Choppers were around before Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, and Dennis Hopper starred in the 1969 film "Easy Rider," where Fonda rides the now-famous "Captain America" chopper. The movie, however, most ...

These radical machines were never meant to be practical, and that was the whole point.

Every era gets the memes it deserves. In 2018, there's no meme that fits contemporary internet culture more perfectly than American Chopper. The meme reimagines an argument between reality TV ...

This motorcycle meme based on a father/son reality TV fight is suddenly everywhere. Could it be a PR stunt for the revival of the Discovery Channel show? Leslie Katz led a team that explored the ...

In the late 1960s, it seemed like anything could happen. In 1969 alone, man walked on the moon for the first time. Hundreds of thousands marched peacefully in Washington in protest of the Vietnam War.

January 12, 2005 Mike Seate, author of the book "Choppers: Heavy Metal Art" describes choppers as "1,000 watt ghetto blasters for white people.'' For the last fifty years the art and science of ...

Kansas City hosted its first David Mann Chopper Fest honoring the iconic artist. Mann’s motorcycle artwork heavily influenced bike builders across generations. Local and regional builders gathered to ...