Chopper Evolution

HFC

...and I'm continuing on with my series of scans of key bikes that inspired me from old Iron Horse magazines.

Today I thought we would look at Soupla's HFC Shovel from NYC. I will always remember this bike as the very first bike that made me want to run apehangers.
Up to that point I thought they were cool, but not for me.
Sure, I loved David Mann paintings but still... I just didn't think they were THAT cool.
ALl that changed with the HFC feature. This bike went to the top of the list for me as soon as I saw it.
Course the open chain primary didn't hurt it either... this was also the first time I had seen that.
This was such a great feature, with awesome pics and a great locations as well.
It made such an impression on me that I drew this up in art class that year.

Key inspirational bikes... from Iron Horse

I recently found my old stash of Iron Horse magazines that had been MIA for years and am getting myself all giddy with the old girls.
These magazines were the NUMBER ONE influence on my chopper world view, and have made me the chopper man I am today. If not for this magazine, and the writing of Flynch... I would ...well, I don't even want to think about that.
I thought I would scan in a few of the old articles and bikes that really influenced me over the years, and let some of you who never had the privelage of reading these old mags ...get a peek at what made me the messed up guy that I am today.
I have a lot more to scan in... but this should be enough for today.