MOSCOW CHOPPER

The drivers of these heavy bikes sit straight with your legs straight forward. As for the machines, they have a number of characteristic of this style will: high “horned” steering wheel, split-level saddle, a large teardrop-shaped gas tank, extended reach front fork, wide but small diameter rear wheel and a huge number of chrome parts. On the road they look very solid because they put a “torquey” as a rule, two-cylinder four-stroke engines with a total volume of more than 600 “cubes”. For example, modern copero produced by the progenitor of the style firm Наг1еу-0ау1с15оп, engine capacity exceeds 1300 cm3! However, this technique is quite expensive and while on the streets of Moscow you can hardly see it. A Russian motorostoitel and existing tuning company its developments only show at shows, then it is not moving. More can be found all sorts of rude reworking of the domestic motorcycles.

 

Intrigued by this subject, I visited perhaps the largest in Moscow led-motorino in Sokolniki, where he met cousins Alexei Kochetkov and Alexander Bakuchi-tion. The fact that they later showed in his garage exceeded all my expectations — the real choppers, but made mostly with his own hands, on the basis of the details, nodes and aggregates of domestic motorcycles. Of course, part of the work, especially related to electroplating and painting operations, they have to spend on the party, using the experience of professionals.

What is the secret to the success of these young guys (im not even thirty)? First, they were “Cycling” school, growing up, hopped onto the motorcycle and for many years ran in the society of lovers of this kind of equipment for real men, after studying their techniques and traditions. Secondly, know the market, the tastes of rockers, bikers and Moto-tourists. And thirdly, many of them made to suit. For example, someone like the wings of the cross-section close to rectangular (see drawing of the back of the wing). In this case, it is available in the garage of the wings of motorcycles various types of cut the individual difficult in the work-shop elements, cut from steel sheet missing, all neatly soldered, carefully trimmed and prepared for subsequent coating(kromerowo, painting). Also made a broad tanks with one or two (for beauty) water necks and the instrument panel, located below the openings. In the first version (with one mouth) they consist of one tank halves welded between which the intermediate piece with the neck, the box under the dash and through the vertical tube for the withdrawal of electric wires. The second of the parts (a little more than half including the neck) two identical tanks. By the way, in the same way made even the wheel rims.

 

 

Generally it all starts with the frame. For copera, of course, select a frame from the “Ural”, “Dnepr” or a K-750. The first two are almost identical and the third differs oil-free cleaning fluid-anikovo rear suspension. She deleted only the attachment points of the seat and side steps. Everything else is not changed, until the elements of the hinge of the stroller, as without them, problems can arise when production of the motorcycle on the account in traffic police, the car was originally stroller.

 

The frame is hinged fork of the front wheel. The most appropriate of today we have produced air — hydraulic “Izhevsk”. It has the best characteristics and is adapted for the installation of the wheel with the disk brake: there are seats for hydraulic brake cars. Depending on the size of the wheels and wing levers connected to the plug traverses with appropriately spaced holes for them. Traverses are made of steel sheet with a thickness of 28 mm and have holes for mounting the brackets of the steering wheel.

 

The rear fender connects to the frame at three points: the standard unit, located on the rear upper cross member of the frame and the two brackets are clamped to the upper hinge attachment points of the shock absorbers. At the same time these brackets serve to retain the backrest at a predetermined angle to the saddle. To them, if you want, you can hang the rear trunk and side leather bags.

After installing the rear fender and tank are fitted to the base of two-level seat, which is cut from steel sheet of thickness 1.5—2 mm. It is first bent along the contour of the tank—frame—wing, and then the edge, to give rigidity, bead down to 8— 10 mm. seat Cushion is made of foam. Padding cut out of soft leather, its lower edge being delayed under the base of the saddle and stick. The finished saddle is fixed through the rubber gasket on the frame and the wing with four bolts M8.

 

As most we have manufactured wheels are equipped with drum brakes, you need to stop at the hub front and rear wheels with brake discs.

 

 

 

 

Rear view mirror and its mount:

 

1 — wheel (steel 45, pipe 25×3, chrome plating); 2 — clamp; 3 — stand up (steel 45, s10, chrome plating); 4 — mirror housing (steel 45, chromium).