I picked this up last year -- it's changed a bit, I'm still not happy with my attempt at bending the seat post, but I like the look pretty well and it rides much better with the fat cruiser wheels and tires. I used my Dremel tool to trim the fenders (used a sharpie and a paper cup to draw the arc before cutting), and I like the way they turned out.
The Copper Chopper started out as a 24 inch FIrestone 500 frame I scored with a couple other bikes at the 2007 All Ford Carlisle show for really cheap money http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2033
I wanted to keep the proportions right with this so I found an adult sized banana seat on ebay and added the huge ape hangers, although it was hard to make them work because whoever made these didn't make them to fit a standard goose neck so I had to find a shim for it. I did the frame in black primer and used some metallic copper I had laying around on the rims and tank. I tried using the narrow chrome fenders but they don't really work even after I tried widening them with a baseball rolled around the inside of the fenders, so they're probably coming off. I haven't ridden this except in the driveway but I love to look at it.
The Copper Chopper started out as a 24 inch FIrestone 500 frame I scored with a couple other bikes at the 2007 All Ford Carlisle show for really cheap money http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2033
I wanted to keep the proportions right with this so I found an adult sized banana seat on ebay and added the huge ape hangers, although it was hard to make them work because whoever made these didn't make them to fit a standard goose neck so I had to find a shim for it. I did the frame in black primer and used some metallic copper I had laying around on the rims and tank. I tried using the narrow chrome fenders but they don't really work even after I tried widening them with a baseball rolled around the inside of the fenders, so they're probably coming off. I haven't ridden this except in the driveway but I love to look at it.