Where chopper riders meet...

 


 


Click on web page links below...


South Australian Choppers

Dave, Triumph

 

Crowie, Shovel

Geoff, Evo Sportster

Jerry, HondaCB750

Jethro, Honda CB750

Mal, Honda CB750

Rus, Triumph

Prof, Shovel

Jim, Honda CB750

Steve, Honda CB750

Paul, HondaCB 500/4

Graham, Yamaha XS650

Dru, Yamaha XS650

AJ, IronHead Sportster

Brett, Harley WLA

Brian, Yamaha XS650

 

Henry, Virago

 

 


 

 A website and networking club for owners of all makes of chopper & bobber... the coolest transport in the world…

Welcome to our community of Australian chopper enthusiasts, builders and riders...

Choppers Australia club and ChoppersAustralia.com welcome and support riders and builders of all makes of chopper and bobber, whether you have built your own, bought one or ride a factory job.

While one of our main aims  is to help builders of home built "old school" and "classic" choppers, this club and website is set up to encourage and support anyone, male or female who loves choppers.

Choppers in Australia... if it can be ridden you bet it can be chopped or bobbed!     Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Triumph, BSA, Harley, Panhead, Shovelhead and Evo... even Howard, minibikes and pushbikes!... Even the factories are now getting in one the act... and producing a couple of fairly nice choppers.  You'll find them all in these pages and amongst our club members... Photos by the hundreds... choppers, bobbers, customs and some way out stuff as well.

Is the chopper movement alive and well in Australia?  You bet!!! Click on "Reports" link in left column and read about choppers Australia chopper runs... Keep in touch with the  home built chopper movement and meet other chopper enthusiasts near you on our popular forums...

 

Paul on his CB550/4... a weekend cruising & camping in country SA...

2009 Choppers Australia Mega Ride... 5000km on a 39 year old rigid chopper?  That's right and not just one, but a dozen or more... Plus the Mega Ride Muster at the National Motor Museum... click on 'Next Event' tab on your left for more information and updates as this fantastic ride is organised...

FRONT NUMBER PLATE PETITION... Victoria is again proposing front number plates on motorcycles.  This is also an ongoing issue in a number of states... Read about it and sign the petition... http://gopetition.com.au/petitions/stop-front-number-plate-laws-4-motorcyclists/sign.html

Chopper movie clips... Click here for our first aussie clips                 


Help...  Go to our Services page for a list of swap-meets in Australia and a metric/imperial calculator as well as lots of chopper related websites...


Forums... Look & Chat about your chopper, bobber, low rider, fatbob, digger, custom, chopper push bike, model choppers and motorcycles, chopper film info and more... We reckon you'll get a real kick out of looking at all the chopper photos and talking to the many chopper builders and riders who frequent this site and its forums...


FREE Buy & Sell Forum... Chopper Marketplace... Buy and sell your choppers, projects and parts through our forum market place.


Chopper Definitions... Lots of chopper jargon with photos... click on Definitions Link in left hand column.  What is an Allen peg, sissy bar, shotgun pipe, dump, peanut tank, coffin tank, springer, girder, digger, bobber and much more...


Chopper photos...  

Hundreds of chopper photos on our...

 CHOPPER GALLERIES... http://www.choppersaustralia.com/Chopper-Galleries/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=4 

 PHOTO FORUMS... Try this link...  try this link... http://www.choppersaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=405

Chopper Gallery webpage...   check out some really great photos from 1970/71 chopper mags such as Choppers, Big Bike, Street Chopper and a few more... and we still have hundreds of pictures ready to go onto our galleries..   

Chopper Photo Forums... Check out our forums... Choppers from around the world... Listed by make.  Plus lots of Australian choppers.  New chopper pics are added every few days. You DO NOT need to register to read them or to see all the GROOVY CHOPPER PICS... you'll always find something new about choppers on this site... including a number of "blow by blow" accounts of ongoing chopper projects...

Post your own photos on our Forums..., show what you have learnt, learn from others, get to know other chopper builders and riders... and have the time of your life... you help make the site what it is... and because we're G rated, you can sit the kids on your lap and train up the next chopper generation...


 

Model choppers, chopper paintings, arty photos... click on http://www.choppersaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=895 to go to our "Biker Art" forum for some more pics of chopper models, trophies, paintings, photographs, fancy ch0pper paintwork etc...

 


Registering on forums... If you wish register on our forums, YOU MUST FIRST send us an email explaining why you wish to be involved in the forums and a bit about your interest in motorcycles and choppers. Include your email address and forum name.   We will not publish any of this info. This is to enable forum admins to weed out spam...


Need something for your chopper? The following businesses can help you... click on "Services" tab...

South Australia... The Chopper Shed, MR Motorcycle Dismantlers, Dru's Signs, Two Wheel Recyclers, Kennewell CNC Machining, GLM Metal Polishers, South Glenelg Brake Services, Mitchell Laser Cutting, MotorSports Travel...

Queensland... Rego Label holders, Pommy Choppers, Evo-Pod campers

Victoria... Bikers Toy Shop


Links to other chopper sites... Click on 'Links' tab.  Over fifty Chopper and Specialist links... Tell us about interesting chopper sites.  If you run one, how about swapping links with us...

 

Revisit Easy Rider... The movie we all remember...

Click on these links to view some Easy Rider footage... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7tuUG6dLv4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIwD1wFlMn4 .  Find out more about the old chopper movies on our "Nostalgia" webpage...

 

 

Dave Mann... the chopper riders artist...

Check out dozens of Dave Mann pics via this website link... http://home.att.net/~knucklehead-47/dmann.htm 

 Here's a link to a Mann slide show (some pics not G rated)...   http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=5377078  


Chops 'n Bobbers...   Our 20 page Quarterly magazine for financial members...   lots of pics of current Aussie choppers, tech articles, colour centre pages, reports and more...  

Want to ride with other choppers?   see our "Next Event" webpage..

Who can help you with your chopper...  You'll get lots of support from our forum members... and... have a look at the "Services..." webpage.  Have a service to offer?   Contact us...

Nostalgia...  Have a look at our partial list of 70's chopper movies and info... How many do you remember?  Did you know that the Fonz first rode a chopped Panhead?... and more...

If you ride or are building a chopper... perhaps you'd like to become a part of Choppers Australia.  Click here for membership details...


So why chop a perfectly good bike?...

 

Well, there are lots of reasons and here are a few...

 

1. To quote a common 70's phrase... "Riding a chopper is outa sight man!"

2. Stock bikes don't fit individuals... you make yours to fit you. 

3. Stock bikes are compromises and don't do any one thing really well... you make yours to suit your riding style.

4. If you are into cruising, a well set up chopper is definitely safer and less tiring than a sport bike

5. You are a unique person and you like to be seen that way,  so what's better than personalising your bike. 

6. Chopping your bike is great therapy (and cheaper in the long run than a shrink!). 

7. Chopping your bike brings out your creativity. 

8. Chopping your bike introduces you to new skills. 

9. While you're in the shed, you're not in the pub (which should please the missus!). 

10. Chopping your bike stimulates the economy where it is most important... the little guy, the motorcycle shops, wreckers, your biker brother with something to sell etc.

11. Chopping and then riding your creation is one of the sweetest experiences in the world.

 

"...so, Rob chopped his bike... It wasn't all fun,

But he sweated & swore 'til he got it done.

It's finished...

His baby's a beaut & tracks real sweet,

Roar of exhaust & stretched out feet,

Riding his chopper... he's one happy boy

Wind in his face... TOTAL JOY."

 

 

 

 

Rob,Qld, CB750/4...

 

 

Copyright...  No photos or written material on Choppers Australia website may be used with out prior written permission...

This website and its forums contain many photos obtained from books and magazines and off other chopper websites. Where possible we acknowledge our sources. We do not knowingly use internet images that are restricted.  If you are the owner of an image we have used and object to us displaying it on this website, please contact us.