Choppers Australia

Swap meets finally starting to happen again. Clear Skies overhead. Morgan Swap meet; the first in a long time, so what better excuse for camping overnight and putting a few miles on the old girl. A chance to find some bits for my customers, to promote Choppers Australia and perhaps meet a few like m...

Midnight Ride coming up again with in next two weeks if the weather is righe. Meet Vilies (Mile End) at 8pm and cruise randomly for a few hours or so and finish up for supper around 11pm (probably northern Villies this time). Always a fun night with a profile up Rundle Street as part of the evening....

This weekend, sorry for the late notice. Terry, Rob and I heading up this arvo, Leaving Modbury around 130pm, and camping overnight on the site. You are welcome to join us.

CA annual Chopper Muster on weekend of November 21st is getting organised. Peter has almost finished sussing out the route which takes a few test trips over the course to check times (and bumps for the rigids). Can't have lunch too late! Archery... Bones is sadly no longer on this earth, so Chris an...

Myself included EK, crooked numbers, upside down, double stamped. Took a bit of time to work out a reasonable system.

There are a few things worth knowing when stamping a VIN Number onto your chopper. It is virtually impossible to get the numbers and letters in a straight line without a guide... not easy on a flat surface much less a curved steering head. To keep things straight I use a piece of 30mm angle iron a b...

Hope he stays enthused. Choppers will only survive if our younger ones get the bug. Will be a nice little chopper.

Ah. Another good project to watch. A lot happening at TCS, but just no time atm to get posts up.

Last two jobs on tank... Tank has a nasty deep fold on the right hand side from being hit by the forks in the accident that got this bike written off. Dent is forced out using a bar inside and heat... http://www.choppersaustralia.com/PictureLibrary7/CAFDiggensTankDent01.jpg Fortunately, this tank ha...

Mounting the fuel tank... We are using the stock tank because Garry will be travelling longish distances (He lives 200 miles from civilisation!) and because it is actually quite a good proportioned tank. We are making some changes though; front will be raised about 3", cowl that covers filler and f...

Rear Indicators... Haven't seen this done before, though I'm sure it has been. Makes for a very tidy set up and also a clean finish to the frame rails. Instead of the standard mounting procedure, we are pulling the electrics out of the indicators and mounting them in the end of each seat rail. Beca...

Taillight now; Garry peruses my display of tailights (the biggest range in SA) and picks out a few possibilities. Because the chopper has to go through the engineering and regio process, lights and reflectors have to be E Marked, even though there is no difference in quality... in fact the differenc...

Nice feeling when you can finally sit on the final version.

Four processes left on the seat; 1.fab up two sides, 2.built front mounts, 3. finish padding, 4. upholstery. The last will by Tony, a local motorcycle only upholsterer who has been in the business since Noah was a lad. Seat needs to be strengthened by building in side pieces under the passenger seat...

Mounting rear guard... I give Garry the usual selection of guards and he decides on a short flat guard with narrow valences. This CB750 rear guard gives the look he wants... http://www.choppersaustralia.com/PictureLibrary7/CAFDiggensRearGuard-00.jpg A new flat guard with a rear lip comes out of sto...