What is YOUR idea of a what a Street Chopper really is?

From what you have written and what we hear when we are talking to people on the streets. I think you will like the way we are going with the next issue which hits the stands in May.  

sorry if i offend anyone.not trying to start off on a bad note here,but oh well.
it is not a chopper if it is store bought production bike.
i am so sick of people saying loo at my big dog
thats a custom chopper.no dude that is a production bike.if you did not cut crap off how can it be chopped?
if you did not weld and hammer out metal.how can it be a chopper?
if you did not burn your fingers cut your hands and in general leave your blood on the bike how can it be a chopper?

i love bikes all kinds doesn't matter.but a chopper is just that a bike that has been chopped.
period end of debate  

there is a few comments that hit home in this area over at "CHOPPER-WEB",..

http://chopperweb.net/forum/showthread.php?s=24a8920a6ecde2772f9a755ed1f17e45&threadid=26889

the consensus is mostly the same where ever you go, the BIGDOG's have been ruled out of the "CUSTOM" world by popular demand,...  

A street chopper is what you want it to be. No opinion can trump another. Sorry. If it is a pink Evo with an airbrush mural of porky the pig or a black shovel with apes and drag bike specs it is what it is.. A street chopper. That is the idea right? Do what you want. Don't follow a mold unless you want to.

PS truth be told, I really think the 883 iron is a street chopper- No fancy parts and American workers making factory style. In a time when Harley is losing profits (58% Nov. Dec. 08)  downsizing, laying off, cutting production numbers 11%, and taking hundreds of millions from Warren Buffett to stay afloat the only custom welder I would hire right now are those craftspeople in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sreaming Eagle Baby!  

Sounds like there is a positive consensus as to where a "Chopper magazine" should be headed. Made in Taiwan bolt on parts don't make a chopper. If you didn't chop it its not a chopper, etc. There is always room for a "Readers Rides" section. Personally I think you need to publish more tattoos, Pendleton flannel, and Vans shoes. Hahaha. It would be great to see the magazine more like it was when it first started back in the day. A lot like Big Daddy's Chopper Magazine was when he ran the works, or even the Old Easy Rider before it just got sleazy. That old format was the best ever for those of us who were there to see it back in the day. Well, late seventies for me. .o2  

Jeff, the last issue was banging! Tell them bean counters to give you better paper! See you in Garden Grove on Saturday.  

It's really quite simple:  a "chopper" has had parts chopped off it, but has a custom frame; a "bobber" started with a stock frame, and had parts "bobbed," or cut.  OCC, West Coast Choppers, Big Dog, etc. build chopper style limited-production motorcycles.  There ain't nothin' custom on any of 'em, which is really sad, as these are some very talented men, and they could build truly great choppers/bobbers if they chose to.  

Where can I pick up a copy of Street Choppers? I've looked all over, with no luck. I would also like to subscribe.

Thanks  

What do you all you "So-Cal" dudes do when two guys have the same flannel shirt on?    
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A "chopper"? I guess I am a purist also, in the true sense of the word. I have a daily rider that I have made stuff for and done some things to, but would never classify it as a "chopper", it's a customized bike. I started building choppers a few years back in my garage as a hobby, something to keep me sane through the winter months in Nebraska. A chopper is just that, a stock bike or pile of parts that you have cut, welded, grinded on, shed blood and sweat, cussed at and puzzled over to get the look that is floating around in your twisted mind. It's meant to be ridden and enjoyed, or get rid of it and start another.