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Homemade Chopper
18 Aug 2011 by Snakebit Sam in Featured Bikes / 3 Comments
I happened upon this bike as I was riding near Butler, Pennsylvania. I spotted it sitting along the road with a pick-up truck underneath an overpass. I was thinking it was strange that a bike would pull off there since it wasn’t raining out so I figured he might be having trouble. As I got closer I could see it was a very unique machine. The rider and another gentleman were just finishing up pouring some gas in the tank when I pulled in. The guys chuckled and said it wasn’t broke down, it just wouldn’t run without gas.
Dave Ellenberger of nearby Chicora, PA said he had built the machine using a Honda industrial engine for power. The bike has lots of cool handmade copper and brass parts on it. Its got a special construction tag on it and is completely street legal. I wanted to get more info about it but Dave was in a hurry so I had to settle for these few quick shots.
Images and post by Sam Kanish
3 Comments
Peggy Ellenberger
Great pictures of the bike my husband built and of my husband. He put his heart and soul into his craft.
19 Aug 2011 07:08 pm
Shelly Bethke
Awesome looking Chopper David!Enjoyed the pictures….
20 Aug 2011 03:08 pm
richard tobin
Real deal custom , Good luck David … Thanks for the shots, Very interesting .
22 Aug 2011 06:08 pm
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