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Title: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: bergj1986 on January 29, 2008, 06:32:26 AM
http://nh.craigslist.org/mcy/547126899.html

Saw this on CL and found it interesting.  Those of you who want to make completely custom bikes, take notice.  Looks like he used a Harley frame and GS engine.
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: ohgood on January 29, 2008, 07:11:12 AM
Ahh, take 154 pounds of 1980's tech, bolt it to 250 lbs of 1930's tech, put wiiiiiide tires on it from 1990's tech, and it's a sure sale.

At least he was honest and said the frame was a 'killer'. ;)

Nice find, wonder if it smokes and leaks oil like a proper chopper ?

That exhaust will sure make it cool ;)
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: Jlittle on January 29, 2008, 03:26:04 PM
it looks like he had a bunch of junk laying around, welded it all together and threw a GS engine in it.
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: frankieG on January 29, 2008, 04:00:24 PM
yuk
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: sledge on January 29, 2008, 05:49:35 PM
Looks like he failed the audition for Junkyard Wars :laugh:
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: bergj1986 on January 30, 2008, 10:20:41 AM
Agree, Jlittle.  The bike almost looks like one of those small engine "choppers" you see that have 50cc weedwhacker engines in the back with a dummy engine in the front.  Bet this thing handles like a box of rocks.
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: ohgood on January 30, 2008, 05:05:31 PM
Quote from: bergj1986 on January 30, 2008, 10:20:41 AM
Agree, Jlittle.  The bike almost looks like one of those small engine "choppers" you see that have 50cc weedwhacker engines in the back with a dummy engine in the front.  Bet this thing handles like a box of rocks.

Look, just look at them ! They're obviously quite offended at your remark ! What an insult !
(http://lh3.google.com/brian.m.carlson/Rh3xKtWPAOI/AAAAAAAAAGg/CIywueOvPDA/IMG_0319.JPG?imgmax=576)

Seriously though, you're right, it would handle like something not fun at all.
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: anthonygs1000 on January 30, 2008, 11:10:23 PM
this guy must be from alaska where pot smoking is legal . looking at that bike makes me want to poke my eyes out
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: RichDesmond on January 31, 2008, 05:57:19 PM
LOL. Stuff like that was common in the early '70s. Bunch of random parts thrown together. People forget, but there was a time when "Chopper" and "Harley" weren't synonomous. Back then there were far more Honda-engined choppers than everything else put together. 350s, 450s and 750s mostly. Lots of Brit-bike ones too.
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: scottpA_GS on January 31, 2008, 07:18:47 PM
Quote from: anthonygs1000 on January 30, 2008, 11:10:23 PM
this guy must be from alaska where pot smoking is legal . looking at that bike makes me want to poke my eyes out

Ummm.. Smoking pot in AK is not legal...   :cookoo:

If it was I would live there  :thumb:
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: frankieG on February 01, 2008, 05:23:52 PM
it is no longer a crime in canada and pot shops have opened up all over the place in vancouver.  police, right fully so, have better things to do.
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: anthonygs1000 on February 02, 2008, 05:57:44 AM
yes sir early

          70s free love = HIV  70s Honda choppers = mental retardation 
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: 97gs500e on February 02, 2008, 02:22:00 PM
ewww
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: bombadillo on February 02, 2008, 11:45:26 PM
I'd ride it!

Seriously, a little xs400 was about the most fun bike I've been on yet :)
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: bergj1986 on February 03, 2008, 10:30:02 AM
I'd have no problem with a chopper that uses any engine other than a Harley, but this bike does look poorly assembled.  Juding by the pictures, it looks pretty ghetto rigged.  If anything, I'd prefer a chopper with a Japanese engine instead of the filling-jarring Harley engine which I feel isn't designed too well to begin with.  Choppers are not my style, I like a bike that handles well.
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: anthonygs1000 on February 03, 2008, 08:28:23 PM
Does any one want to take a ride to canada  ? I need some ideas for a junk yard chopper ( or something like that )
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: bergj1986 on February 03, 2008, 08:36:39 PM
I don't see how the two coincide.
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: frankieG on February 03, 2008, 08:54:33 PM
ya i was wondering that too
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: anthonygs1000 on February 04, 2008, 07:18:20 AM
well if i was to get smoked up that would be the place to do it . but anyways check this one out      http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/mcy/525321025.html     this one looks ok
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: beRto on February 04, 2008, 08:51:22 AM
Quoteit is no longer a crime in canada and pot shops have opened up all over the place in vancouver.  police, right fully so, have better things to do.

Frankie, I don't think this is true. While it's true that police often look the other way, I'm pretty sure it's still illegal here in Vancouver?  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: frankieG on February 04, 2008, 10:35:38 AM
i thought there was a guy in gastown who opened a shop and openly sold pot and seeds. i have not been in the city for years so i do not know first hand
Title: Re: GS500 Chopper on Craigslist
Post by: beRto on February 04, 2008, 11:36:25 AM
Yeah, the "Prince of Pot" has been in the news lately:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080114/prince_pot_080114/20080114 (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080114/prince_pot_080114/20080114)

:icon_rolleyes: