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A custom build Chopper bicycle. While the term "chopper" is generally used to describe a motorcycle or bicycle that has had some of its original parts replaced with custom parts, today's definition has grown to include custom motorcycles and bicycles that are low to the ground, usually with extended forks creating a long front end.
A wheelie bike, also called a dragster, muscle bike, high-riser, spyder bike or banana bike, is a type of stylized children's bicycle designed in the 1960s to resemble a chopper motorcycle and characterized by ape hanger handlebars, a banana seat with sissy bar, and small (16-to-20-inch (410 to 510 mm)) wheels.
Inspired by its motorcycle counterpart, a smaller version of the sissy bar was a common feature on 1960s- and 70s-era wheelie bikes, such as the Schwinn Sting-Ray and the Raleigh Chopper. This extended backrest, which attached to the rear of the bike's banana seat , gave a passenger something to lean back on and hold on to besides the rider ...
Biker Battleground Phoenix is a scripted reality television series developed for the History Channel.Narrated by Greg Berger, the series pits five rival bike-builders from Phoenix, Arizona, against each other to see who can design and build the best bike to put an end to their rivalry and smack talking.
Psychedelic by Jerry Covington. Jerry started building custom motorcycles in the early seventies and founded Covingtons Customs in Woodward, Oklahoma, in 1993.. Covington became well known in the motorcycle industry as one of the top custom builders for his clean designs and high quality custom motorcycles, and appeared in numerous television shows including the Discovery Channel's Biker Build ...
During this build period, the show switches perspectives back and forth between the two builders as they and their respective teams plan and build their bikes. 2. Upon completion, the two builders bring their bikes to a mutually-agreed neutral location. Custom motorcycle master of ceremonies Hugh King (co-executive producer of the series) will ...
The World Championship of Custom Bike Building is a competition held annually by American Motorcycle Dealer (AMD) magazine. The first competition was held in 2004 as an extension of the AMD ProShow custom engineering competition held in Europe in conjunction with Custom Chrome since 2002, which by some was already unofficially acknowledged as a European championship [1] The top three finishers ...
These bikes often feature a long, curved banana seat with a sissy bar and very tall upward-swept ape hanger handlebars. A lot of chrome, velvet, and overspoked wheels are common accessories to these custom bicycles. [1] Man on a lowrider bicycle in Houston, Texas (2007) The bikes are typically a highly individualized creation.