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  2. Chopper (motorcycle) - Wikipedia

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    A chopper is a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in the US state of California in the late 1950s. A chopper employs modified steering angles and lengthened forks for a stretched-out appearance. They can be built from an original motorcycle which is modified ("chopped") or built from scratch.

  3. Harley-Davidson Knucklehead engine - Wikipedia

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    The Knucklehead-engined models were originally referred to as "OHVs" by enthusiasts of the time and in Harley's official literature; the nickname arose from the California chopper culture of the late 1960s. [2]

  4. Timeline of 1960s counterculture - Wikipedia

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    The publication satirizes both mainstream American culture and, later, counterculture alike. [3] [4] Invisible Man: Ralph Ellison's highly acclaimed novel of African-American life in the 20th century is published. [5] Go: John Clellon Holmes' novel is published and is later considered to be the first book depicting the Beat Generation. [6]

  5. Indian Larry - Wikipedia

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    Larry considered himself to be a "gearhead" originally, and was rooted in the hot rod culture of the 1950s and 1960s. During the Biker Build-Off period in 2003–2004, Larry's appreciation for modern horsepower and twin carburetors for increased fuel/air intake was expressed in his builds. [33] Larry explained, "I'm a chopper builder.

  6. Custom motorcycle - Wikipedia

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    In the 1960s, custom artisans like Arlen Ness and Ben Hardy created new styles of custom bikes, the chopper. In the 1990s and early 2000s, expensive customs such as those built by Orange County Choppers, Jesse James's West Coast Choppers, [1] Roger Goldammer became fashionable status symbols.

  7. Kustom Kulture - Wikipedia

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    Swedish "raggare" with a 1960s American car at Power Big Meet. Locals in these countries, influenced by American culture, have created a local hot rod culture which is vibrant in Sweden, Norway and Finland where enthusiasts gather at meetings such as Power Big Meet and clubs like Wheels and Wings in Varberg, Sweden have established themselves in Hot Rod culture.

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  9. Bobber (motorcycle) - Wikipedia

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    The term 'chopper' did not appear in print until the mid-1960s, over 30 years after the bob-job was invented. The chopper is a more stylistically and technically extreme evolution of the bob-job, which emerged after the highly elaborate, heavily chromed bob-jobs which appeared in the late 1940s and 1950s.