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2. Chopper (motorcycle) - Wikipedia

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   To be considered a chopper a motorcycle frame must be cut and welded at some point. I.e. the name chopper. [ 1 ] The " sissy bar ", a set of tubes that connect the rear fender with the frame, and which are often extended several feet high, is a signature feature on many choppers.

3. Motorcycle frame - Wikipedia

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   Frame stiffness is a problem for motorcycle designers, as it was for the bicycle frames that motorcycles are descendants of. [30] [31] Modifying the stiffness of a factory-produced frame can be undertaken to improve handling characteristics. This is often done by triangulating the factory frame.

4. Featherbed frame - Wikipedia

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   The featherbed frame was a motorcycle frame invented by the McCandless brothers and offered to the British Norton motorcycle company to improve the performance of their racing motorcycles in 1950. It was considered revolutionary at the time, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ full citation needed ] and the best handling frame that a racer could have.

5. Chicano Roy - Wikipedia

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   Roy Suarez Garcia (1945–2003) AKA "Chicano Roy" was an American motorcycle builder and inventor. He is credited with developing the idea of molding shapes and designs from the frame to the gas tank, and he designed the first pop-off gas tank, a significant improvement for motorcycle safety and repair.

6. Motorcycle components - Wikipedia

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   Some motorcycles include the engine as a load-bearing stressed member; this has been used all through motorcycle history but is now becoming more common. Oil-in-frame (Oif) chassis, where the lubricating oil is stored in the frame of the motorcycle, was used for Vincent Motorcycles of the 1950s, and for a while during the 1970s on some NVT ...

7. Category:Motorcycle frames - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Motorcycle frames" ... Norton Isolastic frame; S. Stressed member engine This page was last edited on 24 June 2013, at 18:10 (UTC). ...