Chopper College was created in response to the growing niche market for shorter and more intense learning environments, the push to expand ones skill base, the ever popular demand for custom bike building and the move towards a ‘green’ mode of transportation. The intention of the school is to provide ‘boot camp’ style classes for a myriad of types of hands on instruction.
The college provides an environment that is truly conducive to absorbing as much information as possible about a topic in a short period of time. It allows for no distractions. The college is truly focused on hands on type instruction which can run the full spectrum from custom bike building, welding, frame design, fabrication, to even PC design workshops.
An exciting and innovative alliance was formed between the Minneapolis Community and Technical College and Chopper College. It brings all the tricks and tips of custom motorcycle bike building to the classroom. Taught by industry professionals, students become the builder, fabricator, assembler, cutter, painter, designer and mechanic – all in a boot camp format. The alliance is the first of its kind, allowing MCTC to offer specialized skill development in a condensed period of time. Plus, they have introduced the School of Green Technology devoted to making the motorcycle industry increasingly friendly to the environment.
For the past two years, Chopper College has traveled the country as a rolling tour, teaching bike building to audiences at all types of forums. Along with its own collection of custom bikes, the college designs and builds theme bikes during certain classes along with the students.