BEFORE

THIS WAS MY FIRST CHOPPER I WAS 17 AND PAID $1,800 THE YEAR WAS 1979, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PHOTOS I HAVE .THIS WAS TAKEN IN THE BASEMENT OF MY PARENTS HOME IN CHICAGO IN 1980 RIGHT BEFORE I TORE IT DOWN TO REBUILD IT . NOW YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE LIVED IN A SMALL BUNGALOW IN THE CITY AND THERE WAS ABOUT 9 STARES STRAIGHT DOWN TO GET THIS THING IN THE BASEMENT , WITH THE DOOR 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE STARES, BUT WE HAD NO GARAGE SO THATS WHERE EVERYTHING WAS DONE FROM BIKES TO ENGINES TO TRANSMISSIONS, (MAN TO BE YOUNG AGAIN) I REMEMBER DRAGING IT UP THE STARES WHEN IT WAS DONE BY MYSELF BECAUSE I JUST COULD NOT WAIT TO RIDE THAT THING AGAIN!!!