My ‘Other’ Hobby…

Many of my readers only know me as an author who flies choppers for his day job. What you may not know is I build and ride them too.

I finished the baby pictured below in June 2008. One day later she made her debut on Austin’s 6th Street for the ROT Rally. Now three years later we’ll finally be back.

Wave us down if you see a ten foot long yellow chopper adorned with my ugly mug.

Save us a parking space … a really long parking space with plenty of turning room. That rake requires the space a car needs to turn around … but it looks good doing it. Hey, I never said it was practical.

Hope to see you there. If you can’t remember my name just yell out, “Hey you, author!”

2008 Ike Delayed Lone Star Rally

Bike Stats:
Chasis: 2007 JSR Custom – Outrage
Suspension: Rear – None (Hardtail)
Front – American Suspension Inverted Forks
Wheels: Xtreme Machines – Burnt
330mm rear tire (WIDE)
Engine: Ultima 127 cubic inch El Bruto
HP – 140
Tq – 145 LB FT
Exhaust: Vance & Hines Big Radius

Houston Chronicle's Cover Photo Post Ike 2008 Lonestar Rally

Here are a couple of my favorite pics along with a link to the Google Photo Album containing my build photos.

Parking a 10' chopper can be a challenge.

 

ProSteet Chopper Project
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About deanmcole

Commercial pilot by day, author by night. Originally from Texas Dean Cole lives all over the world as a traveling international pilot. Writing from locales as remote as Equatorial Guinea and romantic as Paris' Champs-Elysées. A combat veteran, he served in the US Army's First Cavalry Division as an Apache Attack Helicopter Pilot.
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