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het Hill is not sure how old he was when a Chopper first caught his interest, but he certainly remembers that he was about seven when he saw what may have been a Honda 750 Chopper. At that young age, he didn’t’ know enough to identify the make and model of that chopper. What did make an immediate impression on Chet was the look of pure joy on the riders face along with his scantily clad female passenger on the back. As soon as Chet got home, he immediately sawed the fork legs off an old bicycle. Then he proceeded to pound them onto the bottom of his newer bike. While this setup was unsafe by any parent’s standards, it still worked great as Chet proudly cruised the neighborhood trying to look cool. Chet’s new and “improved” ride lasted until he pulled the first wheelie… which resulted in the fork bottoms, the front wheel and
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Chet all flying off. This was nothing a few Band-Aids, a drill, and couple of bolts couldn’t remedy and Chet was once again cruising in chopper heaven. A few weeks later, Chet’s father customized his Sportster with some six over tubes and a naked lady mural on the tank. This summed up his two favorite things: Motorcycles and naked ladies, some things will never change! In Hill’s opinion, as he’s gotten older, choppers have gone in and out of style, and through several variations. Over the years Hill has owned many bikes and has realized that one thing remains the same to this day, no matter what, motorcycles have always turned heads and put ear to ear grins on two-wheel fans of all ages. Over time, Chet settled in a home just south of the Milan Dragway near Detroit MI. Occasionally, you can
