However gentlemen, the idea of a "custom" motorcycle wasn't the issue at hand here, and even though it was Ian, not I, who brought the term "Custom" into the conversation.
The issue at hand here was not about the term "Custom", the issue at hand here was about certain "styles" of motorcycles and the "accepted" nomenclature of those "styles" in use today, such as the use of the terms "Chopper" and "Bobber".
I WILL agree with the thought that the idea of a "Factory Custom" seems almost an oxymoron, however this then brings up another issue. Could not the facilities used to fabricate motorcycles at Orange County and at West Coast Choppers and for that matter any shop where they produce "Custom" motorcycles for sale and in which might turn out, say, 10 to 20 motorcycles in a month ALSO legitimately be called a "factory", and even though there may not be an "assembly line" located within such a facility?
