<h1>Custom Chopper Kits</h1>

Choosing the parts that your custom chopper will be made of can be very confusing, considering the large numbers of custom chopper bike kits available on the market today. Chopper innovators like Biker’s Choice, Phantom Cycle, Paul Yaffe and many more sell chopper-in-a-box kits available for chopper enthusiasts. Thanks to these kits, custom choppers have become quite affordable and are no longer necessarily toys for millionaires or master mechanics.

Custom chopper kits provide the future chopper owner with all the instructions and just about every component necessary to create a perfect chopper of ones dreams. Jesse James, famous for his Discovery series “Monster Garage”, offers a Big Book catalogue loaded with individual parts and accessories needed to create a fully custom bike with truly unusual frame configurations and groundbreaking metal sheet parts as seen on his TV show. However, the most exquisite details, such as an unusual tortoiseshell finish of the gas tank, can be obtained in your custom chopper only if you have your chopper built from scratch by Jesse himself.

Things To Consider When you prefer to buy For Custom Chopper Kits

There are plenty of places online where one can purchase such kits from and one of the best of course is the online auction site e-Bay. However, if you are going to use this method then there are certain things you need to be looking for when you do. Below we offer some tips which you may find useful when it comes to buying such kits.

1. If you can purchase those kits which not only come with an instruction manual but also a DVD as well. You will find these much more useful as being able to see what is being done will make actually constructing the custom chopper yourself much easier. So if there is no information to show that the kit comes with an instruction DVD ask the seller if one can be provided.

2. If they don't provide a detailed list of what the kit contains in their advertisement then contact them and ask them if they can. Normally they will currently have this information already stored on their PC so should easily be able to email the list through to you as an attachment. If they are unwilling to provide such basic information then look at another seller for your kit.

3. Of course when buying anything from e-Bay whether it is custom chopper kits or other goods make sure that you do some research into the seller as well. Look closely at all feedback that they have not just their ratings. Also don't just look at the good feedback but take a look at that which isn't so good. This way you will get a better feel for whether you will be able to trust the seller you are going to be purchasing from.

How to start building custom chopper?

Before you start building your custom chopper you need to ask yourself what kind of chopper are you interested in building. Then you have to set up a budget for parts, labor and inevitable cost overruns. The price of the parts has scared many chopper enthusiasts from building a custom chopper of their own, but if you have exact specifications and the time and skills to invest into the project, then parts can be fairly inexpensive. If you choose the parts for your kit at the lower end spectrum, you will still end up with bike that will look like a Jesse James creation but will still have enough money left to throw a party when your new chopper leaves the garage.

When you select the parts for your custom chopper kit, try to use the most genuine parts available on the market within your price range. Sometimes even if you have a beautiful design in-mind, you can end up with poor-looking chopper, due to a lack of attention to detail by different suppliers

Complete custom chopper kits typically consists of an engine, chassis kit, exhaust pipes, tires, steel tanks and other metal parts, taillights, various controls, a seat, headlamp and many more. The extras supplied with a chopper kit would vary depending on the brand of chopper chosen. To finish your project, you will need paint and sometimes battery acid. Most chopper kits do not provide mirrors, speedometers or other accessories. These you can buy separately according to your taste.

To avoid unpredictable result, experienced chopper builder recommend waiting until you can afford buying all the accessories from one manufacturer. Waiting may not be easy when it comes to building your dream come true. But when you finally complete your custom chopper, you will be really glad you waited.

(By Kathryn Whittaker, Steve Murray)

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