old garage.

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Yep, thats what I like to call a car crash. Horrible thing to see, but you just can't take your eye's off of it. :P
 
Yep, thats what I like to call a car crash. Horrible thing to see, but you just can't take your eye's off of it
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Made me LOL at your insightful summary
 
Clearly somebody had a vision (not my vision) and spent time putting it all together. They at least had the sense to use a great power plant on the Chopper. Have fun with it. That's what it's all about.
 
Soooooo.... since you'r feet are so far forward do you reach down with your Right hand to change gears?.......Cj
 
I think it looks pretty good. Needs some cleaning up of the wiring and working out some details like exhaust mounting. (That last 10% of the build that just got cobbed together.) I'd use it for local roadhouse hopping and hooligan behavior and get another Norton to work on/restore just in case you run out of things to do.
 
Amidst all the other stuff I am wondering on the placement of the coils. That spark plug wires goin for it!
 
I think it's cool!

If you old farts remember, that's what a "custom" bike looked like back in that era.
I had a CB750 chopper that looked pretty much just like that one.

I would keep it just as it is as a nod to that bygone time.
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Aside from the lack of fire the only thing that ain't right are the pipes. Folow the frame; one each side, tall pipes up the sissybar w'/megs at the top. Fishtails would be more my style but megs are '60's brit in the US REEEEEEL Tall. TK
 
That thing is sweet!! I would never do anything like that, but it is period style. Right out of the 60s.
Fix it up and ride it .....carefully.
I like it.
MikeM
 
Sweet? Ugh No Not really in its current condition, just the potential to be a head turner instead of stomach. Choppers were to show off and flaunt the law and practicality not as a rusty unfinished ratter but detailed and finished nice as could be. Don't confuse with Bobber style which was taking off stuff or leaving off stuff that just fell off. The hard tail frame with dip for the seat and the springer front are the gems of this interesting chopper. By late '60's early '70s they peaked in popularity and attention to art work in frame molding and far out color schemes. Long grip tassels would be appropriate too with the hair length back then.
 
Funny how nostalgia romanticizes things that died out for a good reason. Spend some time riding around on a chopper and it will make you love your Commando that much more.

Russ
 
rvich said:
Funny how nostalgia romanticizes things that died out for a good reason. Spend some time riding around on a chopper and it will make you love your Commando that much more.

Russ
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But....... with a sissy bar like that, I bet I could strap at least 2 bales of hay on it without much problem at all.
 
Thanks for "ALL" the replies. The chopper is exactly the way I found it, duct tape and all! This is my first Norton, and if things go right with this build, it won't be my last.
 
Once you feel the power curve on that twin, you'll be back for more.

Dave
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