The life and bikes of the chopper builder who started it all. In the beginning, there was Arlen Ness. Before Jesse James, Billy Lane, Arlen Ness started the business of building celebrity choppers. He is a long time custom motorcycle builder whose bikes combine the artistic and the extreme. These...

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When a motorcycle has been built from the ground up, stripped of anything not needed for speed, power, and striking looks, and draped in rich colors and chrome, it has been transformed into a chopper. What was once considered an outlaw ride has now become a luxury item and a mainstream obsession....

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Choppers and bobbers are rebellion, art, and freedom of expression on two wheels. They are forged by craftsmen in shops ranging from one-stall garages to large, ultramodern facilities. "Choppers & Bobbers 2011" features some of the best custom bikes from some of the hottest builders in America....

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More than 70 choppers and custom motorcycles are described in this compact book. The bikes range from a replica board racer to the wildest choppers and there should be a bike in here to appeal to just about everyone. Four pages of photographs, description and specifications pin down each machine.

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Got a Softail? Got a hankering to separate yours from all the other Softails parked outside the bar? Search no farther than this new book, How To Hop-Up and Customize Your Harley-Davidson Softail, from well-known author Timothy Remus. Whether your goal is to personalize that two-wheeled ride or...

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Custom bikes, choppers and bobbers in particular, don't have to cost thirty thousand dollars. A chopper or bobber built at home can be had for less than 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...

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Choppers are back! And though the styling might look the same as thirty years ago, the new bikes are assembled from parts that are better in every way from anything available in 1969. New Knuckle and Panhead engines put out 80 and more horsepower. Hardtail and soft-tail frames come in every...

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Roaring into mainstream consciousness with their rakish style and V-twin power, choppers have captured the public's fascination. Now, best-selling Motorbooks author and award-winning car designer Thom Taylor shows enthusiasts of all artistic levels how to draw these rolling heavy-metal...

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Larry Desmedt (1949-2004), genius motorcycle builder/artist, daredevil extraordinaire and introspective philosopher, will forever be known as Indian Larry. He remains the motorcycle world's most beloved figure, known equally for his wild antics, his gentleness and generosity, and the radical...

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A stunt man and side show performer, Indian Larry Desmedt is best remembered for his remarkable custom motorcycles, his wild tattoos and his love for building and riding rolling art. This book, by those who knew him best, offers a closer look at the life that made Larry into the chopper shaman so...

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