Attack Choppers: cheap fun

Thursday, February 18, 2010

UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! Rigid adventure awesomeness!

Ok, so big thanks to Jay for pointing out my glaring oversight on this one, (I am only human, and a human with limited time and a family too, so please forgive me!)

But, this is outstanding and I wanted to make sure you all saw this:

So Shawn Britton rode this bike that I mistakenly called a CM400 in a earlier post (Which is actually a CB450) about 10,000 miles in three weeks across the US.

Adventuring on a rigid baby... and a cheap, mega lightweight one too.

Just read this Chop Cult interview. It speaks for itself...
http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/interview-shawn-britton.html

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)