2006-08-06 02:19:06 · 6 answers · asked by Greg 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
A bobber is a bike on which all the extraneous sheet metal has been trimmed to the minimum ... "bobbed" in the vernacular of the 1950s. It was a way to save weight. On a bike, weight reduction can be as important or more important than adding horsepower.
Choppers were the same idea, except more extreme trimming was indicated (frame cuts). Today, a "chopper" may have more extraneous sheetmetal than a stock vehicle, though ... the term has come to mean any customized bike.
Cheers.
2006-08-06 03:46:36 · answer #1 · answered by Grendle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a bobbed fender is a rear fender that doesn't cover the back of the rear tire. It goes back to old school chopper days, when all the extra weight was stripped off the bike to make it lighter and therefore faster.
2006-08-06 12:59:52 · answer #2 · answered by Sleepy Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The motorcycle equivalent of a 'Bobbit' - it's had something chopped off!
2006-08-09 17:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bobbed = trimmed...like your moms bush
2006-08-10 03:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by James, Jr. C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what grendle said
2006-08-06 11:22:54 · answer #5 · answered by ronnny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know
2006-08-06 09:22:21 · answer #6 · answered by ssgtusmc3013 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋