Alcohol and e-bay

[Jon]

are usually a mix that I try very hard to avoid, But after receiving a text from my brother suggesting that a potential good deal was ending in a few minutes, I proceeded to bid on the said bike.
If I'm honest, I had little to no idea what I was about to own, other than I once owned one as a child and it was red (and red is the best colour, right?).
So, after winning the Chopper for

[Ben]

Wow, love them, still horrid to ride I'm sure though ��, I also had a tomahawk

[Mr Fletcher]

Well cool Jon

[Jon]

Wow, love them, still horrid to ride I'm sure though ��, I also had a tomahawk

Not so much horrid to ride, more like impossible

That said, they're cheap(ish) to buy, easy to work on and most importantly evoke some memories I thought I'd never have again
Not sure how quick I'd lap Snett on it though?

[Stuart]

most importantly evoke some memories I thought I'd never have again

I was reading this thinking 'you must be tapped' spending

[Jon]

Can't really put a price on that

You really can't, best pennies I've spent in ages (if you thought

[Monster]

Loving this thread, now off to search for choppers. I had a red one too, a hand me down from my bro, and I also had a blue tomahawk which was his first. And before that I had a chipper, which was the tiny for proper small kids, all stabiliser'd up.

shot of capri in the background of the chopper is uber retro

[mikeb]

Jon nothing like bringing a old bike back to life if you get some oxallic acid which you can get of eBay put the chrome parts in a bath ( not the one you use) leave the parts for 12 hours in it and they come up like new.

[russ979]

Fan-bloody-tastic a bollock crucher!
I loved my old one, Until i fell off it landing badly after an epic jump and broke my collar bone. I soon realised choppers were not made to get air born!

Ok it wasn`t an epic jump but a mediocre one on anything other than a chooper, I did break my collar bone though!

[pablo]

Never had one as a kid. Had the cheaper version.
JetStar.