Trying to keep the stock old bikes Stock and restoring bikes as Close to Stock as you can is what a lot of old bike fans and I agree on. It's a damn shame when a near perfect stock flathead, Knuckle or Panhead or shovelhead now. Is ruined by chopping, stretching and raking. If you got the chopper from the past keep it chopped. If somebody has done a good job of building, the damage has already been done and it's still got all the fun.
Choppers are Cool too.
I got 2 of them. If you gotta chopper Jones. Butcher the after-market stuff. Think of the money and time you will save not having to track down all those parts. If you can remember where you put them.