Bobbed Rear Hurt Value?

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Dec 17, 2014 | 12:26 PM

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If you are worried about resale value, do not put any miles on it.

Dec 17, 2014 | 08:10 PM

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Brian_Reale

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Originally Posted by Next In Line

If you are worried about resale value, do not put any miles on it.

point taken

Dec 17, 2014 | 08:18 PM

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TwiZted Biker

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Yes it kicks the resale in the ***** , few people want others ideas of what a bike should be when they have hacked on it .

Your bike do what makes you happy but I suggest you find another fender to hash & parts up and keep the stock stuff for the resale value , having it all goes a long way when selling and they can't low ball you so bad.

Dec 17, 2014 | 08:18 PM

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Brian_Reale

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I agree it is a trendy thing, my generations obsession with the oldschool, but im gonna go for it anyway because im young and stupid.

And as for the girl, cab fair?

Dec 17, 2014 | 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian_Reale

I agree it is a trendy thing, my generations obsession with the oldschool, but im gonna go for it anyway because im young and stupid.

And as for the girl, cab fair?

The hacked up rear fender is strictly your generations gig , mine didn't like the idea of the family jewels being that close to an open grinder.

Dec 17, 2014 | 10:35 PM

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On one hand, not everybody likes the same thing and if you decide to cut the fender down to the way that you like it and then decide to sell it, you will need to find somebody else that likes your style of bike in order to sell it to them. There was a time that I was thinking about changing the looks of my rear fender so I bought a new fender to experiment with and then I was going to keep my original fender just in case. It's just an idea but it's your bike customize it the way you want to or buy another fender and save the original in case you are concerned about resale.

Dec 18, 2014 | 12:05 AM

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There's been loads and loads of Sportsters in the classified section for sale that have been "Bobbed" and "old schooled" and they get very few if any responses from an interested buyer so beware. I don't get why someone will take a good looking Piglet and mod it into something that seems to have been cobbled together from 15 different boxes of parts.

Dec 18, 2014 | 06:59 AM

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24v

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There are a ton of used Sportsters for sale. By cutting the frame of the bike you will make it much more difficult to sell yours when you decide you want a new ride. The fender is one thing, they are a dime a dozen and you could just throw another on. The frame will not be changed back so easily.

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