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Claes’s Panhead Chopper by Ulf Engborg/ BIG TWIN Magazine_Sweden

Claes Lindblom left his barn unlocked so that we could come and shoot his Panhead chopper. A more confident owner is hard to find. When we were in Varberg last summer, we paid a visit to the “mopedclub” Lyftdon MC. There someone tipped us off about an excellent Panhead chopper owned by Claes Lindblom. Unfortunately Claes was away somewhere to pick up a -53 DeSoto station wagon which had been used as an ambulance. He and his girlfriend were going to share it. I called him and he thought that I could go to his place and shoot the bike. It wasn’t locked anyway … Continue Reading →

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Budda’s Mongrel by Mats Lovgren/ BIG TWIN Magazine

Lars “Buddha” Hallqvist’s Flathead chopper has got the wheels from a Honda 450, a generator from a Saab car and a voltage regulator from an Albin boat engine. It’d be easy to think that such a mishmash won’t work – but this chopper runs like a clock.

People customize and wreak havoc with their Harleys, but the mobile crane operator Lars “Buddha” Hallqvist, from Laholm, is pretty satisfied with his Flathead chopper. It was already built this way when he bought it five years ago,  he simply had it painted and replaced a broken charging regulator. Continue Reading →

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BigTwin presents: Johans Long Spike

A couple of years ago Johan Carlsson decided that it was time to build a bike to his own taste. On the wish list was a Harley with and a long front end and a Pan Head engine – the best looking engine, according to Johan. Continue Reading →

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BigTwin presents: Jaana’s Flower Power Shovel

It’s 2010 and the days of flower power are long gone, but Jaana Karjalainen’s beautiful bike, called Hipperi, makes the imagination leap back in time. Kari “Kakku” Karjalainen, Jaana’s husband and the builder behind this bike, calls this an “early chopper”. Continue Reading →

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the special one: Orjan’s Honda

I know, the quality of this pic sucks… But still, look at that king and queen saddle and the shit brown paint job :D Continue Reading →

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