Attack Choppers: Single

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Random inspirational bikes

Swiped from the Church of choppers blog:
Sr500, or XT600 chopper? Not sure on this one... its an air cooled single... thats as much as I can tell you for sure. Ok, thats not true at all... I CAN tell you that it is LIGHT,SKINNY, FAST, STOPS GOOD, handles good? Has great suspension at any rate. Mid pegs.
I'll have to look back in my magazine stash... I think I have some pics of a great single chopper that looks a lot like this... but with different paint.
Might be the same one...an XT600 from the Netherlands I believe.

My chopper manifesto

I do not accept the assumption that a rigid framed motorcycle cannot go fast, stop quickly, or handle well. I want my choppers to perform above the social accepted performance standard for rigid framed motorcycles; (that is to say: BAD)
These are the standards I have set before myself to achieve with said choppers:

My choppers must be able to Evade, Pursue, and allow me to survive.
My choppers must be light.
My choppers must be skinny and be able to navigate tight traffic with ease.
My choppers must go fast, accelerate hard, stop well, handle good, and do so without fusing my vertabrae.
My choppers must not scrape hard parts when leaning.
My choppers are not bar hoppers.
My choppers are not non-functioning scuplture.
My choppers must function like a real, useable vehicle.
My choppers must be a valid mode of transportation.
My choppers must not be built for other peoples enjoyment or entertainment.
My choppers must be built for me and my preferences and standards alone.
My choppers must not be fragile.
My choppers must be able to hop curbs, hit potholes, skid, wheelie, do burn outs and crash without breaking.
My choppers must be able to be ridden on all sufaces (Pavement, dirt, gravel, snow, sand, mud)