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How To Build An Old Skool Bobber (Biker Basics)

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This book is really nothing more than a collection of generalized knowledge, and some good pictures. I don't need someone to tell me in a book that I need an engine, transmission, etc to build an old school bobber. "How to" suggests exactly that - you are going to tell me how things get done, and provide me with some good instructions, tips, tricks, and pictures to go along with it. If you want a book that gets down to the nuts and bolts of the building process, buy something from a different author because this book won't tell you how to build the bobber you want.

THIS BOOK IS NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT IS WRITTEN ON! NOTHING OLD SKOOL ABOUT IT. JUST ANOTHER WORTHLESS RAG TRYING TO SELL NEW PARTS. NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM WOLFGANG PUBLICATION. THEY ARE ALL JUNK. I WOULD GIVE YOU MY COPY FOR FREE, BUT I ALREADY USED TO LINE MY GARBAGE CAN. BUY CHOPPAHEAD DVD INSTEAD. THEY ARE REAL OLD SKOOL BOYS AND BOBBERS.

This book lived up to it's promise of four different bobber build examples. It decribes the different frames, engine types, and brakes.
Where to buy them and it has many colorful picturs of bobber motorcycles.

This is a very mis informative title. The book is a very vague and basic outline on how to build an old school bobber. Their is no detailed info of any kind in this book. For instance, 'Bike Mock UP'; it will tell you the first thing to do is to install the front end and wheels. That is the only info that it gives on the first step. No pictures of mounting the front fork to the frame neck or nothing. No information at all. The whole book is not worth buying if you are looking for a book on how to build an old school bobber.

One of the finest books I've read on the technique of the original custom motorcycle. A balanced mixture of technique, ideas, and history.

This is a good basic introduction to building the "Bobber" of your dreams.

HOW TO BUILD AN OLD SKOOL BOBBER by Kevin Baas is a fine survey of a classic American motorcycle and explains which engines fit which frames, which drives to use, and more. Over a hundred pages packs in over three hundred color images and teaches how to build basic bobbers, choppers, and how to use after market and factory frames. A fine pick for any intending on building a bike.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch