Big Dog chopper dilemma
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From: OH, USA
We dont invite our friends with them on long rides.. Unless we have a chase truck with a trailer. My buddy is selling his 50K Borgett for 18k. There not worth anything really.. But at least if you get one you already have a real bike you can ride all the time.
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Mine was as unbiased as it gets , I'm a mechanic seen them come and go and worked on most all of them including for Indian the last go round it was a aftermarket kit bike too with fancy sheet metal . None of them will be up to Harley factory standards . Does not mean some are not nice rides but they do have issues .
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From: OH, USA
Mine was as unbiased as it gets , I'm a mechanic seen them come and go and worked on most all of them including for Indian the last go round it was a aftermarket kit bike too with fancy sheet metal . None of them will be up to Harley factory standards . Does not mean some are not nice rides but they do have issues .
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Can't say I sorry to see it either maybe prices for stuff will start getting a bit more realistic again . The credit card " bikers " sure screwed it up for the rest of us .
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Kit bikes, (made at home or on an assembly line,) are only as good as their weakest part.
S&S motors came from S&S either as complete units, or shipped in pieces for the assembly line. Some quality control issues arose when the assemblers put them together.
Cheap electronic controllers kept many from ever being reliable.
If I was interested in an "aftermarket bike", I'd buy it cheap and junk the 'weak links.' and put it back together with components I've used in the past when building from the ground up.
Machines I've gotten to know from the inside out tend to be machines I can trust.
S&S motors came from S&S either as complete units, or shipped in pieces for the assembly line. Some quality control issues arose when the assemblers put them together.
Cheap electronic controllers kept many from ever being reliable.
If I was interested in an "aftermarket bike", I'd buy it cheap and junk the 'weak links.' and put it back together with components I've used in the past when building from the ground up.
Machines I've gotten to know from the inside out tend to be machines I can trust.
Tourer
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 349
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From: Poconos, PA
17 posts so far and none of them seem to be positive. I think I'm begining to see a pattern here about Big Dog.
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Kit bikes, (made at home or on an assembly line,) are only as good as their weakest part.
S&S motors came from S&S either as complete units, or shipped in pieces for the assembly line. Some quality control issues arose when the assemblers put them together.
Cheap electronic controllers kept many from ever being reliable.
If I was interested in an "aftermarket bike", I'd buy it cheap and junk the 'weak links.' and put it back together with components I've used in the past when building from the ground up.
Machines I've gotten to know from the inside out tend to be machines I can trust.
S&S motors came from S&S either as complete units, or shipped in pieces for the assembly line. Some quality control issues arose when the assemblers put them together.
Cheap electronic controllers kept many from ever being reliable.
If I was interested in an "aftermarket bike", I'd buy it cheap and junk the 'weak links.' and put it back together with components I've used in the past when building from the ground up.
Machines I've gotten to know from the inside out tend to be machines I can trust.
Needless to say I reworked a lot of S&S engines for them at the dealer .
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Then I rode it. Nice bar stool but I ride. I still have a picture of it some where look at it from time to time but darn glade I left it there.
Couple soldiers I know bought other version of the Iron Horse bikes.
Everyone of them regretted it.