What do you say about a custom chopper builder who consistently turns out award winning Harley Choppers? Right Fucking On! For over 40 years Mike Toupin has been pouring blood, sweat, tears, and loving inspiration into every custom motorcycle he builds and this was clearly evident at the 2011 Easy Riders Bike Tour at the Los Angeles Convention Center with Bobb-It taking 1st place in the crafty custom category!

This category was designed to show the younger crowd the kind of custom motorcycle you can build for under $10,000.00 in parts, and although there is defiantly a lot of leg work involved in searching swap meets and bike shows to gather the parts for the build, the end result is certainly worth all of the hard work.

Bobb-It was only a pile of parts and a few rough ideas when Mike and the fellas at Chopper Design Group began the initial design process; starting with an 80 inch 1999 Evo motor and 5 speed trans joined to a Krafttech rigid frame with a 38 degree rake this new creation rapidly began to take shape with the addition of redesigned Dyna forward controls, GMA hand controls, hand made fenders and a king sporty tank. The power plant was was show polished, and completed with adjustable push rods, Mikuni carb, and Dyna 2000 I ignition & coil set. Bobb-It sports a smooth molded frame with sexy Kandy pagan gold paint, kandy tangerine scallops and purple pinstripes.

This award winning design is proof that anyone can build and ride a one of a kind custom Harley without breaking their bank or selling their soul to the motorcycle gods, and while many in pursuit of a more exotic custom design should also rest assured that their needs and dreams are in good hands with Mike and the rest of the crew at Chopper Design Group. In addition to their 1st place win at the Los Angles Convention Center, a photo shoot is under way as a featured bike in an up coming issue of Easy Riders magazine, so be sure to grab a copy!

Mike Toupin is a dedicated custom painter/designer that believes in sharing his knowledge and helping other builders. “if we don’t pass on our knowledge to the younger crowd, then the true art of custom motorcycle design will soon disappear” said Mike Toupin when asked what is the most important aspect of custom Harley design industry. “i guess you could say we have to give it all away in order to keep it” said Mike.

Mike Toupin and his crew are hard at work working on 2 new designs that are to be debuted in the next few months, and you can be sure that these new custom creations are sure to blow your mind! Oh and in case you didn’t know, The Bobb-It is for sale, and serious inquires can be directed to our contact form.

Mike Toupin is considered one of the hardest working custom Harley craftsman you will ever find, with full schedule of custom bike projects in the works, a few top secret private projects underway, and a non-stop flood of bikers hitting Mike up to do custom paint on their bikes, Mike and Chopper Design Group has found the time to make it to the 2010 Easy Riders Bike show in Pomona California, bringing one of their coolest custom creations “Diamond Back”.

Taking Best of show in the spectator class in the 2007 Easy Riders Bike show, they are back again with some at the request of the Easy Riders promotion team. Chopper Design Group will also be bringing a number of other bikes to fully show off the custom building skills that make Chopper Design Group one of the most sought after custom Harley shops in California.

Mike and his crew are all die hard craftsmen who ride hard and live to create the freshest custom chopper designs ever seen. These ain’t some cool yuppies that got lucky with some TV promotion or insider marketing ploy; Chopper Design Group is a crew of a live to ride bikers who know what they want in a custom bike, and know how to convert that knowledge into custom painted, hand built one of a kind Pig Iron!

Rumor also has it that Mike and Easy Riders magazine have a photo shoot in the works as well for the cover of their biker magazine. Details will be posted here as soon as i get them, but until then you can be sure Mike and Chopper Design Group won’t be sitting on their asses waiting for the phone to ring, with a full schedule of custom bike projects already in their shop, and a long list of upcoming projects, you are sure to see these new bikes on this site and on the pages of Easy Riders, and other biker magazines soon!

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Not many people know who Mike Toupin is… he isn’t on any reality TV shows risking life and limb for Television fame…. you won’t see him screaming and yelling at his son on some yuppie biker show…But bikers who live the biker lifestyle to the fullest in Southern California know he is the man to see if you want the sweetest paint job, or want a one of a kind a custom built chopper!

Mike is the owner and founder of Chopper Design Group in La Habra California. For over 30 years Mike has lived been living the life riding hard, and painting and building custom Harley motorcycles. The Chopper Design Group isn’t one of those get rich overnight dreams, but rather a long slow upward grind to the ranks of the elite masters of custom Harley motorcycle design.

Chopper Design Group is dedicated to only one thing: Hand building only the finest Harley motorcycles with the sweetest paint jobs! You can’t put  price on quality, but the Chopper Design Group has the Midas touch when it comes to designing unique award winning Harley Davidson Choppers and Low Riders that are 100% hand built and painted American Hogs!

Mike’s Nervous Wreck is one of many examples of the true artistry that make Chopper Design Group the only choice of Southern California bikers. Featured on the cover of the June 2008 issue of Biker Magazine this slick and sexy 99ci 12 over Custom Street Bomb is a real head turner. Boasting custom hand made parts and a 5 stage Pearl and Candy paint job, Nervous Wreck makes grown men grimace with envy, and the babes beg to straddle the back end of this Milwaukee Vibrator!

To See more of Mike Toupin and Choppers Design Group, check back often. And if you want to get in touch with Mike you can click here or call him at 562-704-4007