Jump in with two feet and build a custom chopper piece by piece build a kit bike first this way you have all the parts you need and it will be a great way to learn how to build a chopper with less frustration you will find out about your strengths and weaknesses what you like or dislike in parts and you will accelerate your learning for . 1 start with one object such as a gas tank carburetor or set of wheels and build a custom chopper around the theme imagined from that part usually only advanced mechanics take on this option as it entails a lot of time resources and skill. Welcome to the chopper builders handbook the primary objective of the chopper builders handbook is to provide basic information that will enable everyone to successfully build their own chopper from scratch update may 19 2020 we started adding a new series of articles to the site located in the projects section called the cbh build project i anticipate this to grow to around 200 pages