hey bobby duke. i totally agree with you. these bikes look not good at best. i'm not a bike owner but i love bikes i just don't have money to buy one but if some of them came to me and offered one of this bike i would not take it :d
Couldn’t feel safe on it over 40 mph. They look cool , but there uncomfortable and without a front brake, it’s not a good idea to cruise the interstate. I got a full size 1500cc It’s fast, quick and needs back , front and engine brakes if I’m going to haul ass... Putting about town is ok for these machines, but pack up and go 700 miles...? Not this old schooler..
Jimmy Parker hells angels go on long cruises.. they wouldn’t be caught on this thing. They want comfortable rugged machines. They drive in all weather. You would need a pro detailing After a long cruise.. hells angels don’t do candy ass.
Jimmy Parker the gas tank will take you 30 miles between fill ups. That should have been enough. I dealt with them, but wasn’t willing to hand my life over to them or a religious gang,dealt with them as well. There both desperately looking to fit in with anything that will accept them. And giving up there freedom to a desperate childish cause is irrelevant. Until they get discarded and find out, there simply not worth anything to them either.
Yea the ones with practically vertical frames just look so damn goofy. Also you know they’ve got to be uncomfortable as all hell, and ride like absolute shit.
most these ridiculous. comfort is supreme. could ride mine day in day out back in the 70's. 750 four. 7 inch front, hard tail. king queen seat. pull back bars. only thing that sucked was the headlights and the small cliff out in the desert.
I was a kid in the 70s, always thought these bikes were cool. To the other 2 guys with negative comments in this thread, I think your boyfriend is calling you
I ride almost every day in Japan, even in Typhoon season. These guys with kick starts and suicide shifts in the middle of stop & go traffic in downtown always amaze me. And yes, they do like classic chopper look. There are nicely maintained shovels & pans running as daily riders.
Chromoly doesn't flex or break when used correctly. The worst chops were built in the early 70s without advanced metal and poor geometry. We've lost and learned along the way.
Damn am i the last of the chopper hoppers in the world? One reason they flexed was to absorb much of the rough ride. Oh my extended, neck raked wide glide flexes..not as much as 20" over front ends do but it flexes. Stock front ends flex some.
Great Chopper scene in Japan i see. Awesome. Keeping American traditions alive and well. Great vid! Yes some are funky and difficult, but lets keep in mid they were intended to be like that and are works of art to their owners, myself included.
Kick start! Suicide clutch! Apparently you know nothing about a motorcycle period! The first motorcycle was built like that,dumb ass ! All these damn young people know how to ride their bike is just. Turn on the gas,push a button and then ride?
Don't hit any pothole, especially on a hardtail chop. You'll understand where Air Force got the idea of an ejection seat! We lost several good guys in the early 70s due to greedy socal shops pumping out unsafe accessories. Most chops now days have shocks hidden under the chassis, it's not as bad as you think.
Choppers were not intended to be functional. Really a form of art from the day. Like the music of that era, and very little like this to show creativity happens today
My cousin gave me one- crossed a railroad track that was about 45 degrees from straight across. Front wheel fell into the space between the rail and the road. It followed the tracks for a few yards. He got off and took my bike. The rest of us got it turned around- tough job on a railway. I rode it home and kinda got to like it. He brought my bike and the title to the chopper and left both in my garage.
James Steele 15 years ago they were buying at swapmeets basket cases and shipping back to japan..everone thought was a bit joke...but japanese as they are fixed...restored..rebuilt
In 80s billions of Japanese young bikers (usually teenagers on their sports bikes like NSR, TZR, etc) died due to illegal street racings. So that in 90s those sports bikes had become less popular, then the 70s style choppers were being popular more than ever. Many of my friends used to have their choppers and some still have. But non of them died for his bike, so I suppose American choppers are much safer than Japanese sports bikes. But I’m not a big fan of choppers, I prefer British cafe racers, and my current bike is Ducati 350 desmo :p
The extended front end was actually an idea and developed by the USA national highway safety council. It was an attempt to move the driver of a motorcycle further back in the event of a collision. This idea did not take into consideration all of the engineering design cost , trial and error that went into each machine..no regard for rake, trail, castor, flex, wheelbase,stability, maneuverability,weight distribution,ect.. which is what always happens when goverment gets involved for our own good...
Hey, whatever makes you happy. I don't hate on anybody's choice in bikes, as long as you're riding and enjoying yourself, and scaring all the lame people out there....do it!
Bikes sold new (domesticated) in Japan have a 400cc limit. To get any Harley in Japan takes a lot of money. If it helps, the number one status symbol in Japan is any Harley being their so expensive to import. among other things. Get a bike, learn to ride and join the fun!
@Buddha Bell ...naa kept my fat boy .. My sportster.. Sold my 53 pan chopper . to buy a bad ass ski boat ... Sold that to then came the divorce... But we still are best friends...
I ride a chopper, sometimes u r swearing at it, kicking it, threatening to trade it, but on a good day u get a felling that only a chopper will ever feel!
I remember as kids we made our Stingray bikes (bicycles into choppers) we would extend the forks using conduit pipes. Very hard to ride. But fun to do!!
Those were the days I had a lot of fun my bicycle had a couple of water pipes I made in two forks about six feet out all the kids thought it was so cool
very, very cool... Greatings to all Biker and their amazing old school Chopper. Lot of Fun and allways good Luck of all your Rides... GerdA. from Hamburg (Germany)
Thank god for the Japanese love of all things HD in a country full of disposable everything,the only reason many choppers still exist is due to the Japanese importing & restoring bikes that dont fit the huge tire fad in the US.
When I was 10 back in 74 I thought these were the coolest things on the planet. That and shagging wagons, the 10 year old me wanted to live in one of those lol.
You got to have like the highest degree of mechanical skill to keep those old Harleys running good. And it's probably got to be even more difficult for someone living in Japan. My hat's definitely off to them dudes.
I guess if you're going to make it dangerous might as well go all the way with it! You know a lot had to have dropped, wrecked or burned and crashed on these thing's! Some looked really cool but riding them, no way! I like to see what's in front of me! The last chopper was really nice!
If you look at Wikipedia, it's wrong: There's no such thing as a "suicidal shifter." A foot clutch is sometimes called a "suicide clutch," since a rider can kill himself if the bike's still in gear and his foot slips from the clutch at a busy intersection. A hand shifter, is called that, especially one mounted on the transmission, is sometimes called a jockey shift - if mounted on the tank, it's often referred to as "tank shift." Been been riding for over 50 years and testify that no seasoned rider ever called it a _suicide shifter._ - Copied pasted from Sturgis dot com: _"I've seen the term “suicide shifter” used in describing a plain old ordinary tank shift. Simple ignorance allows that term to be used. There is no such thing as a “suicide shifter.” Nobody has ever died because of using “hand shift.” There is however such a thing as a “Suicide Clutch.”"_
I,ve always loved choppers but that one at 7.34 especially , hell he must,ve smoked some crazy shit when he put that thing together , a lot of the others are pretty cool though , lotta work involved thats for sure .
The 2 Perfect choppers for correct length of fork in my book will always be the two featured in the movie "Easy Rider" ridden by Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda.
Right at 0:35 when that 2nd bike attempts a burn-out at the drag-strip, you can see the major flaw in the design. The front brake tries to lock up but doesn't have enough grab, not enough weight over it - but when it does manage to brake it compresses the front end and/or bends the "rigid" fork/headstock/frame assembly, and then the wheel begins to chatter back & forth between these two actions, completely destabilizing the entire front end and steering - This was done at a STAND-STILL - Could you just imagine braking hard into a corner of a half-ass highway PANIC stop?
@@jimbobojim4634 LOL? Sorry, didn't realize I was dealing with high school girl. I have 50 years and several hundred thousand miles of motorcycling behind me. Seen a lot of "badasses" come and go. He's free to do something stupid, others are free to point it out. Go back to watching TV.
Some of these are quite fine but some on the other hand.. I appreciate the effort put into building a bike of your own but holy shit, narrow vertical handlebars almost parallel with your arms and a fork so long it flexes like a ruler.. I get it's their bike and they built it the way they wanted it to be built but jesus some people've got poor taste.
They seem to handle reasonably well.... in a straight line. And absolutely flat road. As a rolling art piece, sure. I can't imagine doing any sort of distance on one of those. But hey, that is their gig, not mine.
These are so dangerous. The suspensions are shut, I have even asked these guys numerous times at bike shows. I will take my Ohlins race suspension over this crap anyday.
give me 40 acres and i''ll turn this rig around''''''''''''''''''''
Theyre not motocross bikes. I turn mine just fine😎
@@michaelotten2724 yes i turn ok,w / 10 over'' but the dam floor boards keep hittin the ground
Dave dudley 🤣😂
@@pattycat100567 😂
@@phil6506 not mine
Those Japanese dudes are keeping the old school choppers from the 60s and 70s alive very well , hat's off brothers!
Some have bikes to ride, some have bikes to show off.
Could not agree more
Soo true
@Pedro Torres Just keep in mind the fun they are having!
Some have bikes to
S I T T
And others have them to create a safety hazard.
Does my heart good to know that there are still so many of the old school choppers out there that are up and running and looking so good.
This is some kind of really weird expensive joke right?
Joke’s on you if you don’t get the art form
BDA, No, there was nothing funny there.
hey bobby duke. i totally agree with you. these bikes look not good at best. i'm not a bike owner but i love bikes i just don't have money to buy one but if some of them came to me and offered one of this bike i would not take it :d
@@uglyface1469 If you wouldn't take a free bike that would be your loss then.
@@MrHarleyoldfart i highly doubt it mate. they look like a shit. ;d but dont get mad that's just my opinion.
Sorry but honestly i think it's ridiculous. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Same
Couldn’t feel safe on it over 40 mph.
They look cool , but there uncomfortable and without a front brake, it’s not a good idea to cruise the interstate.
I got a full size 1500cc
It’s fast, quick and needs back , front and engine brakes if I’m going to haul ass...
Putting about town is ok for these machines, but pack up and go 700 miles...?
Not this old schooler..
Jimmy Parker hells angels go on long cruises.. they wouldn’t be caught on this thing.
They want comfortable rugged machines.
They drive in all weather.
You would need a pro detailing
After a long cruise.. hells angels don’t do candy ass.
Jimmy Parker the gas tank will take you 30 miles between fill ups.
That should have been enough.
I dealt with them, but wasn’t willing to hand my life over to them or a religious gang,dealt with them as well.
There both desperately looking to fit in with anything that will accept them.
And giving up there freedom to a desperate childish cause is irrelevant.
Until they get discarded and find out, there simply not worth anything to them either.
Jimmy Parker I'll walk up to a Hell's Angel and say, "Love this! Keep going."
When it comes to choppers there's a fine line between cool as a cucumber and just plain stupid. A few of those took a train ride past it.
@ True!
And i'm a Dane, so complimenting Swedes is a challenge.
🤡🤡🤡🤡
I like the rideable ones that are not ridiculous.
@@monmixer Me to.
Bobbers and choppers. Be it Harley, BSA, or even BMW's they all make the "cut". 🤡🤡🤡
Yea the ones with practically vertical frames just look so damn goofy. Also you know they’ve got to be uncomfortable as all hell, and ride like absolute shit.
most these ridiculous. comfort is supreme. could ride mine day in day out back in the 70's. 750 four. 7 inch front, hard tail. king queen seat. pull back bars. only thing that sucked was the headlights and the small cliff out in the desert.
From a guy I met with an extreme long fork custom: "I don't know how it rides, it sits in my garage"
Exactly
Ride it. It may be your way out.
I feel like i am back in the 70's thank you for the memories .
tell me, do they all been so ridicolous?
@@yannikoloff7659 can we see your bike.
I was a kid in the 70s, always thought these bikes were cool. To the other 2 guys with negative comments in this thread, I think your boyfriend is calling you
@@richsmith3300 he can't show what he doesn't have.
Me to and I'm 26 ;p
Those Japanese dudes got it down! Love the guy at 9:03 who not only goes around a corner one handed but uses a jockey shift too!! Crazy!
I ride almost every day in Japan, even in Typhoon season. These guys with kick starts and suicide shifts in the middle of stop & go traffic in downtown always amaze me. And yes, they do like classic chopper look. There are nicely maintained shovels & pans running as daily riders.
С такой вилкой можно кушать суши 🍣 вместо палочек 😂😂
@bugscanner1357 the Russian prez would have none of this. Too bz pimping all yer women out
Japanese like American motorcycles and Americans like JDM sports cars.
It makes me laugh when the frames flex.
Frames flex on stock bikes..
Chromoly doesn't flex or break when used correctly. The worst chops were built in the early 70s without advanced metal and poor geometry. We've lost and learned along the way.
@@zedbear1 I don't think chromoly came out until the late 70's/early 80's right?
@@michaelotten2724 not by 2 or 3 inches everytime the rider shifts their weight
Damn am i the last of the chopper hoppers in the world? One reason they flexed was to absorb much of the rough ride. Oh my extended, neck raked wide glide flexes..not as much as 20" over front ends do but it flexes. Stock front ends flex some.
DAMN!!! I had to revisit these INSANE machines!!!!
Not my style personally, but I do admire the workmanship in some of these. Always wondered what it's like to ride one though.
About how you think ...shitty lol
When I finally rode one it was just like I thought I'd be
They ride like shit the front wheel just wants to flop to one side
Great Chopper scene in Japan i see. Awesome. Keeping American traditions alive and well. Great vid! Yes some are funky and difficult, but lets keep in mid they were intended to be like that and are works of art to their owners, myself included.
its where they are made now isnt it?
Kick starts...suicide clutches...no front brakes...crazy talk!
High on crank too!
Theodore Dowman why do you think they are high on crack! Dumb ass!
Kick start! Suicide clutch! Apparently you know nothing about a motorcycle period! The first motorcycle was built like that,dumb ass ! All these damn young people know how to ride their bike is just. Turn on the gas,push a button and then ride?
And these young kids don’t have enough ASS to kick over and real motorcycle?
Everyday!
my question is what happens when you ride over a big pothole. Do those forks just snap?
Yes
For you guys they do..😂
Yep
Don't hit any pothole, especially on a hardtail chop. You'll understand where Air Force got the idea of an ejection seat!
We lost several good guys in the early 70s due to greedy socal shops pumping out unsafe accessories. Most chops now days have shocks hidden under the chassis, it's not as bad as you think.
Yes
One liter tank is a little stupid
When you never leave the city. 1 litre is more then enough.
@@VluggeJapie22 the city is the worst place to ride it though. Long open highways is where these ride the best.
@@joetroutt7425 Good point. I wouldn't want to do a 90° turn on one of those.
Not to mention drum brakes in the front.
Everything in this video is stupid
Choppers were not intended to be functional. Really a form of art from the day. Like the music of that era, and very little like this to show creativity happens today
11:13 make the best sound at standing
No it sounds like a scratched cd.... on repeat
True potatoe! My favorite sound!
Kinda like you have a penny in the dryer
I thougt it was background music lmao
2:10 is the best one
I really cannot decide which bike I like the most! These guys are living the dream
If you never rode a chopper , you don't know what you have been missing! Fun! Fun! Fun!
My cousin gave me one- crossed a railroad track that was about 45 degrees from straight across. Front wheel fell into the space between the rail and the road. It followed the tracks for a few yards. He got off and took my bike. The rest of us got it turned around- tough job on a railway. I rode it home and kinda got to like it. He brought my bike and the title to the chopper and left both in my garage.
The cherry blossom special. The tunnel lights reflecting on the chrome was a cool effect. 😊
Did you notice the guy in front 7:20 had to look around his headlight.
Many Japanese have mastered the art of both chopper and bobber. Much respect.
Yeah, ive just started seeing a lot of awesome old school chopper videos from Japan.
They love choppers...👍
James Steele 15 years ago they were buying at swapmeets basket cases and shipping back to japan..everone thought was a bit joke...but japanese as they are fixed...restored..rebuilt
In 80s billions of Japanese young bikers (usually teenagers on their sports bikes like NSR, TZR, etc) died due to illegal street racings.
So that in 90s those sports bikes had become less popular, then the 70s style choppers were being popular more than ever. Many of my friends used to have their choppers and some still have.
But non of them died for his bike, so I suppose American choppers are much safer than Japanese sports bikes.
But I’m not a big fan of choppers, I prefer British cafe racers, and my current bike is Ducati 350 desmo :p
11:02 when the DJ doesn't show up to your techno party...
9:03 LMFAO. I literally just pissed myself.
😂😂😂😂
Wahshahahahaha.
Nothin sounds like a Harley. I love this stuff🏁
The extended front end was actually an idea and developed by the USA national highway safety council. It was an attempt to move the driver of a motorcycle further back in the event of a collision. This idea did not take into consideration all of the engineering design cost , trial and error that went into each machine..no regard for rake, trail, castor, flex, wheelbase,stability, maneuverability,weight distribution,ect.. which is what always happens when goverment gets involved for our own good...
Japan remembers the good old days of choppers when the rest of the world has forgotten. Thanks for keeping the flame alive.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beer holder. After many, many beers!
As much as i don't like long forks choppers, i do respect the Japanese guys keeping the old school choppers alive!
I don't know about the AMAZING part of the title, but you got the LONG part right!
Who would click on a Video with "retarded long Motorcycles" in the title...
WONDERFUL BIKE 😯👍💂
Love the sounds
Softail77us nothing like it. the sound of a V Twin rumble is music to my ears
Yes it is man music!
For some reason these are still the coolest choppers ever. By a big margin.
I'm 71, had me a few. They still look cool to me.
If form and function was everything, we would drool over ordinary looking girls. I like flash and fun! Those 70s choppers were the best
Hey, whatever makes you happy. I don't hate on anybody's choice in bikes, as long as you're riding and enjoying yourself, and scaring all the lame people out there....do it!
Love old skool choppers.
Bikes sold new (domesticated) in Japan have a 400cc limit. To get any Harley in Japan takes a lot of money. If it helps, the number one status symbol in Japan is any Harley being their so expensive to import. among other things. Get a bike, learn to ride and join the fun!
These Niponese bikes have taken American style choppers to a higher art level, great video!
Not really.
7:21 Japanese guy looking over the left side of his handlebars as he can't see shit in front 😄😄😄
haha
Yup. I never understood why they made the tank sit directly in their field of view.
@@white_devil73 It's meant more as Art and cumbersome and difficult on purpose.
@@GrzegorzDurda I get it. I really do. I would just hate not being able to take it on a long putt.
@@white_devil73 I hear you on THAT lol.
nice ride....but that primary chain, needs to be tighter, no??
WOW the lime green black forks, 1 kick start, great timed job on this scooter
I wouldn't like to try an emergency stop with any of these.
Amo las Chopper ,es un estilo de vida , es la identidad y personalidad de quién la diseña .
Although I'm not a chopper guy, I totally agree with your view on life.
Love this video,thanks.
Some cool some fool .. Makes me homesick... I do miss my chopper !!
@Buddha Bell ...naa kept my fat boy .. My sportster.. Sold my 53 pan chopper . to buy a bad ass ski boat ... Sold that to then came the divorce... But we still are best friends...
Reminds me, there's an old saying if you ever must dine with the devil........use a very long fork.
Fuck the FORK i bring my own FORK. Come Dine with ME the only cost is your SOUL ! 666 OUT
FUCK THE FORK COME DINE WITH ME IT WILL ONLY COST YOU YOUR SOUL ! 666 OUT
😂
@@666mrjimbo ok tough guy
I love choppers .... Want one !!! I think their king of bikes
I ride a chopper, sometimes u r swearing at it, kicking it, threatening to trade it, but on a good day u get a felling that only a chopper will ever feel!
so absolutely ridiculous...so absolutely AWESOMENESSSSSSS!!!!
all the ingredients for being unconfortable + every ingredient for being unsafe
6:50 now that's actually looks very confortable
not for me a death trap and dead ugly
once you reach a 4 inch streach makes it a pain turns...put it right up there with peanut tanks and are hargers...looks good but long runs..no
Pussy
You're everyone's mom, aren't you?
Wow this exactly my homemade custom bike 🏍🏍🏍 🤔🤔🤔🏍🏍🏍
I remember as kids we made our Stingray bikes (bicycles into choppers) we would extend the forks using conduit pipes. Very hard to ride. But fun to do!!
Dj Project im going to give it a try. About to pull out the old sting ray.
Those were the days I had a lot of fun my bicycle had a couple of water pipes I made in two forks about six feet out all the kids thought it was so cool
Guilty as CHARGED ROFLMFAO
FucknA. Don't forget your clothes pins and playing cards in the spokes!
skindian6669 u2 you too eh :)
Did you use the handlebars or a steering wheel, me I used a wheel
I like ALL of these bikes
Growing up in the 70s these were pretty common.I love the David Mann centerfolds of these in Easy Rider.
Yes
Baker
Pulas
I had a old 1974 sporster that had a really long raked out front end, it looked cool but left hand u- turns were almost impossible lol 👍.
I fell asleep, and when I woke up the videos that had played led to this one. Fat people on motorcycles was before this. I really missed out
That's pretty cool not gonna lie 😂
very, very cool... Greatings to all Biker and their amazing old school Chopper. Lot of Fun and allways good Luck of all your Rides... GerdA. from Hamburg (Germany)
I remember those sort of choppers when I was a young biker,very rare to been seen nowadays
Thank god for the Japanese love of all things HD in a country full of disposable everything,the only reason many choppers still exist is due to the Japanese importing & restoring bikes that dont fit the huge tire fad in the US.
I think ape-hangers would fit those bikes pretty well
I want all blood circulation to pool from arms.
6:22 Dog: "Where's the front brake?"
Lmfao 🤣
should pay tribute to the makers of such cars
I remember seeing those type choppers in the late 60s and the 70s. They bounce up n down as they go buy. Most only had rear brakes.
You remember seeing these pieces of garbage fifty or sixty years ago?
Death Traps
Used to see a lot more of these 50 years ago.
"Get to da choppa!!!"
not zat chopp... Siss choppa!
These motorcycles are long overdue to be sitting in a museum.
that was very enjoyable to watch, keep making them
When I was 10 back in 74 I thought these were the coolest things on the planet. That and shagging wagons, the 10 year old me wanted to live in one of those lol.
Nothing like a chopper!
Trust the Japanese to outdo the Americans haha Love this stuff. Each to his own and this is the stuff that keeps living spicey.
You got to have like the highest degree of mechanical skill to keep those old Harleys running good. And it's probably got to be even more difficult for someone living in Japan. My hat's definitely off to them dudes.
1:10 drags feet the whole 1/4 mile 😆😆
@@jeffrygagnon5506 But the readout said 7 something.
@@jeffrygagnon5506 I know it's an 8th mile. 7s in the 8th rough out to 10s in the quarter, not 12s.
I WAS RAISED ON THE DIGGER STYLE AND IT IS THE ONLY KIND OF STYLE I WILL RIDE.
I guess it better to have long forks over being able to see 100% in front also why are most of them fitted with a suicidal shifter ie hand shifter
I guess if you're going to make it dangerous might as well go all the way with it! You know a lot had to have dropped, wrecked or burned and crashed on these thing's! Some looked really cool but riding them, no way! I like to see what's in front of me! The last chopper was really nice!
If you look at Wikipedia, it's wrong: There's no such thing as a "suicidal shifter." A foot clutch is sometimes called a "suicide clutch," since a rider can kill himself if the bike's still in gear and his foot slips from the clutch at a busy intersection. A hand shifter, is called that, especially one mounted on the transmission, is sometimes called a jockey shift - if mounted on the tank, it's often referred to as "tank shift." Been been riding for over 50 years and testify that no seasoned rider ever called it a _suicide shifter._ - Copied pasted from Sturgis dot com: _"I've seen the term “suicide shifter” used in describing a plain old ordinary tank shift. Simple ignorance allows that term to be used. There is no such thing as a “suicide shifter.” Nobody has ever died because of using “hand shift.” There is however such a thing as a “Suicide Clutch.”"_
+John Ratko ☺✋🙃
Sean Bax ....sucide shift is old school style....they go good with these style choppers and shovel head motors.
Sean Bax because we're men
I,ve always loved choppers but that one at 7.34 especially , hell he must,ve smoked some crazy shit when he put that thing together , a lot of the others are pretty cool though , lotta work involved thats for sure .
Smiling and waving bikers? Can't be the US.
Our oriental friends sometimes take American styles to the extreme.
The 2 Perfect choppers for correct length of fork in my book will always be the two featured in the movie "Easy Rider" ridden by Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda.
Like the bike at 4:44
I concur
The "Billy bike" was a rider. "Captain America bike, not so much.
Built and rode several of the "Billy" style and rode a lot of miles on 'em.
Pretty handy . U can actually build a small tent inside that gap. Good for camping.
Right at 0:35 when that 2nd bike attempts a burn-out at the drag-strip, you can see the major flaw in the design. The front brake tries to lock up but doesn't have enough grab, not enough weight over it - but when it does manage to brake it compresses the front end and/or bends the "rigid" fork/headstock/frame assembly, and then the wheel begins to chatter back & forth between these two actions, completely destabilizing the entire front end and steering - This was done at a STAND-STILL - Could you just imagine braking hard into a corner of a half-ass highway PANIC stop?
So you're saying the dude that piloted that thing down the 1/4 is 100% badass.
@@jimbobojim4634 Looks like an 1/8th mile drag. Doing something stupid does not a badass make.
@@flyingmerkel6 LOL
@@jimbobojim4634 LOL? Sorry, didn't realize I was dealing with high school girl. I have 50 years and several hundred thousand miles of motorcycling behind me. Seen a lot of "badasses" come and go. He's free to do something stupid, others are free to point it out. Go back to watching TV.
@@flyingmerkel6 Calm down lady.
日本の方が多いのが驚きです。
この手のバイクに詳しくないですがレベルの高さはわかります。
バイクの姿のバランスが綺麗。
Having no front brake is evidence of idiocy. I am 58 years a biker, but custom motorcycle is going stupid.
Custom Bikes are Cool,but you're right,having no front brakes is insane.
Super long tube forks used for drag race.
That guy got balls of steel.
Some of these are quite fine but some on the other hand.. I appreciate the effort put into building a bike of your own but holy shit, narrow vertical handlebars almost parallel with your arms and a fork so long it flexes like a ruler.. I get it's their bike and they built it the way they wanted it to be built but jesus some people've got poor taste.
I want the first bike!
It LOOKS like several of these beasts were in Japan,...
*Awesome bro*
They seem to handle reasonably well.... in a straight line. And absolutely flat road.
As a rolling art piece, sure. I can't imagine doing any sort of distance on one of those. But hey, that is their gig, not mine.
considering the bosuzoku bikes I've seen from japan it makes perfect sense that a lot of these clips come from over there
riding a chopper its not hard but you must understand it
karl schweizer YOU also had to RESPECT the chopper as WELL otherwise you wound UP on YOUR ASS LOL
I was in Japan years ago and I seen a lot of chopper then too. Seen American muscle cars as well. Some nice stuff over there.
pretty cool.....
cool choppers 😎✌
Its called a chopper baby.
Josh Hutch zebs dead hunny
No choppers look a little different most of these are clown bikes.
I actually like some of these, they're not too bad looking. As long as you can see over top I think they look ok.
Pocket full of money,Shit for
BRAIN'S..
Holy shit Batman, there was one that didn't sound like an air compressor!
She's been dead for years, you know how that feels!
She didn't choke to death on a ham sandwich, that's for sure! Actually, internal combustion engines ARE "air compressors". You should have known.
These are so dangerous. The suspensions are shut, I have even asked these guys numerous times at bike shows. I will take my Ohlins race suspension over this crap anyday.
Perfect beginner bikes to take for driver license test.