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my 650 Triumph chopper
This was the last Triumph I built, shown in my Modesto chopper shop during the grand opening in 1972. It was a showcase for the Santee line of parts we distributed including the weld on hardtail and hex oil tank. That's a steel Gary Littlejohn coffin tank, very rare at the time as all other coffin tanks were fiberglass. The square glide forks are from AEE Choppers catalog as was the 17" diameter spool front wheel. The bolt thru, adjustable width handlebars were our own design and manufactured for us exclusively. The King and Queen seat was from a line of seats we had made in Sacramento by upholstery company eager to tap the growing chopper market. The upsweep pipes are also from the AEE catalog. Peaking out from behind the Triumph is the Sportster that became the donor bike for Hellbound after it was wrecked. I painted both bikes during my "metalflake" period. There is no striping on either bike and 1/8 inch masking tape was not available locally so I had a windsheld out of a Mack truck I layed 1/4 inch 3M tape on and then cut in half with a single edge razor blade. Best viewed large, scanned from a 1972 b/w Kodak print and post processed in Photoshop CS.
my 650 Triumph chopper
This was the last Triumph I built, shown in my Modesto chopper shop during the grand opening in 1972. It was a showcase for the Santee line of parts we distributed including the weld on hardtail and hex oil tank. That's a steel Gary Littlejohn coffin tank, very rare at the time as all other coffin tanks were fiberglass. The square glide forks are from AEE Choppers catalog as was the 17" diameter spool front wheel. The bolt thru, adjustable width handlebars were our own design and manufactured for us exclusively. The King and Queen seat was from a line of seats we had made in Sacramento by upholstery company eager to tap the growing chopper market. The upsweep pipes are also from the AEE catalog. Peaking out from behind the Triumph is the Sportster that became the donor bike for Hellbound after it was wrecked. I painted both bikes during my "metalflake" period. There is no striping on either bike and 1/8 inch masking tape was not available locally so I had a windsheld out of a Mack truck I layed 1/4 inch 3M tape on and then cut in half with a single edge razor blade. Best viewed large, scanned from a 1972 b/w Kodak print and post processed in Photoshop CS.