The blog starts

I had the thought that I would start a blog, to show some kind of time line for the build of my Honda Chopper. This will be limited to the amount of time I have to keep the blog updated and the amount of work that I can get done to the chopper that will, actually count as work done.



This a picture of the bike when I bought it on April 17th 2008. it was advertised on ebay but the guy who had it at the time, wanted more than anybody wanted to pay. I eventually negotiated him down to $2,500. It was an old Sonic Choppers bike, built using a 1974 K4 SOHC Honda Four.

I had actually owned a K4 back in the old days, it was my second road bike, after a Yamaha XS 500 8 valve twin.

The old Honda was a pretty good bike but came to an end when my mate at the time Phil Smith, came a gutzer on and it was sold to the Brisbane wreckers for a $100. Phil, who was pissed at the time, actually crashed it into a car driven by his next door neighbor. His wife Linda, just happened to be in the car at the same time. Phil and the bike ended up stuck under the car. I forget exactly how it happened, it was 30 odd years ago. Phil was pretty badly damaged and had steel pins in one leg. I havent seen him since then.