Every so often I receive 10 e-mails from Big Mike, or Mike and Wendy Rouse, of Big Mike’s Choppers. He always sends me 100 shots of his latest model, or a bike he build for Jack Daniels (which is feature on Bikernet). I’ve watched Mike grow to building seven models, two Bobbers, three Holligans and two Big Daddy’s. Mike has hung in there when a lot of companies are struggling. There’s a helluva lot of competition on the streets, but fortunately the sun is shinning on the summer and riding season is approaching.
For any guys to make it in this biz, he must understand business, sales, product purchasing, staffing and leadership. Mike’s a big ruffian looking bull of a man, but he’s cool and as you will see he knows how to take care of a customer. He’s not afraid to get down and greasy.
In my cursory way of analyzing his abilities from afar I can see that he has a way of injecting style into his bikes that are not wild by any slant. They’re simple choppers designed with the right components and put together in proper fashion to hang on the open road. But each model contains distinctive elements that make them stand up on the streets. I like his wheel treatments with powdered rims and pinstriping. I like his traditional fork books, the strung seats on the rigids and the paint schemes. They’re classic.
So here’s the lastest news from Mike, a tech sheet on the Bar Hopper so you can see what components he uses—Enjoy.
–Wrench
BIG MIKE CHOPPERS TESTIMONIAL–Hey Bandit ,great website. I bought a new bmc a year ago and had a local bike shop install a air ride system. After about 600 miles with the new air ride the plate that holds the shocks to the swingarm broke while riding home one day. I contacted lazo [one of Mike's original partners in Santa Cruz, I met lazo at the Arlen Ness bike show in San Jose at the bmc booth]. Lazo brought his trailer over from Santa Cruz and picked up the bike. Big Mike came down from Oregon to help dissasemble the swingarm.
Turns out that the bike shop did not install the air shocks properly and they were going sideways as well as up and down, and they forgot a spacer on the wheel axle. Mike took the swingarm back to Bend Oregon, had it rewelded with an extra gusset and re powdercoated for NO CHARGE. Can you believe it .The service and work I recieved from Lazo and Mike and the BMC crew was exceptional.
–Steve Parker
San Jose Ca
THIS IS WHAT THE NEW 2007 BMC HOOLIGAN 200 LOOKS LIKE $17,995 RETAIL……….
Here is a hot seller. Arlen Ness can't keep them on the floor. The BMC Bar Hopper 88 retails for $17,250.
Bikernet.com Extreme BMC Bar Hopper Tech Chart
Regular Stuff
Owner:BMC CHOPPERS
Bike Name:BMC BAR HOPPER
City/State:BEND OREGON
Builder:BMC CHOPPERS
City/state:BEND OREGON
Company Info:BMC CHOPPERS 20739 HIGH DESERT COURT BEND,OREGON
Web site:
Fabrication:BMC CHOPPERS
Manufacturing:BMC CHOPPERS
Welding:BMC CHOPPERS
Machining:BMC CHOPPERS
Engine
Year:2007
Make:REV-TECH 3 year 30k warrenty
Model rev tech 88ci
Displacement:88ci
Builder or Rebuild..rev tech/cci
Cases REV-TECH
Case finish:RAW
Barrels:REV-TECH
Bore:4 1/4
Pistons:rev tech
Barrel finish:RAW
Lower end:REV-TECH
Stroke:3 13/16
Rods:rev tech
Heads:rev tech
Head finish:raw
Valves and springs:rev tech
Pushrods:rev tech
Cams:rev tech
Lifters:rev tech
Carburetion:mukuni 45
Air cleaner:rev tech
Other:
Transmission
Year:2007
Make:CCI
Gear configuration:5-SPEED
Final drive:BELT
Primary:CHAINE
Clutch:CCI
Frame
Year:2007
Make:BMC
Style or Model:bobber wish bone
Stretch:none
Rake:32 DEGREE
Modifications:NONE
Front End
Make:CCI
Model:41 MM WIDE GLIDE
Year:2007
Length:2″under
Mods:black lower legs,black anodized triple trees
Sheet metal
Tanks:3.2 SPORTY
Fenders:bmc/ sissy bar
Panels:
Oil tank:BMC ROUND
Other:BATTERY BOX AND OIL TANK ALL IN ONE
Paint
Sheet metal:BMC
Molding:BMC
Base coat:black
Graphics:GARY TANDY BMC
Frame:BMC
Molding:BMC
Base coat:black
Graphics or art:bmc
Special effects:
Pinstriping:KURT SILVA
Wheels
Front
Make:RIDE WRIGHT
Size:19″
Brake calipers:BREMBO
Brake rotor(s):11.5 RIDE WRIGHT POLISHED
Tire:avon white wall
Rear
Make:RIDE WRIGHT
Size:16×3.5
Brake calipers:BREMBO
Brake rotor:11.5 RIDE WRIGHT POLISHED
Pulley:RIDE WRIGHT
Tire:avon white wall
Controls
Foot controls:BMC
Finish:RED ANODIZED
Master cylinder:H-D
Brake lines:barnett
Handlebar controls:CCI
Finish:CHROME
Clutch Cable:BARNETT
Brake Lines …..barnett
Shifting:5-speed cci 5 year 50k mile warrenty
Electrical
Ignition:rev tech
Ignition switch:h-d
Coils:cci
Regulator:cci
Charging:cci
Wiring:bmc
Harness:bmc
Headlight:cci
Taillight:cci
Accessory lights:cci
Electrical accessories:cci
Switches:cci
Battery:interstate
What's Left
Seat:bmc/corbin
Pipes:2 into 1 kirker
Mufflers:kirker
Exhaust finish:chrome
Gas caps:cci
Handlebars:cci
Grips:H-D
Pegs:bmc
Oil filter:cci
Oil cooler:none
Oil lines:bmc
Fuel filter:in line cci
Fuel Lines:bmc
Throttle:cci
Throttle cables:cci
Fasteners:bmc
Specialty items:red anodized forward controls or black, black lower legs,black anodized triple trees, autometer speedo
Comments:bmc bar hopper retails for $17,250 just how you see it…..
Credits:the crew at bmc choppers ..cory,shad,rev,greg,mark,zeak,rick,john,erick ect……
”I sold out on the Bobbers recently and still have 60 orders deep, with Canada ordering 150 BMC,” reported Mike. “I have my work ahead of me. Took on Arlen Ness shop and sold three Bobbers in 2 hours. Just delivered seven more, it’s rock-in…”
