Article: A chopper bike - with one small difference

Article: A chopper bike - with one small difference.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  March 30, 2001 ;     324 words ... ... might be interested in a one-make race series taking place in America. Organised by Marine Turbine Technologies, the Turbine Racing League will feature a batch of [pound]100,000 motorcyles powered by Rolls-Royce helicopter motors. They only have ...

Article: Wooden chopper bike takes to streets
The Nelson Mail;  July 19, 2006 ;     339 words ...Nigel McKinstry has been building himself a wooden "chopper'' bike in his garage for the past year. After finally finishing it, the 40-year-old fisherman spent three days "low-riding ...

Article: Mk 3 Raleigh Chopper bike.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 25, 2004 ;     312 words ...Chopper enthusiast Connie Francis, from Cannock, on a new Mk 3 Raleigh Chopper bike watches enthusiasts on their original 60s and 70s bikes at the launch of the new model in Nottingham, yesterday. Raleigh, based ...

Article: Chopper bike chaser
The Press;  May 10, 2003 ;     297 words ...West Mercia constabulary, which deals with the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, is so concerned about 70 deaths and 600 major injuries involving motorcyclists on its roads in the last four years that it has commissioned a $NZ6 million helicopter with video cameras

Article: New Chopper bike's a sight for saddle-sore eyes
The Scotsman;  January 16, 2004 ;     624 words ...BACK in the Seventies it was the bicycle to die for, especially if you were ten years old. With its "ape hanger" handlebars, elongated seat and super-cool centre gearshift, the Raleigh Chopper was an icon of cool. Now, as Britain rides a wave of nostalgia that has led to the return of the Mini and

Article: COP CHOPPER BIKE HONORS FALLEN BURBANK POLICE ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  February 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - For the last month, Mike Powers has been meticulously shaping by hand his latest masterpiece - a custom motorcycle with a futuristic-looking frame and teardrop gas tank. But it's the five names painted on the rear fender that makes this chopper special.

Article: Remember the Chopper bike? It's back in ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 25, 2004 ;     423 words ...BIKE manufacturer Raleigh yesterday unveiled a re-modelledChopper which it hopes will inspire a new generation of child cyclists. The iconic model, launched in 1969,became the nation's best selling children's bicycle -drawing on a wave of enthusiasm prompted by the classic motorcycle film of that