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by Wendy Hinote Lanier

CHOPPERS

Lets Roll

Wendy Hinote Lanier is a native Texan and former elementary teacher who writes

and speaks to children and adults on a variety of topics. She is the author of more

than 20 books for children and young people. Some of her favorite people are dogs.

About the Author

www.northstareditions.com

Copyright 2017 by North Star Editions, Lake Elmo, MN 55042. All rights

reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any

means without written permission from the publisher.

Produced for North Star Editions by Red Line Editorial.

Photographs : Ljupco Smokovski/Shutterstock Images, cover, 1; Joseph

Sohm/Shutterstock Images, 45, 7; NanoStock/Shutterstock Images, 8; Library

of Congress, 1011; Tracey Stearns/Shutterstock Images, 13, 29; Uncleroo/

Shutterstock Images, 14; Wollertz/Shutterstock Images, 1617; James Steidl/

Shutterstock Images, 18; Click and Photo/Shutterstock Images, 20; Andrey

Armyagov/Shutterstock Images, 2223; holbox/Shutterstock Images, 25;

Fernando Blanco Calzada/Shutterstock Images, 2627

ISBN

978-1-63517-054-2 (hardcover)

978-1-63517-110-5 (paperback)

978-1-63517-211-9 (ebook pdf)

978-1-63517-161-7 (hosted ebook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016951016

Printed in the United States of America

Mankato, MN

November, 2016

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

978-1-68444-280-5 (e-book)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Rolling into Sturgis

CHAPTER 2

Chopper History

CHAPTER 3

What Makes a Chopper?

CHAPTER 4

Todays Chopper

HOW IT WORKS

Computer-Aided Design

Focus on Choppers 28

Glossary 30

To Learn More 31

Index 32

CHAPTER

A sunny August morning dawns in

Sturgis, South Dakota. Hundreds

of thousands of motorcycles roll

into the tiny town. Most of them

are choppers. The annual Sturgis

Motorcycle Rally is in full swing.

ROLLING INTO

STURGIS

The streets of Sturgis are packed with

choppers at the annual motorcycle rally.

Lines of motorcycles head out

on bike tours. The tours wind their

way along scenic roads in the Black

Hills. In downtown Sturgis, the

historic Main Street is open only to

motorcycles. Choppers are parked

side by side down the middle and

on both sides of the street.

Attendance at the Sturgis

Motorcycle Rally has reached more than

600,000. The towns usual population is

approximately 6,700.

FUN FACT

Riders take in the scenery of

South Dakotas famous Black Hills.

Riders come from all around the world to

attend the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

In the afternoons, crowds

gather at the Sturgis Dragway to

watch races. People have to shout

to be heard over all the noise.

Other bikers test their skills in

hill-climbing competitions. As

the sun sets on Sturgis, there are

outdoor concerts. For more than

a week, the town of Sturgis is a

chopper lovers paradise.

THE FIRST

STURGIS RALLY

The original Sturgis Motorcycle Rally took

place in 1938. It was started by J. C. Pappy

Hoel, the owner of a local motorcycle shop.

The original rally featured a race. There were

also dangerous stunts such as ramp jumps

and head-on collisions with cars.

CHAPTER

A crowd gathers to watch a

motorcycle race in the 1920s.

CHOPPER HISTORY

Almost as soon as motorcycles

were invented, people began

racing them. To improve speed

and performance, riders stripped

their bikes of everything that

wasnt necessary.

Parts that could not be removed

were shortened, or bobbed.

Motorcycles stripped down for

racing were called bobbers.

After World War II (19391945),

many US soldiers returned home

with mechanical skills they had

learned in the military. They used

these skills to add special features

FUN FACT

Many choppers feature detailed

striping and colorful graphics.

to their motorcycles. They replaced

exhaust systems with straight

pipes. They began raking the front

end so the front tire was farther

from the bike. They also chopped

and lowered the bikes frame.

Custom choppers can have extreme raking.

By the 1970s, these chopped-up

and reworked bikes were known

as choppers.

Choppers attracted biker gangs

that did not always follow the

Chopper owners sometimes ride in large groups.

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