I kept a blog called ART CHOPPERS for quite a while, but one day, I deleted one of my Google Accounts by mistake, and now I can't get to the blog to post. It's still out there on the web though, and I suggest you check it out. The last picture is one of my beloved Gold Leafed V-Star 1100 Bobber after the big crash of May 24, 2012...
I have not been on a bike since. My wife made me promise when I was in the hospital that I wouldn't ride any more, and I have kept that promise so far, even though I am itching to get back in the saddle, at least a little. My friend Adam has been riding my "little" V-Star 650 Bobber, that I was in the process of customizing at the time, and my friend Landers has been trying to sell my big Victory 1500 at his bike shop. It is too heavy for me now, and wasn't half the fun to ride as the V-Star 1100 anyway.
BOBBER 1 was a fantastic bike, not too heavy, low slung, comfortable, steady, responsive, fast and nimble. I loved it. I took it to Daytona Beach in March 2012 with my friend Jacky riding the Victory. This is what it looked like in better days:
Also, I would like to get back in the shop and finish it up. This is what the concept was a year and a half ago before the crash:
The last thing I did before the accident was a black cardboard mock up of the tank and fenders:
I have not been on a bike since. My wife made me promise when I was in the hospital that I wouldn't ride any more, and I have kept that promise so far, even though I am itching to get back in the saddle, at least a little. My friend Adam has been riding my "little" V-Star 650 Bobber, that I was in the process of customizing at the time, and my friend Landers has been trying to sell my big Victory 1500 at his bike shop. It is too heavy for me now, and wasn't half the fun to ride as the V-Star 1100 anyway.
BOBBER 1 was a fantastic bike, not too heavy, low slung, comfortable, steady, responsive, fast and nimble. I loved it. I took it to Daytona Beach in March 2012 with my friend Jacky riding the Victory. This is what it looked like in better days:
Those days are gone forever, and I don't even know if I will ever ride again... For that matter, I don't even know if I CAN ride, I may be too scared to. I would like to find out though, and hope to get permission to practice in my favorite parking lot and see how I am doing on BOBBER 2 soon:
The tank looks too high and the seat too big. Welding the aluminum tank would be a hassle, and it probably won't be too pleasant on the knees. The fork would require a lot of experimental work, and I am pretty busy already. And this is not a "second bike" anymore, this is the ONLY bike I got left, with the 1974 Honda Chopper.
So frankly, at this point, a year and a half later, having lost Bobber 1, I am thinking of dropping the black non skid plate idea altogether and go for a more "Steampunk Rat" look instead, may be using wood, rust, copper and leather...
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