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 ever-growing 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 Ness-ecities. 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 Ness-ecities became too great and the store had to be opened full time. Following in his fathers footsteps, Arlens son Cory design