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Trailblazer
A cool photo from Steve Sharp's garageA friend's father tears up a trail in El Segundo, CA aboard his VL Bob Job.
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White Bear & Loco Motion
Photo courtesy of Joe Hurst. Taken at Dick Allen's house upon their return from a cross country run. Arguably two of the best examples of the South Bay Chopper.
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Denvers Choppers Shop Towel
Another cool item from Steve Sharp's garage. The real deal from Berdoo. Quite possibly the coolest shop rag around.
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This Month's Header/Love Cycles...
... not the shop, but a card I made for Valentines 1991The art was updated to show the bikes as they are today.
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This Month's Header-The South Bay and Trikes
Sorry about the new all time low. Two months headers back to back without any other postings! A few things have conspired against me. 1. Blog burn out. 2. My ancient computer's browser is not...
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More South Bay Originals
Here's Nasty Nez with his original Loco Motion knucklehead chopper. He later gave the tank and name to Dick Allen. If you go back and look up the post of Dick's Vincent chopper you'll see the same...
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Roth's California Cruiser
Ed Roth's V8 powered California Cruiser was the prototype for the Ed Roth/Dick Allen joint venture Cobra Trike kits. I'll be posting the article from this issue soon.
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Fats... The Other South Bay Builder
When it comes to South Bay Choppers one might automatically think Dick Allen, but there was another well known local builder... Fats. I've known of him and his shop (Sportster Heaven, or was it...
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Wise Guy Trike
The infamous Dr. Sprocket sent these vintage photos of Bob Wise's chopped trike.While chronically underpowered, the 45 cubic inch falthead Serv-car makes for one cool chopper.Talk about stance! Chopped...
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Shovelhead Blend Blog Filler
Here's a shot of my first big twin circa 1984 in Redondo Beach. It was what some call a blend bike. A 1974 FLH engine in a 1972 FX frame. At this Bob Job stage it was undergoing transformation from a...
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Jasper's Trike
I still have a bunch of photos from Mr. Joe Hurst that never got posted. First up, his friend Jasper and his trike. Joe say's Jasper (may he R.I.P.), was one cool dude.I also have more trike photos...
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Sacraknucklehead Trike
Continuing with the trike coverage, here's a Sacramento based Knucklehead trike from the early '70's.The seats and pipes look to be inspired by Tom McMullen's Corviar trike.Photo courtesy of Dr. Sprocket.
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The Thinker
More of Big Roy from Kerry Crist. Big Roy comtemplates his next move. Everything about this photo is classic Biker. It could be a David Mann painting.Nice molding. Sadly, Big Roy past away before...
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Cross Bones Trike
Recently on ebaySeller said he was trying to make it look as if it was stock. Custom made steel pick-up truck style box plus wire wheels do a pretty good job of it.
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Roth's California Cruiser The Article
Here's the article from the December 1969 issue of Choppers Magazine featuring the finished project. Click on each image to enlarge and read. This is the prototype and grand daddy of all the Roth/Allen...
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Roth's Experiments
When Ed Roth built each new custom vehicle (car, bike, or trike), they weren't just frivolous show vehicles. They were also experiments for new ideas or bulding techniques like using fiberglass for...
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2 More Sac Trikes
Here's a couple more trikes from Dr. Sprocket.Nice!. Dig the Harman springer and Principal's office school chair.Holy fiberglass Batman!
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Ol' Blue Re-New
Joe Hurst sent this phone photo of my neighbor Steve Sharp's recently refreshed South Bay Chopper Ol' Blue. He's only had her for something like 35 years. I'll get some real sharp photos asap.
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