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Old 07-25-2008, 10:18 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I have never built a "new" custom, but back in the 70's and 80's I put together a few choppers using older Panhead or Shovelhead motors. Basicly back then in Illinois or Arizona all you had to have was a title that matched the motor you were using. Everything else could be custom fabricated including frames and transmissions. I have been stopped a few times on the bikes and never hassled about ownership, including once in Texas where the LEO was a bit of a hard case. ( Four tickets out of that one! )

If you are building "new" bikes as a business like OCC I imagine the whole process is a lot different. Didn't Jesse James get into trouble for not meeting emmsions on the bikes he was building?
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