2009 Evo-Powered Custom Chopper Hits All The Old School Notes
Chopper builder Bill Holland has probably forgotten more about long girder forks than I’ll ever know. The Executive Choppers front man was there when the things were born; he worked extensively with the legendary John Harman, whose shop some say perfected the chopper girder. It’s a distinction Harman shares (separately) with Arlen Ness.
This 2009 rigid chop was all Holland’s doing, and it’s a perfectly executed long bike that any chopper freak would dig. Holland not only made the 9-inches-over girder fork, but he fabricated the bones too. This skeleton is stretched 2 inches out and 4 inches up, with the neck raked 43 degrees to really kick that front suspension far out, chopper-style. The badass bike rolls on Billet Boys wheels shod in Avon rubber, a 21-inch wheel up front and a 16-inch out back.
While the chop may not pack an old Knuckle or Pan under the backbone, I’d bet its 96-inch S&S Cycle Evo V-twin gives this scoot plenty of reliable power all day long. Holland runs a Thunder Cycles velocity stack and his very own Executive Choppers pipes on it for breathing duty.
Naturally, the chopper is more than the sum of its excellent parts. It’s a blend of classic style with a type of V-twin that wasn’t available when the girder fork first became a big thing in the chopper world. Just check out these cool photos of it by Michael Lichter and see for yourself.