Wasko’s Old Skool Kool Chopper
THIS IS A difficult story to write. Usually with a bike feature you’ve got lots to work with. You can tell stories about the aims of the builder, the dramas of the build, and the builder’s philosophy on life, etc, etc. But you’ve all read that stuff. You were there for the whole journey and know what was happening. All that’s left to do is to let the pictures speak for themselves, to give some ‘thank yous’ and to sum things up.
Firstly, I’m bloody happy with the bike. I re-read all the chopper build-up stories and noticed how often the ideas changed. At one stage we were gonna fit a jockey shift with an army bayonet for the handle. Another time we were gonna go with a real dirt-track looking thing with the tank sitting under the top frame rail. In the end though, we’ve come up with a pretty classic-looking Trumpy chopper. I’d call this a Northern California early ’70s style chop. But whatever. I’m sick of trying to describe what the bloody thing is. It is what it is. It’s a collection of bits and pieces that I personally think are cool and that look great together. It’s modern, because I’m a 26-year-old dude building this thing to ride myself. It’s retro, classic, old school, whatever. It’s a fucking bike I built and I’m happy with it!