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Blinging Out a Sportser Chopper

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Sportser choppers are characterized by their sleek long length and lighter frame. They are a slim, light and speedy motorcycle. Some are so ethereal looking that they resemble souped up bicycles. However these are not just pretty bikes even though many of them do end up in exhibits. Many of them are lean, mean speeding machines. In a way you could say this type of motorbike is the perfect combination of sports and art.

Chopper enthusiasts say that sportser motorcycles are the easiest bikes to transform into a full blown new style chopper. This is simply because all you need to do to customize it is extend the front forks to get that distinctive low-riding chopper look. Two of the easiest sportser motorcycles to transform into choppers are the Harley 883e or the 1200S Sport.

The used chopper parts business is so big that you can find practically anything you want on the auction or aftermarket sites nowadays. Another bike that is considered to be a near antique but apparently transforms very easily into a very classy and mod looking light weight chopper is the American made Buell Blast. This is the bike that many professional bike customization experts use as a template upon which to create a more elaborate bike.

However, apparently the Harley Davidson Sportier is the first choice of custom chopper builders when it comes to creating a unique and powerful looking work of art that can also be used in racing competitions. It is traditional, edgy and glamorous all at the same time. Experienced motorcyclists often comment on how the Harley Davidson sportser looks like a chopper should look and makes the loud purring and putting sounds that one associates with a well-made and efficient machine.

Many chopper riders refer to bikes that have not been customized with aftermarket parts and accessories as “billet barges.” A bike bought off the show room floor might be sleek and attractive but it is just not distinctive. A great chopper is stripped, deconstructed and then cluttered with bolt-on chrome parts. Superfluous parts are often removed to give the bike a streamlined look.

Sportsers can also be easily modified into choppers by replacing factory supplied parts with older or cloned parts, outfitting it with wider or white wall wheels and blowing out its chassis so that it makes a fine canvas for airbrush paintings.

The beautiful thing about choppers is that you rarely see two that are exactly alike. Pardon the pun but when it comes to customizing your motorcycle, the sportser chopper is the perfect vehicle for self-expression.

How to Decorate With Wooden Venetian Blinds

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Wooden Venetian Blinds look best in the windows of houses that are also made of wood. They are also well suited to brick and stone homes. Stone homes look particularly quaint and European with stone shutters. They can also spruce up the look of a home that has aluminum siding, adding some class to its look as well as some value. The darker the color of wood on a venetian blind the richer and more expensive the effect usually is.

Wooden blinds add charm where the plastic or metal slatted kind can’t. There is simply an old fashioned charm to them that cannot be rivaled by the green or cream colored institutional type blinds. However those fifties type blinds do suit some office decors that are based on retro furniture and fabric designs from the middle of the last century.

Wooden venetian blinds are also the ideal compliment to decors that have a rustic, antique or prairie theme to them. They also suit some areas of a home that is Victorian, such as a closed porch, especially if they are painted a dark color.

Cottages are also very well suited for wooden venetian blinds. They help keep out the heat in the middle of the summer and they also smell nice if they do heat up in the sun. Another benefit is that they can be completely closed at night to prevent your family from being spied on by curious bears. Wooden venetian blinds are a nice choice for a vacation home because they go with everything and are easy to care for.

There are also some Asian style decors that also suit wooden venetian blinds especially if the blinds are very spare and square in shape. Vertical wooden blinds also suit Asian styles of décor. Dark red woods, and woods that are painted black or bright cherry red are good choices for a home that has a spare Chinese or Japanese flair.

Country wood blinds also make the ideal décor for a farmhouse or a country house especially if it is decorated in the traditional old-fashioned country or rustic design schemes, which can include elements such as floral or checkered fabrics, stuffed couches and tables and wooden coffee tables. It is a good idea to match the color of the wood in the venetian blinds to another design element in your home such as the floor or the furniture. Therefore if your floor is pine, try to buy wooden venetian blinds that are made of blinds as well.