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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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Rocker, just like the 240 rear and the 37.5 degree rake, great chassis to start your own idea of what a H-D should be.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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I had the same decision to make.....
did I want a new style chopper or an old sckool bobber...

I spent a few hours looking at each bike.... thinking of what I would change to make it "mine"
The XB won.... but only slightly.....

IMO they are completely different.... which one speaks to you more???

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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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they're 2 totally different looking bikes, i own a rocker c so i say rocker, but i'm thinking of selling some of my other toys to get a X-bones or fatboy lo as a second bike.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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I would go with the Cross Bones. The Rocker just does nothing for me.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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One of each! I'd like to see a Crossbones with more of a Softail Springer front wheel instead of the fat one.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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Dude the bonz does it all enough said
 
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by snook592
Dude the bonz does it all enough said
Just out of curiosity, what does the crossbones do that the rocker doesn't?

If I could, I would meld the two and get the Cross Rocker (aka Crocker )
 

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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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I think I would go with the bones
 
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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Personally.......I'd go with a Xbone. There's just more available "stuff".
I went a totally different way than most of the folks on here with mine. But the biggest complaint I get from my buddies is that every time we ride somewhere and make a stop..........It takes forever to get going again for all the attention it draws.




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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:53 AM
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I say go back and give another look at the Night Train and picture it with a springer front end (Bad Boy Project)
 
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