Leonie And The Hero

Editor's Note: This feature comes from the Viking in Germany. He writes his one features and is the master photographer. You'll find the story contains an interesting slant.

“A dream comes true!“ Leonie yells as she sees this long highneck-chopper for the first time ready for shooting in our studio. “I was often jealous of the girls who were allowed to pose with choppas like this, and now I’m the one!“ she laughed with a light and girly sound. She spred her legs over the bike, grabbed the grips and made an engine-like sound, “Vrooom, Vroooooommmmmmm“

When we look at this cutie we almost can’t believe that she was a starlet in the erotic business, but not anymore. “Posing is fun, but the hard work on hard-ons isn’t exciting anymore. I’ve had enough, did my thing and had my experiences. Finito, period!“ she said.

Now she’s getting closer to main stream entertainment like music-shows, MTV and tv-hosting. For us she is pleased to pose on the bike, built by Hero Choppers from Herne, Germany.

The license-plate of the City of Herne shows HER- something, and the Hero-boys around boss Markus Wiechers intend to receive a “HER-O-number” for their clients’ bikes. There the name Hero-Choppers comes from. The bike shown is in a way a bolt-on, in another a real custom- bike.

“It took days and weeks to find and order the parts we wanted for this bike. We went the old way. We scribbled a dozen drawings to illustrate and make up our minds as to what we wanted to build. As we nailed it down we started googling, working through hundereds of pages in catalogues and brochures. And then, part by part dropped in.“

Then we discussed it with our partner, Hartmut, the owner. He is a tattoo-artist and ex-member of a chopper-club. “What we wanted was a daily driver, but also a custom-bike. Not that show and shine, but as much show as possible while working well still,“ Hartmut explained.

Based on a single-downtube, Santee-frame they built a really rideable Chopper. The seating position is for tall Hartmut perfect, the position of hands and arms fit like a tv-chair and he can ride hundereds of miles – er – at least until the small gastank by Jesse James is empty. Then Hartmut has to switch the pop-out cap and refill a few litres of the expensive fluid (in fact, the German price for one liter (0,27 gal) of premium gas is almost three $3.00 USD!

What looks like a coffin-tank is only the product of the painting. In reality the tank is round and smooth, no edges anywhere, only a flat bottom.

To take a CCE-springer-frontend as chopper-front is not that much common, but it looks great and works like hell. The LA-Choppers’ Z-handlebar breathes a lot of '70s spirit, black powder-coated it comes modern.

The experiment to use a wide fender on the rear while having none on the front worked out well. Only for rainy periods Hartmut holds a clip-on front fender ready to cover the big 21 inch frontwheel.

Both of the guys show great taste in combining the parts. The air-filter may not look different, and the oil tank only fits in the style shown. The red grips are stylish and also the sissy bar is meant to complete the view of the rear. The bar is totally custom, handmade.

Many details and tiny parts add details, but not to make is a show bike, rather to be the show in total. What Markus and Hartmut built is now a very fine highnecker with parts of the present and the past. Well done boys.

Thank you for hours of erotic posing, Leonie. Enjoy, folks!

Hero-Choppers
Markus Wiechers
Castroperstr.78
44628 Herne
Telefon: 049 – 2323 / 228 48 82
www.herochoppers.de

Technische Daten Highnecker (Tech Chart)

Motor: RevTech 88cui
Carb: Mikuni HSR 42

Frame: Santee Rigid Frame

Transmission: 5-gear RevTech
Primary: 3“ BDL New Style
Cover: Crime Scene Choppers

Frontend: Paughco Springer Custom Chrome 8” over

rearwheel: 6 x 17 RevTech with 200/50 17
frontwheel: 2,15 x 21 OEM HD 90/90 21
front brake: GMA 2 Kolben mit DNA-Scheibe
rear brake: OEM HD Softail mit OEM Twincam-Scheibe

Tank: Jesse James Villain mit Pop-up
Handlebar: LA Choppers Z-Lanker 1 ¼”
Blinkers: Snake Eyes
Footrests: DNA
Airfilter: Crime Scene Choppers
Exhaust: BSL 2 ¼“ Shot Gun
Rear: Custom Chrome / Herochoppers