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After this, people started changing the angle at which the front wheel was sticking out. The size of the gas tanks started getting smaller and the handlebars got taller when they added ape hangers. Since there wasn’t any type of fender, the size of the tire started to get played with as well. The most sought-after look for a bobber chopper is a thin front wheel with a very large rear tire. In biker lingo a bike with a very chunky or wide rear tire is called a Fat Bastard.
It has been said that the difference between bobbers and choppers doesn’t come down to what’s on the bike and what isn’t. It comes down to whether it has a short front end or a long front end. If the bike has been customized and changed with nothing done to the front end, it is a bobber. If the front end has been stretched out then it is a chopper."
This white-walled metric custom must have the longest cowhorns around! Leather saddle, hard-tail frame (?) and totally bobbed fender showcase the V-twin bobber V-Star. Not sure taping the pipes is good for the motor but it sure looks right. Is that a hand gear-shift I see on the left side of the bike?
A nice example of a classis-style Japanese bobber motorcyle.
Honda bobber/dirt-tracker
Looks like Omars Dirt Track Racing had a wee influence on this ride with the tail-piece, shock guards and pipes. This is a stock Honda SL frame and engine after the brackets were stripped and a totally new tail/sub-frame was built to make it look exactly like a Track-master. This Honda bobber motorcycle has had a pro-quality going over. Check out the very stylish paint-work, lovely pipes and teeny tiny tank. And the engine is still winning races in ARHMA racing!
Bravo to the builder!
GSXR750 bobber
What a monster! This techno tour-de-force just shouts exotic. Most obvious are the TWO single sided swingarms. The back one is impressive enough but a hub-steering front end? Holy cow! And just imagine the weird steering and handling that bad-ass fat front might impart.The frame must have been extensively reworked to handle that system. But one thing kinda sticks out as retro, that being the solo steel tractor saddle. Someone's got too much time on their hands, in a very good way.
Let's have a closer look at some hard to find Suzuki bobbers and others, as the bobber genre has grown in leaps and bounds the last few years, and may be along with streetfighters, the most popular form of custom motorcycle going!
Modern Japanese Bobbers
If you own a modern cruiser and want to turn it into something more interesting and hard-core, there are kits, frames and lots of parts available to accomplish your goal.And if you aren't mechanically inclined, or you're looking for a quick and easy transformation so you can just get out and ride, then have a look at the Blue Collar Bobbers website by clicking on the Suzuki Savage pic below.
They certainely can help you transform a ho-hum cruiser and make it stand out amongst all the same-old same-old stuff out there.
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I just want to see if anyone has a comment.
Well Mikael, that's quite a bobber! You've clearly done some serious work here. Love the front end.
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Built over the course of this year for £1600.00.
Hey Bullfrog, nicest looking Intruder I've seen! Please tell us what you've done.
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i have this suzuki now for 4 weeks !
I love her.
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