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What do you recommend for a chopper? |
I am only looking forward to hearing from experince chopper fans. I know what I like so save your negative comments. Any way I am looking into buying one and I am on the fence between American Iron horse,Big Dog,Ultra or any other "cookie cutter" bike. I am looking to purchase used or someone else ground-up custom. What do you think is a good bike? There are a lot of options you have to choose from. i personally like thunder mountain customs, big bear, and american ironhorse. take your pick of the bunch. the thing i would recommend staying away from is any of them running rev tech motors or trannys. they are very cheap and have a high failure rate altough they ussually stand behind them but that is a month you don't have your 30,000 plus bike. many harley dealerships will work on thunder mountain customs which helps out they also fun 103B twincam motors. so they are balanced and have plenty of power. an s&s 124 will make a lot more power that you may or may not ever use, but it will shake the fillings out of your teeth all day long, not good for day rides. they do look good sitting outside the bar though. whatever you choose just make sure you look at alot of different dealers or private sellers. the market is saturated with these bikes so if that is what you want you should be able to get a great deal from a dealer or there are a lot of private sellers trying to get rid of them also. If you want to spend a couple extra $$ get a bourget, they aren't really cookie cutter but they are well built and they definatley turn heads. good luck Here's how I pick motorcycles. A) Does it fit the picture of an "iron horse." Not the train image. I mean "Does it look like a swift, powerful horse--- you could entangle your hands in it's mane and guide it with your voice and the appropriate knee pressure.?" B) What is it worth? C) Can you afford it? D) If you can afford it, and it still makes you somewhat tumescent, buy it. I've owned over 1,000 bikes and only 107 of them made me feel that way. The others were "money machines." Depends on what you are going to use the chopper for. I tend to ride ALOT, if you plan to ride alot, you need to make sure the bike fits you and is comfortable enough to ride. Some of the true customs look cool, but are so impracticable that nobody ever rides them. Since I like to ride, I would try to find a chopper that actually has a warrentee (which would be one of the cookie cutter bikes). I would probably avoid the true customs, as they may have built it to look good, but are all the driveline components actually lined up properly, is the electrical set up right, or is it going rub against the frame and short out? Just my preference based on what I would use the bike for. Ness has some decent looking "production" customs also. You don't want a chopper. Choppers are for dudes in hard *** biker gangs. You want a motorcycle. That way you won't be tempted to grow a pony tail, quit your job, beat your old lady or start using meth. Leave the choppers for the real men. Choppers not dead, it just sucks now! |
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