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Popper Chopper

7/13/2015

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Picture"Popper Chopper" original box art
This is one Outa'-sight mini bike!  Did you know I built a mini bike of my own inspired by this 1/8th scale model?

Raked out front wheel... padded seat...  hi-rise sissy bar...  this mean li'l chopper's go it all!
Dig the super-real detail in that gleaming chrome engine with its chain drive.
Knobby, deep-tread tires add to the realism.
And don't forget... this model is 1/8 the actual size of a real mini bike!


A Tom Daniel design

I built the original plastic model when they re-released it in 1997 and then built my own mini bike in high school shop class inspired by this plastic model.  I still have my creation and some day I would like to try again and replicate the model more closely.  You will have to remember that I didn't have the skills or more importantly the money for expensive materials.  This was all built with scrap and a few mail order parts.  Most notably the Comet torque-a-verter for the drive system.  The color I painted was left over when I painted my first car so it would match.  Same with the crushed velvet material for the seat and headrest, I upholstered them myself on to some left over MDF and high density foam.  Click to enlarge the photos.

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I was all of about 16 when I built this
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