choppers ?
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Factory choppers are nice to look at. Big Dog built a nice looking chopper, though you don't see many of them here in Wichita anymore. To me, and I suspect many others here, a chopper has been chopped, period. I had an old CB 750 Honda with a Harley rear wheel and twelve inch extended forks. I rode that bike for two years, and it was a bitch to do a tight turn with, but it wasn't chopped, though many would ask about my chopper.
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Well, I said new and you're talking about a donor sporty? That alone is a good 8K of the 10K you are budgeting for if you get a new one. Already have the sporty new or used and putting an extra 10K into it= maybe. No bike and making a decent chopper from a used sporty for 10K = I don't see it. Show me what that 10K is being spent on so I know what you consider a nice period chopper to be and where that 10K is going.
Sportys are all over the place at ~4k-6k. Even a 2012 Nightster can be had for under 7K
bob or cut the rear fender, maybe extend the front, maybe rake the neck, maybe apes. Any or all is not 10k additional in my book. Most all have the period tank.
your definition or ideas are not necessarily the same as mine. thats ok.
Brother in my club got an old iron head '75? for 3k and built his under 5k, stuck a $1200 DNA 8 over springer (not my fav) cut the neck for + rake and added a bobbed rear fender and paint. Took off more than he added.
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Sportys are all over the place at ~4k-6k. Even a 2012 Nightster can be had for under 7K
bob or cut the rear fender, maybe extend the front, maybe rake the neck, maybe apes. Any or all is not 10k additional in my book. Most all have the period tank.
your definition or ideas are not necessarily the same as mine. thats ok.
Brother in my club got an old iron head '75? for 3k and built his under 5k, stuck a $1200 DNA 8 over springer (not my fav) cut the neck for + rake and added a bobbed rear fender and paint. Took off more than he added.
bob or cut the rear fender, maybe extend the front, maybe rake the neck, maybe apes. Any or all is not 10k additional in my book. Most all have the period tank.
your definition or ideas are not necessarily the same as mine. thats ok.
Brother in my club got an old iron head '75? for 3k and built his under 5k, stuck a $1200 DNA 8 over springer (not my fav) cut the neck for + rake and added a bobbed rear fender and paint. Took off more than he added.
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I remember the snobby chopper guys called my bagger a garbage barge. They became much kinder when needing the tools I kept in it. If you added up the down time over the years, we've probably built the equivalent of three or four complete bikes on the side of the road. Any that are left nowadays are done right but still don't go anywhere far.
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