King Of The Choppers

King Of The Choppers is a song that was written by Alex R. Mathews, Chance, Bill Iles, Dave Council, Elica Hoffman paying tribute to Arlen Ness. In the 60s Arlen bought his first motorcycle, a 1947 Knucklehead. Working in his own garage armed with only a spray gun and a vision Arlen stripped his motorcycle and gave it a full custom paint job. Shortly after, Arlen entered his first custom bike show and took first place; the first of many to come. Spending his nights in his garage working on an evergrowing list of customers bikes Arlen realized it was time to quit his day job working for a private contractor and open a store. Renting a store space on East 14th in San Leandro, CA Arlen opened Arlens Motorcycle Nessecities. In the beginning the store was only open at night giving Arlen time to paint and work on bikes during the day. Soon demand for Arlens Nessecities became too great and the store had to be opened full time. Following in his fathers footsteps, Arlens son Cory design br, br,