Choppers By Mike Seate

Description

Choppers By Mike Seate

Choppers By Mike Seate

In 1969 Peter Fonda roared across drive-in movie screens around the world aboard the quintessential American motorcycle-a chopper- and blew the minds of an entire generation.  But Fonda's "Captain America" represented a motorcycle genre nearly as old as teh sport of motorcycling itself.  

American-style choppers defined the hippie era, but like bell-bottom trousers, platform shoes, and free love, choppers practically vanished by the end of the Reagan era.  Now, thanks to dynamic young builders like Jesse James, Indian Larry, Chopper Dave, and Billy Lane, the chopper is back-longer, lower, and meaner than ever.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Blood, Sex, and Chrome
Choppers Forever-
From Bombers to Bobbers-The origins and early days fo the chopper
Truckin' Through The '60s-Choppers rule
Too Hip to be Cool- Choppers nearly die of overexposure
Rebirth and Rebuild-The chopper is reborn
From the Ground Up-A gallery of choppers and builders
Index

Published 2003