Ridgid Bob??
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Well again I guess I need to repeat it. I won't be doing the welding etc myself as we'd be talking so serious math to calculate angles etc. I started this thread to see if I could get input from others who may have done this mod or know some info on it and if need be I will put on a wide tire kit the 300mm one I've been debateing for some time. As far as the track goes I'll power through my turns just fine when I get the mill in this after I get the frame braced and the rake and tire issues worked out I think 150 bhp+ plus giggle juice will allow me the power to drift through turns.
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RE: Ridgid Bob??
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Well again I guess I need to repeat it. I won't be doing the welding etc myself as we'd be talking so serious math to calculate angles etc. I started this thread to see if I could get input from others who may have done this mod or know some info on it and if need be I will put on a wide tire kit the 300mm one I've been debateing for some time. As far as the track goes I'll power through my turns just fine when I get the mill in this after I get the frame braced and the rake and tire issues worked out I think 150 bhp+ plus giggle juice will allow me the power to drift through turns.
Well again I guess I need to repeat it. I won't be doing the welding etc myself as we'd be talking so serious math to calculate angles etc. I started this thread to see if I could get input from others who may have done this mod or know some info on it and if need be I will put on a wide tire kit the 300mm one I've been debateing for some time. As far as the track goes I'll power through my turns just fine when I get the mill in this after I get the frame braced and the rake and tire issues worked out I think 150 bhp+ plus giggle juice will allow me the power to drift through turns.
I still think it'll handle like crap with a 300 in back and a "normal" in front, no matter what the power. The profile of the two tires is too different. But since you say it's a bar hopper, it really won't matter much; it's not like you're going out and run some crotchers in the twisties.
I reckon a bunch of ol' coots on here would enjoy seeing pics of the build progress. Ain't too many Dyna types really been chopped using a stock frame. Most of 'em just have a buncha bolt-ons. Good luck!
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RE: Ridgid Bob??
Methinks it's rather silly to buy a brand new $13,000-$16,000 Harley with the best handling suspension they offer only to convert it to a rigid under the pretense of "saving money" just to get a big rear tire. Big rear tires aren't 'that' cool. You're gonna go big money on the motor but skimp on the rear end and go rigid to save a few dollars? A feller smart with his money would sell his HD and build a rigid from scratch. You can start by spending some time on a rigid to see if it's what you really want. 99% of the time it probably ain't.
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Well did "methinks" ever think that I might have bought the Harley for a reason. It makes a really good start point for a really nice motorcycle. I didn't have the 70,000 to buy what I wanted so by buying the Bob I had a good place to start. Forgive me for wanting to save a few grand on the tail to offset the 10,000 that it will take to purchase the mill and strenghten the frame not all of us are made of cash some of us have to fight wars to get ours. I'm tryign to go back to Iraq hopefully sometime shortly after Xmas and I was goign to do the front and rear over and have it ready for the engine when I return form the Sandbox. Need any more explaination? Or is it ok for me to do what I want to do to my bike?
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let me start off by saying that i do think it might be kinda cool, and your absolutely right, it IS your bike.......and i am NOT putting down your idea (i'm all about creative thinking).........but
by the time you do all this, you could have very easlily bought a custom hardtail from some small manufacturer that uses uses a flat black crate motor and tranny, mostly moco parts..........probably for a good bit less $$. proper chopper, bmc, flyrite, suckerpunch sally.
hell, you can buy a kit and accomplish the same thing for a hell of a lot less if your that mechanically inclined. if your doing it for the factory vin, then like someone else said, the re-sale won't justify that reasoning and by the time you do all this, your gonna be lucky if they warranty the headlight still!!!
i'm just sayin', it just kinda seems like your taking the longest and hardest way to get what you want. like starting a big huge logging company to cut down one Redwood to make one toothpick.........when you can just go to the store and buy a box for the change in your pocket. or nuke to dig a hole for a pool.
by the time you do all this, you could have very easlily bought a custom hardtail from some small manufacturer that uses uses a flat black crate motor and tranny, mostly moco parts..........probably for a good bit less $$. proper chopper, bmc, flyrite, suckerpunch sally.
hell, you can buy a kit and accomplish the same thing for a hell of a lot less if your that mechanically inclined. if your doing it for the factory vin, then like someone else said, the re-sale won't justify that reasoning and by the time you do all this, your gonna be lucky if they warranty the headlight still!!!
i'm just sayin', it just kinda seems like your taking the longest and hardest way to get what you want. like starting a big huge logging company to cut down one Redwood to make one toothpick.........when you can just go to the store and buy a box for the change in your pocket. or nuke to dig a hole for a pool.
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RE: Ridgid Bob??
Part of my motivation was the factory VIN the other is to have the warrenty and I agree thet I'll lose warrenty as I go on. But 70,000 was the starting point to find anything I liked and I looked at alot of them Big Dog, Saxon, Ironhorse I did the research and I always ended up back to a factory bike. I couldn't find anything that all the components I liked the SB had enough to warrent its purchase. I just have to build it now the way they should have with a 21" front some extra rake and a phat ***. The power is just because I'm a power freak I could live with a 113" and I might. I doubt it but I might. I have a builder who swears he can get me 130 HP just off the motor so I could deal with that.
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RE: Ridgid Bob??
Aside from the fact that I absolutely hate fat rear tires, I'm likin' your attitude. I had a feelin' you wanted the HD moniker on the title, and the only way to do that is keep at least that part of the frame where the VIN resides. It's good to see a little bit of cussedness and "I'm gonna do it my way" spirit. I really get tired of all the overblown customs that look nearly identical, and the bolt-on-bikes that are a dime a dozen. It'll be interesting to see if you come up with something original looking. have at it!
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No worries about me in the Sandbox wars what i do best. I'm fighting with thtem to get me there. I've spent 2 out of the last 3 years in the place and I'm ready to do it again seems damn funny to me the ppl who whine and cry about it all getting sent and I'm argueing to go back. Go figure huh.
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RE: Ridgid Bob??
ORIGINAL: steelcowboy
Well did "methinks" ever think that I might have bought the Harley for a reason. It makes a really good start point for a really nice motorcycle. I didn't have the 70,000 to buy what I wanted so by buying the Bob I had a good place to start. Forgive me for wanting to save a few grand on the tail to offset the 10,000 that it will take to purchase the mill and strenghten the frame not all of us are made of cash some of us have to fight wars to get ours. I'm tryign to go back to Iraq hopefully sometime shortly after Xmas and I was goign to do the front and rear over and have it ready for the engine when I return form the Sandbox. Need any more explaination? Or is it ok for me to do what I want to do to my bike?
Well did "methinks" ever think that I might have bought the Harley for a reason. It makes a really good start point for a really nice motorcycle. I didn't have the 70,000 to buy what I wanted so by buying the Bob I had a good place to start. Forgive me for wanting to save a few grand on the tail to offset the 10,000 that it will take to purchase the mill and strenghten the frame not all of us are made of cash some of us have to fight wars to get ours. I'm tryign to go back to Iraq hopefully sometime shortly after Xmas and I was goign to do the front and rear over and have it ready for the engine when I return form the Sandbox. Need any more explaination? Or is it ok for me to do what I want to do to my bike?
You need to dive deeper into what's out there and sh!tcan the attitude. You DID ask for opinions on an open forum and there is no shortage of them. Apparently you already have your mind made up and we're all dumbasses.
There is a 30yr old shop here locally, that is building full custom bobbers with springer front ends, RevTech 100" motors and transmissions, rigid or softail with all the aftermarket goodies for $15,000 with a three year warranty. "Methinks" I ain't made of money either but you are talking like it. Turning a $13,000 Harley into a $30,000 Harley to end up with what you could build for about what you paid for the stock Harley. If you wanna pay another $15,000 for a Harley name on your title, go right ahead.
Nobody HAS to fight a war to get "theirs". Last I checked military service was still voluntary. You know what they say about braggers???