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they'll take one of their cookie cutter hard tail frames.
Slap a Triumph 865 in it, Thow on some crome do dads ape hangers and wide rear tire, long forks skinny spoked front tire and call it done. those guys dont care if what they build is ridable, they make trailer queens and lawn ornaments.



Let's face it, guy & gals - That's usually what a chopper is.
You take a perfectly good motorcycle, tear it apart, stick the engine into a useless, de-engineered frame, toss away any suspension or replace it with something that time has proven inadequate or obsolete, put a set of strangely configured bars and an uncomfortable seat on it, do some hacking of the fenders so mud and stones can hit your face and back, and you paint it up real pretty... There ya have it - a chopper - Regardless of who makes it and regardless if it's a one-off theme or a cookie cutter run of a thousand. They typically get towed around because they can't be ridden for any length of time and handle like logs on wheels. But - a BIG BUT - They are art works, even though some qualify only in the eyes of the beholder and are nice to look at and they make nice noise. So, they are popular. But in the end, they are what they are and riding is not what they're made for. So, lighten up on the Tuetuls. They give the public what it wants and manage to entertain in the process. That sells a lot of air time. And from my personal perspective - Anyone who can take air time away from 'When Sharks Attack' is OK by me.

Peace, out dawgs

2004 Triumph Speedmaster (J Lo) 2006 Yamaha Stratoliner (Adele)