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Kawasaki Vulcan 800 Bobber Motorcycle

In times past I have talked about the Kawasaki Bobber Vulcan 800 Motorcycle. While I like this motorcycle I want to remove the front fender. I want to throw this fender in the trash and never look back. I know that some of you will read this and think that I am an idiot but I live in a very dry place and I do not get spray on my face from my tires. This bobber motorcycle has just about everything I want to save for the paint job. I want something better and I think I would go with a … Continue reading

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Bobber Motorcycle, What Is It?

A bobber is a motorcycle that usually has had the front fender removed, the rear fender “bobbed” or made smaller and all superfluous items removed to make it lighter. The bobber was the earliest custom motorcycle built by people with mechanical skills and often part of the early biker clubs scene before there were any such thing as a choppers, a simple stripped down motorcycle . It is a style of custom motorcycle which took shape in the 1940s and 50s, generally thought to have been started by returning WW II servicemen working on ex-military motorcycles and inspired by lighter European motorcycles they had … Continue reading

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