Five years ago, I was trying to find something unique for my nephew’s first birthday. I was sitting in my basement, and I happened to look up at two wooden dowels on a shelf above my workbench. They reminded me of motorcycle forks.

 

At that moment the idea for Rockin Choppers was born.  I worked for a month building that first Chopper.  I had very little woodworking experience, an antique circular saw, a drill, a borrowed sander, a broken jig-saw, left over wood, and by the time I finished, a new vocabulary.  

 

When everyone saw that first Chopper, they were amazed. I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with it myself.  A couple of people told me I should build, and sell them. I thought that was crazy,  this was just me giving my nephew something cool for his birthday. I had no intention of making a business out of it.    

 

Three years later, I found myself thinking about my life, and decided I needed a change.  So, I packed up the family, moved to the mountains of North Carolina, built a shop, and am now producing the second, and third generation of Choppers.