Cover: CCI’s new kit bike; Features: CCI’s Kit Bike mail-order chopper part 2; Tenth Annual Yuma Prison Run; Wrinkle Flake Barrels; Tank Art; Technical: Fresh Fire for the Harley 74; Breakdown on brakes; Rigid Handling; Racing Pistons; Cycles: 21 Day Knockout, A Little Bit Chopper, Low Flyer, One-Owner Show Stopper, Super Simple Shovelhead, English Classic, Big Chief; more
1971 July Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: “A Lot of Flare” in a sculptured 74 by Kenny Means. This unique bike can be seen on the streets of La Puente, California; Features: Put Your Foot on it!- pegs and highway bars; Springnational Show; Lock it or lose it; Technical: Build a Super Sport Part 5; Chopper Testing the Kawasaki; XL Tune Up; “Shovelhead” Part 2; A new breed of tanks – glass tanks; Front end machinging of one-piece tubes; Cycles: A Lot of Flair, Squared Away XL, Racer’s Counterpart, Red Hot Harley, The Silencer, The Evolution of an Enthusiast, Gremlin’s Turtle, English Conservative; more
1970 September Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: A Stitch in Time saves Nine Hundred – Bob Gordon’s hang-on-and-screamer
Feature Chops: A Stitch in Time saves Nine Hundred – Bob Gordon’s hang-on-and-screamer; God created Knuckleheads; Berdoo Bomber; Rigid as the Tower; Taking the Plunge; Tech Things: Chop Talk; Tricking the Sportster Linkert; Brakes; The Harley 74 Kickshifter; Project Trike; Special Features: Darkness – a blind mechanic / Alvin Faria; My Wife’s Chop; From the Riders: Chopping Block – The Indian Experience; Mailbox; Reader’s Bikes; more
1973 September Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Dave Johnston’s “Hopscotch”; Chop Techs: Tank Art; Paneling for looks and strength; Learn at home – correspondence schools come to the bike industry; Invader Wheels; Honda Turns Monster; Features: Freight Train; Chopper Material – Honda 500 Four; Economy +; Hamburger; Long Cast; Azusa; Hopscotch; Burnout; Horny Hornet; Prime Stuff; Clean and Legal; more
1974 September Motor Cycle World Special Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Mike Barkulis cherry midwest panhead on the shores of Lake Michigan. Mary Ann Reaks waits in the background; Features: Cycle Rama ’73; Oil Coolers for Choppers; Test Jammin’ The Honda 750 Four; Collector Header Guide; Bolt-On Trike Kit; Trick Bike Mounts; Technical: Lifter Sifter; Shop Stop; Wide 15 for the rear; Hot Head; Cycles: Mirage (Sportster), The Electric Harley (Sportster), Stiletto (BSA), Shop Bike (Ariel Square 4), Wheeler Dealer (Harley), Little Devil (Honda), Orange Crush (Sportster), Buzzard (Honda); more
1973 May Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Steve Stillwell’s Triumph along with Dean Rediger and Pam Green on CCI’s newest project bike; Features: History of BSA and Triumph; Brake Styles; L.A. Sports Arena Show; Hawaiian Chopper Riders Fight Back; Chopper Symposium – a meaningful show; Technical: Crowns and Trees; Build a custom oil tank; Slick Stuff – things to know about four-stroke motor oil; Centerstands for choppers; Cycles; Mid Evil, Turbo Triumph, Chopped Norton, Santana, CCI’s Project Panhead, Herman’s Hot One, Black Magic, Struttin’ Sportster, Black is Beautiful; more
1972 August Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Northern Californian Ron Ebert’s new creation, the Bubble Top Trike
Features: Ride for my Brother; Mirror ideas; Gas Tank Murals; Long Beach Show; How to Write Your Congressman; Massachusetts Helmet Law; Indio Tour No. 7; Help comes in small packages; Technical: Paneling Professional Style; The Making of a tire; Building the Honda Four; The Trick Trike Continued; Cycles: Bubble Top Trike, Mid-America Trike, Little One, Reach Out, America’s Most Beautiful Chopper, On My Own, Never A Dull Moment; more
1972 February Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: the best Smith Bros. and Fetrow (SB&F) has to offer in Donnie Smith’s latest creatiion “Pandemonium”; Features: S&S Sidewinder; Fresno Run; FXS-80 Low Rider; Paughco Catalog; Technical: Heli Coil Plug Repair; New Threads for The Pan; Bikes: Pandemonium, Flame Out, Moonshine, Vesona Cruiser, Long John, Super Cop, Orange Crate, Brown Out, Three Day Special, Yakima Canyon Cruiser; Fiction: Marmotville Incident; Hard Ride; more
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1979 September Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: Arlen Ness latest project “Mail Call”; Features: Texas all Harley drag meet; King Lite; ABATE Swap Meet; Welcome to Fear; Yuma Prison Run; Chopper Specialties Project; Providence Show; Technical: Pointer Case Needle Bearings; The Art of Engraving; Cycles: Mail Call / Arlen Ness, The Count, Strawberry Shortcake, Golden Rod, Utopian’s Finest; more
1979 August Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: the colorful engine / tank shot is of Bay Area Custom Cycles BACC’s turbocharged “Back to My Island” machine which began life as one of our project bikes early last year.
Features: Oakland Roadster Show; Mega-Drag; HD News; Paranoid Sporty Owner; Technical: Spray-can Colors; Carb Jetting; Mikuni Pumper; Bikes: Sweet Sticky Thing, Black ‘N’ Blue, Red Bitch, Back to My Island, Mean Green, Pat’s Fat Bob, Indian Summer, Genesis, Roadrunner Triumph, Cotton Candy; more
1979 May Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: the tastefully detailed Panhead of Sam Rameriz with super fox Kelli. The drop in shot is of Crazy John Markwall doin’ his thing on the monstrous J&W Turbo CBX
Features: Swedish Skin; The Rat; Computerized Yamaha; More Stats; Cycle Fab; Colorado Custom; Bikes: Sams Pan, Shore Scout, Satans Express, Turbo CBX, Witch DR., Dragonquest; Fiction: Reunion; None But The Blind; more
1981 February Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: a pair of the finest street machines in the country. First is Monty Head’s beautiful Fat Bob Honda Four and secondly Dave Perewitz’ latest Sporty
Features: Sturgis Black Hills Clasic; 1980 Harley Rendevous; Exclusive – the Cannonball Run; NMRA Nats West; Bikes: Kaluz’ Tripster, Up and Easy, World’s Most Beautiful Honda, Flight of the Phoenix, Perewitz’ Street Machine; more
1980 December Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: Anita Weiss on her personally owned and ridden Sportster. Also a pair of rare finds – Allen Petersons blown injected Sporty & Jody Haynes “Knuck”
Features: Laconia; Rhode Island Show; Gulf Port Nats; N.E. Nationals; Bikes: Worlds Quickest Street Sportster, Sundancer, Old Timer III, Master Piece, Obsession, Black Hills Beauty; Fiction: War Against Bikers; Forget the Past; Technical: Lucas Mag Repair; more
1980 October Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Shown: Duo-Glide, Sportster H, Sportster CH, Super-10, Sprint, Topper H – see all the 1961 Harley-Davidsons at your nearby Harley-Davidson dealer.
Harley-Davidson’s Nation-Wide Spring Open House. Harley-Davidson dealers across the country are putting out welcome mats for riding enthusiasts everywhere – no matter what make they ride! They’re planning a swell get-together for you, with plenty of things to do and see. Here’s an opportunity for you to talk things over with old friends, meet new ones, make plans for the riding season ahead. Be on the lookout for your Harley-Davidson dealer’s announcement on his Spring Fling. It’s an event you won’t want to miss. Make plans now to attend and bring along a buddy…a gal…your wife…for a real swell time. While you’re there be sure to test ride the Harley-Davidson model of your choice and put more zing in your Spring!
1961 Harley-Davidson Dealer’s Spring Fling Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
The engine is an air-cooled single cylinder four-stroke that is operated by the normal type of push rods and rocker arms that are found in many other machines. The thing that is quite different about this engine though, is the fact that it is placed in a horizontalk position in the frame. This gives the engine and gearbox assembly a long look which is further accentuated by the cooling fins which also are place on a horizontal plane…
1961 Moto Parilla Olimpia Road Test 3-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: this month’s cover brings out the best in contemporary road customs with the BACC Fat Bob. The heavy smoke shot gives you a glimpse of what to expect from the Wayne Davis fueler featured on page 46. Racer or strictly street we’ve got something for everybody.
Features: Oakland 1980; Toronto Showdown; Ft. Worth Main Event; “Spun Out” Alloy Tanks; Warning Motorcycles Dangerous to Freedom?; Technical: D-R Mfg. Cam Cover Conversion, late ignition early iron; Bikes: Morgan’s “River Ride”, the Witzing Hour, Red Rider, Wayne Davis Eng. 7 second fueler, Ultimate Ride, Bay Area Custom Cycles BACC / Paughco Project Fat Bob, Zapped by Zan, Exception to the Rule, Long Distance Runner, Silver Streak; Fiction: Road Master; more
1980 July Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Photos: Top – Canine Speedster – Fritz, four-year veteran motorcycle rider, displays his form from his specially constructed “jump seat” as his master, 1st Marine Division Sgt. Monty Young cruises the streets of Oceanside, Calif. Bottom – My turn? S / Sgt. Monty Young waits for the “go ahead” signal from his well-trained boxer.
1961 Fritz the motorcycle riding dog 1-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: Sonny “The Old Man” from Denvers shop in San Bernadino aboard the shops one of a kind Hondamatic. The drop-in shot is of Clyde Rawlings mammoth fuel shovel engine. Engine powers one of the finest looking Harleys on the circuit.
Features: 7th Annual MMA Toys for Tots Run; Seattle Show time; X-10 Carb; Draggin Enterprises; Technical: Maxi Dwell; Hidden Sissy Bar Mounts; Bikes: Redwing, Hondamatic, Sparkey’s Trike, The Magician, Rawling’s Fueler; Fiction: Second Chance; Now an Outlaw; Bad Joke; more
1980 April Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
See the built-in values. Did you know that BMW is practically the only motorcycle manufactured today that uses an automotive-type driveshaft with ring and pinion gear? This BMW driveshaft, cleverly concealed within the swinging arm unit shown in this photo, requires no maintenance whatsoever, runs in an oil bath sealed at both ends against leakage and dust. Years of trouble-free performance with this BMW feature.(Note those husky rear suspension units, which are easily adjustable by hand for added comfort whenever mi-lady is aboard your BMW). To find out more about BMW’s famed driveshaft, the cleanliness, safety and economy of maintenance of this unique motorcycle, just ask any BMW owner.
1961 BMW Motorcycle Driveshaft Swinging Arm Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover Photo: Dave Perewitz’s “Big Blue”
Contents: Jammin’ – reader photos; Q&E Machine Shop; Dave Perewitz’s “Big Blue”; Mile High Shovel / Terry Paine; Monsoon – Bay Area Custom Cycles BACC; Drag Specialties project bike revisited – Magnum; Oakland Custom Show; Double Trouble – Bill Gardner’s Sportster Brother Bikes; Gone but not forgotten – White Bros. tricked out Yamaha SR-500 single; Cam Buyer’s Guide; Yoshimura Bolt-On Boost; Keep your Sportster charging; Crystal Gazing – future is bright for one of drag racing’s prettiest riders, Kathy Crystal; Vance & Hines Road Racer – killer Katana; more
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1983 May Street Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
