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The Top 10 Best Choppers    by Josh Courter

For the past few years now I have looked for the 10 Best Choppers and I am surprised no one has made a list like this before. I couldn’t find any lists of the best choppers at all I started to wonder why that was. I decided I was going to make my own then since no one else has and while I was deciding and looking for bikes to include I realized why no one has done this yet! Its so damn hard just to choose ten Choppers because there are so many different styles and types of bikes its like finding the hay in the needle stack!
As for the 10 I have chosen, I can just say these 10 are the 10 best choppers, this is the list of how I felt at the time and I probably will do more lists with 10 completely different choppers later on, since there are so many choppers.

10. Kevin Alsop and Big Bear Choppers- The Athena- Built during Discovery Channels Biker Build Off, the Athena is one hell of a bike! Its all American built by an Aussie! The big looks mean and aggressive, with its fire orange paintjob, devil inspired frames and handle bars that look like devils horns this is one badass bike!

9. West Coast Choppers- Motorcycle Mania Bike- I swear Jesse James and West Coast Choppers are the only people who do not have a gallery and list the names of the bikes they made. Anyway this bike is the one Jesse Build over 10 years ago in Motorcycle Mania.

8. Billy Lane and Choppers Inc- Money Shot- Now this bike has something really unique about it, its rimless! The rear wheel has no rim. Other great things about the bike are the unique handle bars that go downward, the mirror is the silhouette of a hot girl, there is pin striping on the forks and sink knobs for gauge covers. Impressive small detail is what made this bike!

7. Chica and Chica Custom Cycles- Ace- I gotta say I love this bike! The Bike has that classic 50s and 60s look to it. With its black paint job with red white and yellow strips, its low, with short custom forks, has a high up tank, and has that cool bend in the frame that Chica is known for. Making this a nice one of a kind chopper!
6. Ian Barry and Falcon Motorcycles- The Black- Part of Falcon Motorcycles Concept 10 series, the Bullet was built around a 1952 Vincent Black Shadow engine. What makes this bike great is the small details of every part. Just about every part on this bike is custom made and most of them are painted! The Black overall has a bit of a retro future like, it is like an antique art piece that you can ride!
5. Mondo and Denver-Mondo Choppers- 30th Anniversary Chopper- Built by the Godfather himself back in 2001 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Denver-Mondo Choppers. The bike looks straight out of the early 70s, from the long front forks, to the completely smooth red paintjob (no marks, no bumbs, no welds, nothing all smooth)and straight pipe exhaust all powered by a Panhead motor!
4. Hank Young and Young Choppers and Hot Rods- The Flying Pan- What I really love about this bike is, it looks like an aircraft (that explains the name). I love aircraft and aviation so this bike really stands out to me. Another that will stand out is the fuel tank hangs from the frame rather then being on top of it giving the bike a really unique look. The colors and the paint make me think WWI Aircraft or 20s barnstorming aircraft. The pegs like like they are made from an old machine gun which ads a cool effect to the bike, I actually have heard a rumor somewhere that Hank builds his parts out of old aircraft and car parts! (Which I think is cool)!
3. Indian Larry and Gasoline Alley- Grease Monkey- Built in the 90s by the late great Indian Larry. The bike looks just like a 60s Hot Rod or Gasser, with its candy red paint job, with white flames, the text have that 60s style fonts, the short front forks, and small style gas tank all make this bike look like its right out of the 60s. Also it features Indian Larrys Iconic paint on the transmission belt. The bike is a true Masterpiece!
2. Cole Foster and Salinas Boys Customs- The Beautiful Loser- It’s a Beautiful Winner in my book. It is one of the best motorcycles ever built! Its paintjob gives it a 60s Hot Rod look, which the ribbed fender and fuel tank add to. The “burnt orange” paintjob is flawless, along with the white. Another I really love is the rear fender is not just chopped but its also rounded and smooth giving the whole bike a nice clean look. Overall the Bike is a true Hot Rod.
1. Indian Larry and Gasoline Alley-Daddy O- If I had to chose one bike in the world that represented what a Chopper is, I have to say it would be Daddy-O by Indian Larry. The Bike is a perfect! Everything about this bike is amazing, from the original gas tank that flows perfectly with the bike, to the perfect cut rear fender, to the custom built frame and forks, to the even an engine that is a Panhead and a Shovelhead in one! The Bike is perfect and it was built as a tribute to Hot Rodder Ed”Big Daddy” Roth! Making it the number 1 bike on our list!

Like I said before there are way to many choppers out there its hard to say which bikes belong on the top 10 and which bikes really are the best bikes. There will be more Top 10s to come.

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In order to enjoy fishing sport, boat fishing is needed to access to fishing spot. However, choosing boat fishing can be a taught since that there are many different types of boat fishing, and each one has specialized boat requirements.

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Pacesetter vs. Flowmaster–The Exhaustive Debate   by David S. Brooks

I have a ’97 Acura Integra that I’m slowing building up as a street drifter. My bros and I all watch Tokyo Drift every chance we get and then head out to do some drifting ourselves. We get all geeked-up on Mountain Dew and the movie psyches us for some hardcore drifting; so we head down to the Sears parking lot after dark. My Integra seems to be lagging behind some of the other cars so I’ve decided to install a performance exhaust system; but which one? I’ve narrowed it down to two, Flowmaster and Pacesetter.

Fly Boy, that’s what I call the old Integra, has been jetting me around town for 5 years now. I bought it from my Grammy when she got her new Crown Vic. The thing was pretty sporty right out of the box, but I just couldn’t leave it alone. When I started drifting with the boys I knew it was time for some mods. Right away I added a short ram intake and a performance chip. I was quickly crowned King Drifter of our local abandoned Sears parking lot drift track.

Soon though, the competition stiffened up. Johnny Utah got a new RSX and started to blow door on my old Fly Boy. Shakey’s rickety old CRX was also giving me and Fly Boy a run for our money. And occasionally, this cat named Li’l Puppet comes up from the South Side with his super-fast Celica just to kick some butt on our local boys.

Well, after the last whipping I took from Li’l Puppet, I decided that Fly Boy needed some more work. I checked out the tuner mags and forums and narrowed it down to 2 brands–Pacesetter and Flowmaster. Both makes are super popular with the tuner crowd; in fact each brand has a pretty rabid following. After listening to a bunch of mindless propaganda, I decided I’d have to get to the bottom of this myself. Let’s start with Pacesetter.

Pacesetter has been in the performance-exhaust game for over 30 years. They started with their now famous Monza system that was a huge hit with VW hot rodders back in the day. They took the same design and tweaked it for a number of late model tuner rides–like the Fly Boy. They have a cool logo that looks just like the Ferrari prancing stallion and let’s face it; they make a dirt cheap performance system.

Yes, yes, like all the other exhaust brands, Pacesetter rambles on about mandrel-bending and precision standards. All that info really means nothing to me, so I decided to crunch some numbers. The Pacesetter kit for Fly Boy runs about 250 bones, depending on where you shop. Not bad for a name brand system that runs from the cat back.

How about Flowmaster? Of course, Flowmaster also yammers on about mandrel-bent this and that–blah, blah, blah. These exhaust guys really have to come up with something a little more fresh.

Anyway, Flowmaster has also been around for nearly 30 years and made a name for themselves in the world of hot rodding. Their systems seem to be popular with other drifters and I see their name plastered all over the events that me and Fly Boy attend. Of course, the only advertising going on at our clandestine drift races is the fist pumping and smack talking of the winner.

The Flowmaster system for my Fly Boy costs less than 200 bucks; which is a $50 savings over the Pacesetter. Of course, this is only a flange-back system, so I’m guessing it will extract a little less power. It truly is a beautiful system though; well thought out and solidly built.

Since my bottom line is winning, not saving 50 bucks, I finally decided to go for the Pacesetter kit. And guess what? Me and the Fly Boy are once again setting the pace down at the Sears lot. Yeah!

A quick recap: Pacesetter made their name in tuner performance. They craft an economical kit for a huge array of vehicles. Flowmaster cut their teeth in the hot rod scene, so they have a limited selection for tuner cars. Over all, both kits are well made and designed for an easy DIY installation. – David S. Brooks

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David Brooks is the SEO Manager for AutoAnytyhing, an auto accessories and performance parts e-tailer based in San Diego, CA

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