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Many of you have seen this bike when I posted pics of it at the Smokeout West.  Now on ebay is another bike made by Choppahead using a new Hinckley twin. 
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What is up with the mid controls?...How can anyone ride this thing comfortably? 
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It's a hardtail. The controls are the least of your worries if you're looking for comfort.
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Oh yeah, the guy lives in orange county NY, thats pretty funny hes not riding a reeses pieces chopper
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What is up with the mid controls?.
The mid controls are so your legs can act as shock absorbers ~~so that when ya hit that bump, you can "get up" a little, so your spine isn't hammered through the top of your skull~~ask me how i OOOUCH!!, know 
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It's a hardtail. The controls are the least of your worries if you're looking for comfort.
ahah...i dont know man that seat is directly above those pegs and theyre a foot apart...you gotta be jean claude van ****** just to contort your legs like that
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ahah...i dont know man that seat is directly above those pegs and theyre a foot apart...you gotta be jean claude van ****** just to contort your legs like that
I don't know about that. I have a low profile seat, and my rear pegs in the lower hanger holes. It's a similar position to the bike in the pic, except my pegs are a little further back. I ride with my feet on the rear pegs for most of my long distance riding. It's very comfortable.
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well cruising and shifting and braking are 2 different things...when your legs are back a bit you can lean forward, but having the pegs a little forward a bit you gotta lean over your knees to reach the handle bars. It just looks like 6' tall guy would be riding a minibike with his knees in his chest or something
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Yeah, that makes sense. I guess you would just need to stretch real good before hopping on... It looks cool, regardless.
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Its pretty cool, i like the one on top better..forward controls too, but bonne kneepads on a sportster tank is kinda stupid.
It looks like they tried harder on the black and brown one vs. the one on ebay. Maybe the guy paid more Its funny that it has stock grips and hand controls
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some would foresake comfort for style. If a barhopper like one of these fell into my lap I sure would.
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These guys are good friends of mine. Great guys building awesome bikes. But I've got to agree that most of the custom choppers and bobbers I see in mags like the Horse sure do look uncomfortable. Maybe I'm gettin' old but it looks like an evasive maneuver is generally out of the question. At any rate cool always comes at a cost. 
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What about those tiny air filters? Look a tad restricted.Better than the stock cardboard one from the factory though.
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These guys are good friends of mine. Great guys building awesome bikes. But I've got to agree that most of the custom choppers and bobbers I see in mags like the Horse sure do look uncomfortable. Maybe I'm gettin' old but it looks like an evasive maneuver is generally out of the question. At any rate cool always comes at a cost.
Youre definately right, it does come at a cost...but do you think mid controls are cooler than forward controls? Theyre the same thing as far as looks. Its one thing to suffer for the look, but to suffer from poor design is a different story.
Im in the enginnering field, poor design is a pet peeve..ahha
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What about those tiny air filters? Look a tad restricted.Better than the stock cardboard one from the factory though.
I thought theyre were the same k&ns we all use, just stuck inside an airbox for some reason. I cant believe they make them that small
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cool the spirit of the old shool style great... 
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What about those tiny air filters? Look a tad restricted.Better than the stock cardboard one from the factory though.
I thought theyre were the same k&ns we all use, just stuck inside an airbox for some reason. I cant believe they make them that small
Nope, those are the whole filter, I ran the same thing on my chopper for years.I cut a hole in the back of it to let more air in and put mesh over it.
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What is up with the mid controls?.
The mid controls are so your legs can act as shock absorbers ~~so that when ya hit that bump, you can "get up" a little, so your spine isn't hammered through the top of your skull~~ask me how i OOOUCH!!, know
Exactly. You cannot stand up with forward controls over railroad tracks, potholes, road strips, frost heaves, cracks, debris, you get the picture. Plus, they look very cool.
I love that bike. Thought the brown was nice, but that small Wassell tank really makes it a chopper. Those Choppahead guys do nice work.
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my bikes got cut springs and the rear is practically a hardtail and on the bigger bumps i can stand up and ride them out.
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Rode a hardtail for many years with forward controls, love that bike. Run 10PSI in the rear tire and your good. Don't need no sissy mid pegs! 
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just woundering who they rand such a big false oil bag causing the air filters to be smashed?
Dont get me wrong the 2nd bike looks hot,, but just woundeirng what all they had in the fake bag,, not the battery I see.
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They forgot to use the motor mount on the front of the head..
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I see they didn't use that front mount on either bike. They should if for no reason but to steady things.
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****** yeah, that thing is perfect!
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