Who is Choppers Inc. Choppers Inc & Billy Lane?
Billy Lanes success did not begin with Choppers
Inc., and it probably
will not end there either. Billy’s father got him interested
in cars and hotrods early on. Having gained a lot of mechanical knowledge
from this early experience he went on to attend Florida State University,
earning an associate of science degree in mechanical engineering,
and later attended Florida International University where he obtained
his degree of Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He bought
his first bike in 1989 while attending college. It was basically
in pieces so he got to work and with the help of some old timers
put it together. He learned a lot quickly.
After college Billy went to work for his brother working on bikes.
Then the time arrived for him to strike out on his own. He began
building custom parts as gifts for friends. A demand for these six-gun
parts grew outside his circle of friends, which lead to Choppers
Inc. opening in Melbourne Florida. Now in the business for over 14
years, Billy believes part of his success as getting into the chopper
scene before the motorcycle industry really recognized their relevance.
The chopper style is now a huge industry. Billy builds a few truly
unique high quality bikes each year. Thus allowing him to develop
new parts and ideas for new products. He now holds seven US patents
on Choppers Inc. six-gun design parts. His fantastic builds also
utilize Perse Performance, Morris Magneto, Iron Cross, Got Flames,
Velocity Works, Accurate Engineering, and BelRay Oil.
In his many appearances Billy has won many awards for his work.
Such as The 2002 Easyriders Invitational Class-First Place In Show
for his Psycho Billy Cadillac bike which features a hub less back
wheel. Billy’s bikes have been featured on many magazine covers
including The Horse, Street Chopper, Hot Bike and Easyriders. His
other new old school creations include, Le
Big Mac, Chop
shop Tour Bike, Hell's
Belle, Whole lot of Rosy, Money
Shot, Down & Dirty,
Miss
Behavin, The
Money Magnet, Easyrider
VQ Chopper, Devil
in a Red Dress, and Knuckle
Sandwich.
Billy can be seen on many episodes of The Great Biker Build Off
on the Discovery Channel as well as an episode of BIG! And the very
first episode of Monster Garage. Billy Lane the “East Coast
Chopper Kingpin” can also be found at many Easyriders Events
where he may just be hanging around the Broken Spoke Saloon or The
Full Throttle Saloon unwinding. His Choppers Inc. gear is available
for the many fans out there including his new signature line of Sha
Sha Fine Shoes.
Billy Lane and Choppers Inc. have evolved over the years but his
true to style designs and quality builds let everyone know that there
are many more creations to amaze us all. Billy Lane is truly becoming
a legend in his own time.
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