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Billy Lane's How to Build Old School Choppers, Bobbers and Customs

by Billy Lane

A hands-on guide to custom motorcycle building

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A hands-on guide to custom motorcycle building

Billy Lane’s book ranges across choppers, bobbers, and other custom motorcycles, framing the work as a build process that moves from fabricating metal components to selecting finishing details. Its scope makes room for the bobber, an older custom style distinct from the chopper, alongside chopper construction. Hundreds of color photographs accompany the construction process, giving the book a visual reference role as well as a practical one. The emphasis is on assembling a complete motorcycle and shaping its individual details, with repair and maintenance knowledge central to the subject.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People interested in building or customizing motorcycles
  • Chopper and bobber enthusiasts seeking a visual construction guide
  • Readers exploring metal fabrication and motorcycle detailing

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Custom motorcycle constructionChoppers and bobbersMetal fabricationMotorcycle detailing

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Book overview

Billy Lane is the fastest-rising star among the high-profile custom chopper builders, and in this book he offers many of his secrets for building a chopper that will stand out in a crowd. This is the ultimate resource for any chopper builder-a book designed as a step-by-step guide to building any type of custom motorcycle. This book also covers custom-building beyond the chopper genre, including the building of "bobbers," an old-school style of custom that has been revived as a hot trend. Predating choppers, they are on the cutting edge of current biker "cool", for real riding, and are much safer and more functional than choppers. Billy Lane has been featured several times on the Discovery Channel's top rated series Biker Build-Off and the Monster Garage premiere episode. Plus, He was Easyriders Builder of the Year, and winner of numerous national Best in Show awards. This book shows Billy's inside secrets of constructing a complete motorcycle, from hand fabricating metalwork to adding the detail parts that will make your bike your own creation and stand out from the crowd. Hundreds of color photographs will lead the builder through the construction process.
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