We want to extend a huge thank you to Kim and everyone at JD2 for generously donating a Tubing Bender, Die Set, and Tubing Notcher to Chopper Shop.  These tools are going to allow our students to push the quality and creativity of their Chopper Projects.  We are really excited and will post some pics of our new equipment in use as soon as we get it!

Advanced Chopper Shop participants Mike and Clarence had a chance to show their custom bikes off at this year’s Los Magnificos 27th Annual Car and Bike Show .  On Sunday we took a field trip to see the guys’ bikes and to check out the Car Show.  We saw a lot of amazing work, got some good inspiration, and had a great time!  Thanks to Jon Chuck and everyone from Los Magnificos for entering us in the contest and putting on a great show.

Danny, Chris Bailey and Deshon James had a great time attending the art opening at the Art Car Museum on September 12.

You can view the  Stretch Limo Go Cart, made by Chris,  on display in ‘Planes,Trains, Motorcycles and Automobiles’ at the Art Car Museum 140 Heights Boulevard

Stretch Limo Go Cart

We are hoping to sell this unique and drivable work of art. The Stretch Limo Go Cart, created by Montrell and Chris in the Chopper Shop.

for more details contact us or check out this posting

http://houston.craigslist.org/rvs/1191858464.html

In May, we enjoyed riding in the Art Car Parade. This year we brought out some new bicycles and the Stretch Limo Go Cart, a go cart made by two students in Chopper Shop.

If you have any photos from the parade please send them to us.

We had a brief mention in this weekend’s Chronicle.  Columnist Lisa Gray lists Workshop Houston’s Chopper Shop as an indisputably good thing as part of her ‘A Dozen Happy Thoughts about Houston column’.    See the article here: A Dozen Happy Thoughts About Houston

Here are some awesome new bikes from Chopper Shop.  Sorry its taken so long to get these pictures up, look for more regular updates in the future.

A few weeks ago we were invited to show off some of our creations at the Make:TV booth at the PBS programming fair.  Chris, Montrell, and I packed up the Naruto bike and the motorized skateboard and headed over to the Houston Intercontinental Hotel.  We were hanging out at the booth when some guys came up and started checking out the bike and talking to us.  They were really excited about the bike and asked us if we knew the Lowrider song (which they then sang).

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