Hard Knocks Bobber
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Hard Knocks Bobber
Does anyone have any experience with the Kikker 5150 Hardknocks Bobber? I saw a couple on display this weekend at the Nashville motorcycle show and was kind of intrigued. They say it can be assembled in 6 hours, hell it would take me longer than that to figure out what tools I needed. I've seen the videos on You Tube, but wondered if anyone from this forum had first hand experience with this product. Thanks.
Cruiser
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RE: Hard Knocks Bobber
I was looking at these a couple of years ago..found out: not "street" legal in Mich...lot's of trouble/problems/reliability will manufacturer..one dealer in Mich. said he'd never deal with these people again..FYI
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RE: Hard Knocks Bobber
After someone on another forum here mentioned these things I fired off a link to the site to a guy at work saying it looked like an amusing novelty. A couple days later he told me he had put in an order for one (which sorta surprised me). He had been talking about doing a custom chopper when some bonuses come in down the road, so I guess he figured he would pick it up as a short term solution. So, he's putting it together in his dining room now.
So far his comments are:
It seems sturdy enough, but you can tell the frame was "hand welded".
The brakes seem to be more solid than he expected.
They did skimp out a bit on some bolts it ships with where you can just barely screw them in to 3 or 4 threads depth so he accidently stripped a couple putting them in.
I've not heard back from him on this, but he thinks that he saw the springer front fork dip a little when he lifted it up to test the brake. It doesn't dip down, though.
He said there's not much depth to the chrome or powdercoating so a bit of it has flaked off.
He ordered the license plate holder so he can register it but said it's all plastic.
The funny part is that I think he had limited expectations so, despite all of this he still seems to be OK with what he got for the price. I guess we shall see what happens after he gets it all assembled and hits the road. I'll be curious to see him riding it since he's not a small guy, plus he lost a leg in a motorcycle accident, so his right leg is a mechanical prosthetic.
I'll post more after he actually hits the road with it.
So far his comments are:
It seems sturdy enough, but you can tell the frame was "hand welded".
The brakes seem to be more solid than he expected.
They did skimp out a bit on some bolts it ships with where you can just barely screw them in to 3 or 4 threads depth so he accidently stripped a couple putting them in.
I've not heard back from him on this, but he thinks that he saw the springer front fork dip a little when he lifted it up to test the brake. It doesn't dip down, though.
He said there's not much depth to the chrome or powdercoating so a bit of it has flaked off.
He ordered the license plate holder so he can register it but said it's all plastic.
The funny part is that I think he had limited expectations so, despite all of this he still seems to be OK with what he got for the price. I guess we shall see what happens after he gets it all assembled and hits the road. I'll be curious to see him riding it since he's not a small guy, plus he lost a leg in a motorcycle accident, so his right leg is a mechanical prosthetic.
I'll post more after he actually hits the road with it.
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