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How to Build a Cheap Chopper |  | Author: Timothy Remus
Publisher: Wolfgang Publications, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 349270
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1ST
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1929133170
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.23
UPC: 652576331707
EAN: 9781929133178
ASIN: 1929133170
Publication Date: June 21, 2004
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Product Description
Choppers dont have to cost thirty thousand dollars. In fact, a chopper built at home can be had for as little as five thousand dollars. The key is the use of a donor bike for most of the components. How to Build a Cheap Chopper documents the construction of four inexpensive choppers with complete start-to-finish photo sequences. Least expensive is the metric chopper, based on a 1970s vintage Japanese four-cylinder engine and transmission installed in a hardtail frame. Dont look for billet accessories or a fancy candy paint job on this one. Next up, price wise, are two bikes built using Buell/Sportster drivetrains. The fact is, a complete used Buell or Sportster can be had for five thou or less. Now youve got more than an engine you have wheels and tires, brakes, hardware, lights, harness, and some sheet metal. Bolt all that stuff to a simple hardtail frame to create an almost-instant chopper. Most lavish, but still cheap by comparison with many of the bikes built today, is a big twin chopper built from carefully chosen aftermarket parts. A RevTech engine and five-speed tranny set in a Rolling Thunder frame. Accessorize from the swap meet and add a simple one-color paint job to create a bike no one needs to be ashamed of.
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 Pretty pictures, lacking substance. November 4, 2008
M. Marlowe (Maryland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The pictures look nice but the book is really lacking any real substance. It tells you basically how to bolt parts together to build choppers of varying price ranges. Anyone with a limited degree of mechanical skill could have written this book. Most of the Tim Remus books I've seen are like this.
 Good overview on how to build a chopper September 27, 2008
Mr. S. Wright (Kuwait)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book gives great overview on how to build your own custom chopper and a variety of styles are presented to suit all budgets. Of course, you need at least some mechanical acumen but it does introduce the reader well to the basics of chopper design and construction and provides inspiration and confidence to actually go out and make one.
Good starting point August 4, 2008
B. Marshall (Illinois, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book gives a glimpse into building a chopper and what is involved. A bit brief in places, it allows the prospective builder to see what they are about to take on.
Basic Information January 23, 2007
Glenn M. Mcclain
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Not the best book on the subject. Lots of nice photos though.
How to Build a Cheap Chopper January 10, 2007
Glen Miller (Australia)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Very good book, so much so I plan to use the advice to build a bike similar to one in the book.
A good alternative to spending large sums on other types of bikes.
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