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  1. ChopperCharles

    Tubing bender or roller for exhaust?

    I'm looking to buy a tubing bender that can handle thin wall (16ga) steel and stainless steel tubing, 1.5" and 1.75" OD. I want to make a midpipe slip-on for my bike, and maybe make a handful of copies to sell on eBay to cover the costs of the bender and materials. I need to make one 8 degree...
  2. ChopperCharles

    Not sure where to post this. JC Whitney out of the motorcycle parts business.

    The vast majority of motorcycle parts have been removed from JC Whitney's site. All google links to motorcycle parts are broken. Talked to a customer service rep; They have a limited selection of parts left, and when they're gone so is the motorcycle section. They stopped the printed motorcycle...
  3. ChopperCharles

    Power Trip Santa Cruz jacket

    I bought one of these around 10 years ago. 3XL Men's Power Trip Santa Cruz jacket. I spent nearly $400 bucks on it, and loved that jacket. It even has a lot more character now since it saved my skin from a crash. Had it sewn back up and did some minor re-dying, but it looked even better with the...
  4. ChopperCharles

    My old CX650 chopper, circa 2006

    This is the bike that started my customization fervor. I got a free CX500 (a runner no less!) and a bunch of 500 and 650 parts, and decided I wanted to make myself a chopper. Took me years to put it all together, but I finally came up with the bike below. After riding it for a few years (and...
  5. ChopperCharles

    Building my own frame

    I can weld, I can build a jig. I want to build a bike with a pretty wild engine, and I'm thinking I can either start with a frame from another bike, (sourced off of eBay) or I can build a frame from scratch and use a headstock from a frame I already have a title for. If I start with a frame from...
  6. ChopperCharles

    Ever see a chopper with a leaf spring rear end? (XS650)

    I was digging through old photos, and found this bike from my 2012 trip to Charleston, SC. I've never seen anything quite like it, and except for the fact it's an XS650, I really dig it! I love unique chops, and this is visually stunning (at least to me). I wonder how it handles... Charles.
  7. ChopperCharles

    Ever done a repair you weren't proud of? But it worked?

    I bought a wrecked 1993 CB750 Nighthawk for $500. It had ran up until two weeks ago, when the guy "laid it down" to avoid a car that stopped suddenly. And what that meant was he and the bike slid under the car, and the left engine case got busted by the car's undercarriage. The left engine cover...
  8. ChopperCharles

    My last major restoration was a doozie - 1982 GL500

    I got it as a complete and total rust bucket. Basically a parts bike. But it had good compression, and a shot of starting fluid down the intakes and it started right up. So, I dropped the engine out, did a triple bypass, fixed the various rusted frame members (cut and weld for some of them), and...
  9. ChopperCharles

    Hi, I'm ChopperCharles, Admin & former owner of CX500Forum.com & TW200Forum.com

    Looking for a good community to share my custom builds and get feedback and advice. Wondering if this is the place. I generally post on CX500Forum.com about my CX builds, but I have other builds I'm working on, and I haven't found a receptive place. CafeRacer.net is locked into a specific type...
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