When the bike was basically done, it was shipped out to Chopper Dave for the finishing touches. Out at his California shop, he built the 100-inch stroker motor, Goodridge brake lines, wiring, and the tuning. In fact, he was the first one to ride the thing. Said Dave, "When I first fired this bike and rode it, I thought, Holy crap, this bike rules! If it wasn't the loudest bike on the f***in' planet, I'd tell Jeff that someone stole it and keep it for myself!"
The pipes that saved Jeff's bike from Dave created their own set of challenges. With their routing to the left side, they forced the left peg higher than the right, into what Jeff calls a "barstool" riding position. By the time you read this, the white Shovel should be tooling around Des Moines, among confused natives who have no idea what to make of it.
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