Non MOCO CVO!!
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Non MOCO CVO!!
Well guys, I have been a lurker for a while now, but to be honest, I really haven't had much to say. I used to really be into this stuff a while back, but took a break and went a completely different direction. Now that I am back, it looks like a lot of the stuff I took for granted back then doesn't seem to really happen any more- actually it seems everybody buys their stuff already done by the MOCO- or they leave it close to stock. Now I am not trying to start anything here, just calling it how I see it.
If I have already lost you- I apologize. Anyways, I saw a 09 CVO Road Glide and I liked it- and then I went over to the dealership and saw a new 11 CVO Street Glide, and I really, really liked it.........until I saw the price. Now its not that I can't afford it, I just don't want to. So I sat down and figured I can build just as cool Street Glide for about half the investment.
So I picked up a 03 Screaming Eagle Road King from a friend of mine(funny thing is I sold it to him back in 03) and started ripping in to it. Thought you guys might want to see how it turns out- or not.
If I have already lost you- I apologize. Anyways, I saw a 09 CVO Road Glide and I liked it- and then I went over to the dealership and saw a new 11 CVO Street Glide, and I really, really liked it.........until I saw the price. Now its not that I can't afford it, I just don't want to. So I sat down and figured I can build just as cool Street Glide for about half the investment.
So I picked up a 03 Screaming Eagle Road King from a friend of mine(funny thing is I sold it to him back in 03) and started ripping in to it. Thought you guys might want to see how it turns out- or not.
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And this is as far as we got today- hopefully should have it down the rest of the way and the frame off to the painter tomorrow- sheetmetal has been out to the painter for the last couple of months- but you know those painters
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Not really comparing apples to apples there are you.
No doubt you can get or build a cool bike for 1/2 the cost of a CVO. Taking a stock 2011 Street glide and making the same mods as are on a CVO will cost more than buying the CVO.
Changing your own allows you to make decisions and to make it truly unique, but yours will always be an '03 Road king.
No doubt you can get or build a cool bike for 1/2 the cost of a CVO. Taking a stock 2011 Street glide and making the same mods as are on a CVO will cost more than buying the CVO.
Changing your own allows you to make decisions and to make it truly unique, but yours will always be an '03 Road king.
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I like doing my own bikes also. There is just something about buying a CVO that doesn't seem geniune to me as being custom.
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