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The bike was in pretty ordinary shape when I picked it up. It was rusty, dusty and lots of parts where missing.

The seller, Johnny Pap, pictured, was reluctant to let it go, but he had owned it for several years and it was gathering too much dust and it was time to cash up. He didnt know if the motor ran and had lost track of the former owner and didnt know where the rest of the parts where.

It was obvious that a full rebuild was in order, not just bolt it all back together, but strip it down to the last nut and bolt and start again.

The SONIC number plate wasnt a part of the deal. Johhny Pap, the seller, thought that it might be worth a lot of money one day, so he kept it. I didnt care either way, I had a new chopper project.

Some people questioned the choice of a Honda 4 chopper. I had a Harley Davidson FLHX Street Glide at the time and most people thought I would have gone for a Harley chopper.

99 percent of people building choppers at the time where building Harleys and I was able to choose the Honda and not be a part of the Harley pattern.

Besides, I loved the old Honda K4 when I had it and I was looking forward to putting my stamp on this new bike.
This isnt the first bike I'd chopped. Back in 1980 - 82, I built a chopper out of my Kawasaki 900 Z1B.

That was another great bike, and maybe another blog some time down the track.

Here is a pic of that Kawasaki 900