Quote Originally Posted by josh green
A bobber bike back in the 50's and around that era was a bike just put together with scrap parts. It wasnt made to be pretty and it only had the bare escentials of what it took to operate the bike. Brake and head light, shifter, rear brakes, some people add front brakes for safety. Usually a springer front end (or really whatever you could get) and no rear suspension of any kind.
thx for the definition i had know idea why it was called a bobber. if your look on youtube under bobber bikes there are tons of videos. anyone know of a forum for bobbers? whats a good bike to start with?