okie dokie.... i was thinking about starting a new project. i want a chopper / bobber but i want it to be reliable and powerful and so many other things that harley motors aren't. anyhow..... i want to start with a vtr motor... has anybody seen this..... doen this? pictures would be great!

 

I have a Cycle World somewhere that has a really nice one he even kept but modified the frame. I'll see if I can find it in the back issue vault a.k.a. library a.k.a. bathroom.

 

... has anybody seen this..... doen this? pictures would be great!


I remember boys they made a chopper out of a VTR about half way though this video

http://www.v-rodforums.com/movies/barges.wmv


~Jeffers

 

Don't know about past projects like this, but I have a ton of used VTR parts (including a motor) that I could sell you, if you are in need of them.

 

not quite what i was looking for... hehehehe

 

Here I was expecting to see them actually working on the bike, trying to make a chopper out of it. Not exactly. I listened to the chatter about 5 times and I still can't understand exactly what the hell they are talking about. Was it just me or did that guy call his VTR a "shitty bike" earlier in the vid?

And how come the VTR gets totalled in every accident they show?

 

you mean like this?

http://www.13choppers.com/13.html

 

yeah.... along those lines.

 

No what he actualy said was **** bag , the bag kept riding up his back.
And his is not a hard accent to understand.

 

The Cycle World article was part of the American Flyers segment they did in 2002 - that bike was sweet. I believe it was the Feb issue. I remember because it helped me finalize my decison to buy the SH. I'll see if I can find it.

 

Thanks bloke, I've torn thru about 30 mags trying to find it I knew it was an american flyer piece but couldn't remeber when, Now that I've got a date it might be easier to find.

 

I have it at home somwhere - as long as wifey didn't trash it!

 

Nope my library only goes back to 2003. Must be in a box or the wife threw it out.

 

I'll definitely look when I get home tonight. I tried Cycleworld online and Googled it, but no luck.

 

Wives!! don't they know 4 year old mags are important to us!

 

it's the May 2002 edition of Cycle World

 

Yep, that's the one, I still can't find mine or I'd scan it for ya. I think this is what he had in mind. :wink:

 

How could they increase the rake?

 

4 years?
My wife will throw out everything I didn't touch in 4 weeks!

 

awesome!.... i dunno about the headlight though. still look alot better than i thought it would.

 

i googled some of the names mentioned in the article, and came up with a website for HogTech. click on "custom bikes" in the menu bar... then click on the picture. theres a bunch of info on the build and pics. thanks for the help thus far... any other vtr remakes?

 

They made a new steering head out of billet re-welded it and aftermarket triples with more offset. Read the article it's interesting even if you don't like it.

 

It was in the April 2004 Cycle World

On the home page for 13 choppers - left side about half way down is a media link with all the writeups on them.

 

how about a dirt tracker?

 

hah! that's awesome!!!

 

Uh.. overkill?