Dan Carr’s Poolside Chopper
78 images Created 13 Aug 2020
Dan Carr (2020)
This bike started out when I bought a basket case engine from my friend Jeff Montgomery in Hanford, CA. It sat in my store for almost 2 years for sale with no action on it at all. Later was at my friend Panhead Marks place in Hot Springs Arkansas sleeping in his pile of Harley parts for a night. The next morning, I walked outside and saw the frame leaning up against his pool and absolutely had to have it! I didn’t really have a plan for it, but when I got it back to my shop, I just started building a cool bike. Bill dodge gifted me the stainless rear fender and we built the aluminum tank, oil tank, exhaust and everything else.
In the middle of building the bike I was called by Randy Kelly in Montreal, Canada. Randy was the guy I started working for over 20 years ago and taught me the way. He asked if I wanted to come to a bike show in Montreal and we could have our bikes in there together and that made it so I for sure couldn’t disappoint with this build. We are very proud of this skinny little chopper and can say it’s a blast to ride. In the end, that’s what it’s all about for us.
This bike started out when I bought a basket case engine from my friend Jeff Montgomery in Hanford, CA. It sat in my store for almost 2 years for sale with no action on it at all. Later was at my friend Panhead Marks place in Hot Springs Arkansas sleeping in his pile of Harley parts for a night. The next morning, I walked outside and saw the frame leaning up against his pool and absolutely had to have it! I didn’t really have a plan for it, but when I got it back to my shop, I just started building a cool bike. Bill dodge gifted me the stainless rear fender and we built the aluminum tank, oil tank, exhaust and everything else.
In the middle of building the bike I was called by Randy Kelly in Montreal, Canada. Randy was the guy I started working for over 20 years ago and taught me the way. He asked if I wanted to come to a bike show in Montreal and we could have our bikes in there together and that made it so I for sure couldn’t disappoint with this build. We are very proud of this skinny little chopper and can say it’s a blast to ride. In the end, that’s what it’s all about for us.
