How to Build a Cheap Chopper From $5,000 to $20,000

Remus, Timothy

ISBN 10: 1929133170 / ISBN 13: 9781929133178

Published by Wolfgang Publications, Inc., Stillwater, Minnesota, 2004

About this Item

Corner tips lightly rubbed, thin pen line on bottom outside page edges near binding. 5 Start to finish assembly sequences - Sportster, Big Twin & Metric Choppers. 144 pages.

Seller Inventory # 017653

Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Build a Cheap Chopper From $5,000 to $20,000
• Publisher: Wolfgang Publications, Inc., Stillwater, Minnesota
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1929133170
• ISBN 13: 9781929133178
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Over 400 Color Images
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Transportation and Travel

About this title

Synopsis

Choppers don't 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. Don't 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 thousand dollars or less. Now you've 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.

About the Author

Long time motorhead Timothy Remus is the author of over thirty titles: everything from lifestyle books including Bean're, Motorcycle Nomad; to how-to books such as Cheap Chopper. As president of his own small publishing company, Wolfgang Publications, the former auto mechanic also publishes five to ten books each year for other authors. Tim reports that the twin responsibilities of writing and publishing leave him with limited free time for the really important things: riding motorcycles and working on projects in the garage.