Saturday, January 9

Hirschberg... and the first chopper?

While debating what constitutes a bobber on a UK bike forum (again!), I used Irish Rich's superb article in GK #8 as an example. If you haven't read it, it traced the lineage from 40s bob-job to 60s chopper via this – Dick Hirschberg's bike – built in '59, which represents the link between earlier modified stockers and later out-and-out customs.

And Dick's 'tweeny' style is what I always return to for inspiration...
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3 comments:

  1. RowanJanuary 9, 2010 at 11:03 PM

    if we had a pound for everytime that topic has come up..... i'd be able to buy a Crocker

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  2. Guy@GKJanuary 10, 2010 at 3:25 PM

    If I had a pound for every bike that's been called a bobber that isn't, I'd be able to buy every last Crocker on the planet.

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  3. Gob-Iron SimoJanuary 14, 2010 at 12:40 AM

    if I had a pound for every 'real' bobber featured in mags I wouldn't have enough to buy a bogus one!

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