Worst Previous owner mod

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Fast Eddie said:
grandpaul said:
grandpaul said:
More than a few wonderful bodges were found on this beauty...


-AT LEAST 10 pounds of weld & filler material (no exaggeration)
-Extensive use of hose clamps & U-bolts
-Many parts welded to the frame including tank, seat, and sissy bar
-Front fender hose-clamped to stationary AND active members of springer fork
-World's longest rear brake rod
-Worlds longest 3/8" drive ratchet extension used for hand shifter
-1" Harley controls with bodged cable fitments
-One round, one rectangular headlight
-Flat stock rear struts obviously too weak
-All red wiring
-One stainless pipe, one plain
-5 pound double steel pipe coil mount; welded to frame, broke off, duct taped back on
-Kickstart arm welded to kicker shaft
-Front brake hub not anchored
-2-piece HD tank welded to frame with 5 pound chunks of 1/4" thick steel, no cover trim over 2" gap on top between tank halves

...never mind what all wonders were INSIDE the engine
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A mate of mine once bought a Triumph chop. He wasn't a chopperite (or whatever they're called), he wanted to sell the reg number and liberate the motor.

Anyway, the seller was a proper chopperite (or whatever they're called) and as we're looking around the bike, I notice this small, chrome, shiny, cylindrical thing on the top yoke (triple clamp to non English speakers), so I asks the chopperite:

"What's that mate?"

To which came the classic reply:

"Well... it was somat I 'ad... an' it was shiny... so I welded it on" !!
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Chopperite - male.
Chopperette - female.

Get with the programme.
 
BTW I got to see like 3 of Grandpual cycles at Barbers, his paired down Triumph racer used as errand runner there, his mono shock Commando that was an attention getter in auction show that got sold to impressed new owner after seeing its ability to wheelie off in tight spaces and a righteous Bonneville based chopper I spen most time examining to make sense of for my own inspiration. I'm thinking of putting a plow on front of my chopper for small animals and less wheelie on long fork bouncing.
 
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