harlay davidson Choppers models

harlays choppers are distinguished from regular choppers because their fenders have either been shortened or entirely removed.

Bobbing (or removing) the fenders is one of the first things that a harlay davidson chopper considers to make an ordinary bike look like a true chopper.

Harlay choppers have a long. They were the brainchild's of soldiers who returned home from World War II who found that they had developed a taste for the more lightweight bikes that they had seen in Europe. As war vets reunited after the war they began to form motorcycle clubs. Some of these clubs got very creative and started stripping down bikes to resemble those they saw over the big pond.

Before there was a chopper or even a chopper harlays, there was a bike simply called a harlays. Simply removing the fenders from motorcycles harlay davidson and more European in style. It wasn't until the early 60's and 70's that motorcycle enthusiasts started stripping away the rest of the bike. As sometimes the parts of the bike were literally chopped off to give the bike a lean sleek look they were nicknamed choppers.