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No_rice
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 01:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

now i actually kind of like this one..... yes i said it, so there, lol hey atleast the way it sounds it was a wrecked bike instead of a perfectly good one that was striped
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custom-Built-Motorcycles-Harley-Davidson-Buell-Ha rley-Buell-Sporster-Bobber_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10062QQitemZ4602768564QQrd Z1QQsspagenameZWDVW

now this one on the other hand i dont know if id be caught on ever, i think it would be a pain in the @ss to drive the way its set up, and with those bars on it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custom-Built-Motorcycles-Buell-Bobber-Chopper-Rig id-2004-Special-Construction-Rigid-Buell-Bobber_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10062 QQitemZ4602673060QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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Captainplanet
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 02:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like that one. It's even close to where I live. I may need to go check it out. This is the one I have been considering building.
http://www.redneckengineering.com/allen_mayes.htm
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Ftd
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 02:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like this one:
xb
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Kdan
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 03:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I prefer a bigger, beefier rear end.
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Cataract2
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 03:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just out of curiosity, but why are they doing this to Buells? Why not take a sportster or the like and do this.
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Gearhead998
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 03:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My guess would be that the drivetrain is around the same price or its cheaper for a wrecked buell because it doesn't have the HD badge. And our motors are sportster motor that have been tweeked, so they builder doesn't really have to mod it. Just my guess. it is a shame that so many builders are chopping up perfectly good cycles though. Savages
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Gearhead998
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 03:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I agree with you Kdan, although that one does look like it is built for speed
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Hattori_hanzo
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 06:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like the first one. Using XB wheels pay homage to the heart of the beast. Sure would be fun to have as a second bike.

Cataract2...my guess is 92hp stock vs 50+/- for a stock 883 or 70+/- for a stock 1200.

Gearhead...doesn't sound like the first one was chopped up...just a transplant from a crashed XB.
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Duff24
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 07:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is there a bike in that picture somewhere?? What are you guys talking about??
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Elff
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 07:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

m 5'5" and 145lbs
that rear end is just my size
: )
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Buellshyter
Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 03:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

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Gearhead998
Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 04:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yeah i know that one was a transplant. My comment was more general. I could be wrong, but didn't Dana's old work of art get chopped? Just sad to think about all of the perfectly good rides that get chopped.
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Klink
Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 04:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

nothing wrong with chopping,just another form of expression and individuality,which is the reason we ride Buells.IMHO
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Kevyn
Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 08:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...components most desirable for 'pseudo/neuvo' custom bike builders are the wheels, brakes and motors.

If you wreck your Buell, build your own chopper...all you need is a frame (probably at least 20 styles to choose from) and some matching body pieces to bolt on. Buying a pre-fab'd 'chopper' frame and bolting together/assembling from component pieces is much cheaper than rebuilding the Buell.

People who build the type of bikes we're talking about could care less about whether or not the bike will get around a corner or not.


...it's about 'building' a bike, 'creating' and 'expressing'.

I had to chuckle when I read the advertising for the ebay bike..."It's fast..." ya, so what. Not nearly as fast as the bike the motor came from, not as consistently fast, not as reliably fast and not as safe to be fast on---as the one that came from the factory.

Buell motorcycles are works of engineering excellence; intentionally designed and professionally manufactured under stringent controls to provide an expected, reliable level of performance and operational safety.

...I don't get that feeling from 'choppers'
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Kevyn
Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 08:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...odd as it seems, I do like the second ebay chopper.

...retro, industrial, edgy.

...spoked wheels, wrapped headers, dirty grips...

Nice street bike.
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Klink
Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 08:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...it's about 'building' a bike, 'creating' and 'expressing' I'm glad to see someone agrees.Thought I might have been chastised for my post on liking the chopped Buells.But I guess I'm having my cake and eating it too since I ride a firebolt and a chopper that I built in my garage.The firebolt is more fun to ride though,I will admit that.
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Ftd
Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 10:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I ride a Buell and a Bourget. Equally fun but in much different ways. I believe that most people who look down on the chopper/custom bikes have never ridden a big inch motor'd custom. They are a hoot.

JMO
Frank
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Chainsaw
Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 11:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I dig the bobber. Villian black wheels would be cool, as would a silver primary cover.
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Jjcoroa
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 11:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

thought this one was cool too...









(Message edited by jjcoroa on January 09, 2006)
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Elff
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 11:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That is nice
I like how it kept a Buell style paintjob
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Scooterroid
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 11:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

snip...Not nearly as fast as the bike the motor came from...snip

This one was. Ask FTD. Roll on @ 60 was dead even with his X1
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 11:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have a hard time seeing an instance where I'd wreck my Buell hard enough
to make it cheaper to chopper it than re-build it. Any fall hard enough
to damage the frame would also damage wheels and suspension components as
well. If an insurance company wanted to total the bike because of a frame
dent and I wanted to have a clear title would be the only reason I could see
for making a bobber out of it. I don't know how much these bobbers sell for,
but if it is more than a stock Buell I guess that could be a motivation,
If it offsets the cost of frame, tins and exhaust, and in some cases,
carb.
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Kuddyxbs
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 07:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

All I know is if I dont sell my bike soon, my xb9s might just have to come to the same fate, as much as I'd hate to do it. It's just too bad it hurts me to ride my bike. Anyone looking to buy a 03 xb9s?
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Dtx
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 08:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The cool thing about the Buell Choppers is that people think you got 30, 40 even 50 grand wrapped up into such a unique chopper. But in reality, you can build one of these for 10-20 thousand. (Depending on how much of the work you do yourself.)

My buddy Matt (a fellow badwebber aka "Fester") made one. Its one of the coolest choppers I have ever seen!

chopper

(Message edited by dtx on January 09, 2006)
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Elff
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 08:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Got any side angle pics of that?
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Dtx
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 08:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Here is another view.

chopper 2
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Elff
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 08:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That is freaking cool

All the frames look similar. Is there a specific manufacturer that makes these?

Also, everytime I join this thread I am greated by that wonderful rear section of the girl in FTD's post
It makes me smile
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Ftd
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 08:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Check this one out:
http://www.clubchopper.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=383729#post383729
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Ftd
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 08:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Elff,

How about a front view of ...the bobber:
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Dtx
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 08:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Elff,
You can check out the frames at mcworx.com. They are made right here in Olathe, KS. Its called the "Streetfighter" frame.
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Buellin_ri
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 09:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'll pass on hard tail bikes. Can't be good on the ole' spine.
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Elff
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 10:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

ftd

Those are 2 fine examples of bobbers
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Elff
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 10:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I really like that trike that is for sale at mcworx

Lots of interesting stuff on that site.
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Lanson
Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 05:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Before recently moving to vegas for Ultimate Electronics, I lived in Olathe/Overland Park area for 20+ years. I miss it.

If I come back, I'll hit you up, and we can ride

-2006 Cityx
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Dtx
Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 10:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cool. Whenever you come back, check us out in the KC section of Stormfronts.

Didn't most of the Ultimate Electronics in KC close shop?
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Elff
Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 10:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I just wanted to repond because I missed that girl
: )
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