![]() ![]() “Tony fully understood that custom builds take time and so we did not set a timeline it was more of an “it’ll be done when it’s done” approach. Then they acquired the right bike for the project and the build began in earnest. Next came a budget, which was agreed upon. So Bruce sat down with Tony and put together a list of exactly what he wanted. “So we sorted out his bike and when he came in to collect it, he saw a Harley Sportster chopper we had built for another customer and he decided that he wanted a new bike with something similar and in a classic, ‘70s style. “The job came about when a new customer, Tony, wandered into the shop with a custom chopper he had bought at auction asking us to get it running properly,” continues Bruce. “The search for the right space took a lot longer than we anticipated and so did coming up with a name for the shop, however we managed to find both and Zen Motorcycles was opened in March 2022 in Sydney’s Alexandria. “The idea for Zen Motorcycles was to have a shop that could build custom bikes for customers, service bikes to the high standards that our customers expected and also become a retailer of electric motorcycles,” says Zen’s Bruce Crerar. When you look up “chopper” in the encyclopedia… Right on cue and as if to prove a point, here comes Sydney’s Zen Motorcycles and their chopped 2015 Harley Davidson Sportster Seventy-Two. And right now it almost seems as if choppers are on the ascendancy and it does really look like cafe racers have run their course for the time being. ![]() They were just too entrenched and – let’s face it – too damn cool to die just yet, so they continued on doing what they do so well. Of course, the older and wiser of us knew that in some form or another choppers would always be around. All things rightly or wrongly assigned to history’s trash bin. Flares, beehive hair-dos and chest hair…and choppers. Representing the exact opposite of the light, fast and above all European essence of cafe racers, it was all too easy to judge them as yesterday’s news and maybe even write them off all together. Call, e-mail or visit your MCS dealer, anywhere in Europe, and the finest, coolest parts are yours! We offer 24h delivery anywhere in Europe.Back in the Noughties, when cafe racers were all the rage and the global custom scene went through a renaissance of sorts, it was easy to see choppers as a dinosaur-style of bike. To find our accessories and parts just surf to our website and check our on-line catalog. Our biker lifestyle products include T-shirts, rain gear, protective Kevlar pants, helmets, sunglasses, you name it. When it’s time to cruise, check out our clothing for fashion to ride in style. If you need specialized tools and tooling for the road or your workshop, MCS has it. ![]() ![]() For most US made V-Twin machines we have the hottest in chrome, stainless, black or anodized in a custom, classic old skool or radical retro selection. If it’s a radical Swedish chopper, bobber, racer, dirt tracker, street tracker, cruiser, café racer, full dresser with windshield and saddlebags, tricked-out bagger, Softail, hardtail, rigid lowrider or even a cool stock stripped H-D Touring, we’ve got you covered. No matter If you are planning to build, overhaul, do a restoration to transform your ratbike in to a showbike or just planning a simple repair. All parts are supplied from our Netherlands, EU, based warehouse. Over 70000 products from stock! We offer replacement to high performance parts for your Milwaukee Eight / M8, Twin Cam, Evolution, Shovel, Early Shovel, Panhead, Knucklehead, Sportster and yes, even OEM style bolt-on replacement parts for the antique 45" Flathead and KH side valve motorcycles. Motorcycle Storehouse BV offers the largest selection of leading brands in aftermarket parts for Harley-Davidson motorcycles. ![]()
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