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Techno-Chop: The New Breed of Chopper Builders | 
 enlarge | Author: Mike Seate
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $2.05
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 517460
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0760321167
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.76292275
EAN: 9780760321164
ASIN: 0760321167
Publication Date: July 28, 2005
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Condition: BRAND NEW BOOK. NEVER BEEN READ. SOME SHELFWEAR MARKS. BLACK REMAINDER MARK. MOST ORDERS SHIP WITHIN 1 BUSINESS DAY WITH ORDER CONFIRMATION..
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Product Description
Although the spotlight shines brightest on leading chopper builders such as Jesse James, Billy Lane and the Teutuls, there is a large network of creative and talented chopper designers and fabricators at work across the country. Their work might not be on TV, but it fetches premium prices and turns heads on the street and at shows. This book tells the story of several of today’s leading chopper builders, both famous and relatively unknown. It also features their works in stunning photography that captures the intricate details and fine workmanship of these amazing motorcycles.
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Avoid the author October 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mike Seate is an overly-prolific writer whose articles in motorcycle magazines are dissertations and his published books are uninspiring and lazily written. I was excited a few years back to purchase a book on motorcycles and bikers in movies and received not much more than a self-published 'zine. A friend of mine, who is a brilliant writer, is constantly chastised by his mother and scolded by his ( then ) wife for not getting more stuff published. Maybe this friend should try harder to get his writing published ( other than on the internet ) but the flipside is a writer who starts with the idea of cashing in on a craze ( in this case choppers ) and publishes as many books on the subject as possible. "Techno-Chop" adds nothing to the slew of chopper bikes out there. If you ever had a writing class in college and remember churning out an assignment at two o'clock in the morning for a paper due at an eight a.m. class, go back and read one of those papers. It's not unlike Seate's books. Rushed.
Same old stuff with a new cover February 9, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
When I saw the gorgeous bike on the cover I had to buy this. A sculptured frame and single sided rear plus the title "Techno-chop" gives the impression that you are about to see some unusual, technically challenging artistic and creative bikes.
BUT.........
Sadly when you read and look at the pictures it's the same old stuff that we have all seen before. Mediocre pictures wrapped up in excessive jounalistic mumbo jumbo. Reading it will send you to sleep. Some parts were boring enough to skip altogether. It appears to me that someone was offered $xxxx to write 5000? words on custom motorcycles and sat down and did it.
If you are looking for inspiration to do something yourself and fancy the type of bike on the cover, then like me you will be disappointed. I couldn't even find out who made that bike - there is no credit that I can find in the book. You could probably get better information but searching on Google.
BUY SOMETHING ELSE!!!
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