Custom choppers of today refer back to the first choppers of the 60s when riders removed superfluous parts to stream line and individualize their bikes and they also hopped the horsepower. Since then, custom builders such as Orange County Choppers as well as many other designers began to construct original machines considered by some to be art objects or rolling sculptures. Each one is custom designed by a famous builder, often called a legend in the field, who often is seen on the Discovery Channel. Although more people have Harleys, the custom chopper is really the ultimate bike and owning one the dream of many riders. Custom choppers are also the most expensive and the ones that compete for prizes. Often they are built only for show and cannot manage the open road.
"Such a motorcycle, like any other coveted work of art, becomes the center of attention whenever it rolls into view. An object for contemplation, not more transportation, choppers are paradoxical. They are the sacramental objects of a culture that worships profanity. They are vulgar and ostentatious, and yet achingly beautiful. Their presence will always produce opinionated remarks, as will any object of desire."
- Tom Zimberoff, Art of the Chopper
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