| Choosing the parts that your custom chopper will be | | | | invest into the project, then parts can be fairly |
| made of can be very confusing, considering the large | | | | inexpensive. If you choose the parts for your kit at the |
| numbers of custom chopper bike kits available on the | | | | lower end spectrum, you will still end up with bike that |
| market today. Chopper innovators like Biker's Choice, | | | | will look like a Jesse James creation but will still have |
| Phantom Cycle, Paul Yaffe and many more sell | | | | enough money left to throw a party when your new |
| chopper-in-a-box kits available for chopper enthusiasts. | | | | chopper leaves the garage. |
| Thanks to these kits, custom choppers have become | | | | When you select the parts for your custom chopper |
| quite affordable and are no longer necessarily toys for | | | | kit, try to use the most genuine parts available on the |
| millionaires or master mechanics. | | | | market within your price range. Sometimes even if you |
| Custom chopper kits provide the future chopper | | | | have a beautiful design in-mind, you can end up with |
| owner with all the instructions and just about every | | | | poor-looking chopper, due to a lack of attention to |
| component necessary to create a perfect chopper of | | | | detail by different suppliers |
| ones dreams. Jesse James, famous for his Discovery | | | | Complete custom chopper kits typically consists of an |
| series "Monster Garage", offers a Big Book catalogue | | | | engine, chassis kit, exhaust pipes, tires, steel tanks and |
| loaded with individual parts and accessories needed to | | | | other metal parts, taillights, various controls, a seat, |
| create a fully custom bike with truly unusual frame | | | | headlamp and many more. The extras supplied with a |
| configurations and groundbreaking metal sheet parts | | | | chopper kit would vary depending on the brand of |
| as seen on his TV show. However, the most exquisite | | | | chopper chosen. To finish your project, you will need |
| details, such as an unusual tortoiseshell finish of the gas | | | | paint and sometimes battery acid. Most chopper kits |
| tank, can be obtained in your custom chopper only if | | | | do not provide mirrors, speedometers or other |
| you have your chopper built from scratch by Jesse | | | | accessories. These you can buy separately according |
| himself. | | | | to your taste. |
| Before you start building your custom chopper you | | | | To avoid unpredictable result, experienced chopper |
| need to ask yourself what kind of chopper are you | | | | builder recommend waiting until you can afford buying |
| interested in building. Then you have to set up a budget | | | | all the accessories from one manufacturer. Waiting |
| for parts, labor and inevitable cost overruns. The price | | | | may not be easy when it comes to building your |
| of the parts has scared many chopper enthusiasts | | | | dream come true. But when you finally complete your |
| from building a custom chopper of their own, but if you | | | | custom chopper, you will be really glad you waited. |
| have exact specifications and the time and skills to | | | | |