Who is Dowie "Dutch" Soetenga? Well....I'm a design engineer, machinist, fabricator and collector. I've worked as a design engineer for the last 25 years now. My go to software platforms are SolidWorks and Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator. In 2015 I started Dutch Design & Engineering LLC. A sole...
Once that the rear wheel was centered correctly, I moved on to mounting the rear fender. The rear fender has three mounting points: the lower mount off the battery box tray, the upper mount just under the seat and...
My bud John Moorehead’s “Marshmallow Sunburst” ‘77 ironhead is like a David Mann dream come to life… and I’m pretty sure that was the intent. Everything about this bike screams 60’s chopper party life. The...
A Chance to Build a 1960's Style Custom Harley Chopper Hi! I’m Ben and this is my 1963 Panhead - a custom chopper build of mine! It started when I was asked by the Born Free Show operators, Mike Davis and Grant Peterson, if I’d like...
My rear wheel is on and centered (which is covered in Sportster Chopper Part 4) and now it is time to figure out what to do for a rear brake. The stock single piston caliper rear brake...
Ian Olsen from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ian is a welder fabricator that has been involved with 10 plus chopper builds. He is currently working on his own project for once, a 1981 Harley Shovelhead chopper. This is the second installment (
