Contents: Forward; The 74, and how it grew; Project Harley - how we built the bike; The secrets of buying a used bike; How to buy a police bike at auction; Setting up your workshop; Stripping your scoot; What to cut off; Raking the frame; Foolproof fender mounting; Frame molding; Molding a removable tank; Spray can painting; Professional painting; Chroming; Extended Harley Glide Legs; Narrow your hog legs; Secrets of buying a safe Springer; The Girder front end; How to lace and true a wheel; Mechanical vs. Hydraulic - which brake is best?; Wheel mounting; Harley Engine Assembly Specs; The Harley Engine - Imperfect Masterpiece; Stripping the engine; Heads and valves; Pistons; Rebuilding the tranny; How to rebuild a Harley clutch; Adjusting Chains the right way; Gear it right; Doing Harley Lower Ends; True your Flywheels for smooth Jammin'; Rebuilding the Linkert; The Tillotsen Carb; Hot Carburetors; The S.U. Carb; Accessories; Detailing your bike; Reassembling the bike; Hog Wiring made easy; Tuning Techniques; Selling your bike; more
To the novice, building a chopper looks like an impossible task. It requires enough bucks to cover the Vietnam budget, the design ability of a Pininfarina, the engineering skill of a William Harley, and the brains of an Albert Einstein.
"Migawd, I can barely change my own plugs, and I'm supposed to build a chopper?" is the way the frightened beginner thinks. He's wrong. All that it takes to build a chopper is a bike, a few tools, a willingness to learn and a lot of patience. And one more thing - some advice to help him over the rough spots. That advice - if you're trying to build a chopper in Possum Kingdom, Arkansas - can be a little hard to come by. That's the reason for the Harley Chopper Guide. For the first time, a book will take you all the way from how to buy a bike to putting the last touches on the finished chopper.
You can do all, part, or none of the work yourself. The more work you have done outside, the more money you'll spend. Plus you'll find out one thing - nobody will work as carefully on your bike as you will. Only you can afford to spend the timne getting everthing exactly perfect, while a professional mechanic has got 10 other bikes to work on.
It's not a bad idea to spend another few bucks - around $15 - for a Harley manual. For current bikes, a Harley dealer will sell you a workshop manual. If you get stuck trying to find a manual for an obsolete bike, drop us a line and we'll try to help you out.
The Chopper Guide is intended to be used with the Harley manual, not to replace it. You'll neede the book for reassembly, if nothing else, to make sure all your spacers and washers are installed correctly.
Finally, you'll need a motorcycle. And one last thing, which no one can give you - originality. You could build a bike just like the one built in this book. But you'll like it better and have more fun building it, if you incorporate your own ideas and thoughts.
Take your time, and think before you throw 300 pounds behind that wrench - and you can come up with as dynamite a chopper as any show's ever given the Grand Prize to. Do it right, and don't give up. Good luck.
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1972 March Harley 74 Chopper Guide - The Custom Builder's Complete Manual available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
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