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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
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" !!
Chopperite - male.
Chopperette - female.
Get with the programme.