05 old dog
Well-Known Member
he is full himself...ride mine in every poker run or fun run i can...200-500 miles is very comfortable...
Riding My Chopper
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spadesluck
Active Member
If it is not made to ride then I guess my wife and I made a huge mistake riding the Chopper from Eglin AFB to Orlando earlier this year. 
Makes me laugh when people say stuff like that.
Makes me laugh when people say stuff like that.
Dlandbob
Active Member
HAHAHA!!!!
I am not stuck up in anyway, funny you said it that way because I have gone with him and a buddy. I have to say, he is a awesome rider, I think he got a little too crazy showing off and either he was real lucky or is a expert like he says. He kept taking off like a bat out of hell, for one split second with a 6 lane highway and no cars, I opened my bike up and caught up in a couple seconds and when I looked I was doing over 100. I was going 60 and had no idea I could get up that fast that quick but that is something I will never do again. Like you said though, we were at Cooks and people would walk up and talk to me and say what a nice bike, he would jump in and say how he used to have one and it was better.
I am not stuck up in anyway, funny you said it that way because I have gone with him and a buddy. I have to say, he is a awesome rider, I think he got a little too crazy showing off and either he was real lucky or is a expert like he says. He kept taking off like a bat out of hell, for one split second with a 6 lane highway and no cars, I opened my bike up and caught up in a couple seconds and when I looked I was doing over 100. I was going 60 and had no idea I could get up that fast that quick but that is something I will never do again. Like you said though, we were at Cooks and people would walk up and talk to me and say what a nice bike, he would jump in and say how he used to have one and it was better.
BATMAN2696
Member
My 02 Harley has 128,000 miles on her and still running great. I am looking for a chopper or K9 right now. I have a trip from Albuquerque to New York and back this fall for a rally and would like to take a chopper. I rode an 03 Chopper to Daytona one year and it stayed there with a broken lifter block so I have been a bit apprehensive about taking a chopper to NY but this thread helps reassure me a Big Dog is the way to go.
Dlandbob
Active Member
I love Choppers and motorcycles, thats all my dad ever talked about when I was growing up because a lot of his family had Choppers and were in Bike Clubs. My dad used to say that if it wasn't for us damn kids he would have his Harley.. He wasn't mean, he jokingly would say that and that he rather Push a Harley than ride anything else. Well he was right, when my brother and sister and myself were out, he finally got his Harley, he went out and got a 883 Sportster, I make fun and call it a chicks bike. He spent more money on having his engine built bigger than the 2003 Sportster cost and the only time we went riding, I would race to maybe 65 and leave him 18 bike lengths behind.
Funny, he loves my Chopper, but still says his is a Harley. I just tell him I can't read what his bike is from my little rear mirrors when he is so far behind.
I again have always had a love for bikes, always notice them whenever I see them, I just had no idea how much attention I would get. I could be at a gas station and 20 people surround me while I am putting gas in and I am always polite, I just don't know how to say anything but thanks instead of you need to move so I can leave. I am never rude but once in a while, when they used to have their Better Chopper I feel like it! Everyone Had a Better Chopper...
Funny, he loves my Chopper, but still says his is a Harley. I just tell him I can't read what his bike is from my little rear mirrors when he is so far behind.
I again have always had a love for bikes, always notice them whenever I see them, I just had no idea how much attention I would get. I could be at a gas station and 20 people surround me while I am putting gas in and I am always polite, I just don't know how to say anything but thanks instead of you need to move so I can leave. I am never rude but once in a while, when they used to have their Better Chopper I feel like it! Everyone Had a Better Chopper...
Tomtang aka Reptilejim
Well-Known Member
A mouth will say anything! These dogs were made to get attention! I live in Shreveport LA and rode my 06 Ridgeback from Strokers in Dallas and that's 200 miles from there to my house in Shreveport. I didn't have a problem and was running 85 to 90 mph all the way!
Dlandbob
Active Member
I only questioned this because whenever I would ride by his house and he would hear me, he would run over and say that my bike makes a sound and it is because of this or that. Nothing major, a few different pops but he knew exactly the fix. I already know my spark plug wires were a issue one time and he said it. Five Five has seen my Plugs in action, they used to fall off all the time no matter what. I waited and waited for the set I order, silver steal breaded spark plug wires from Triple Threat Chopper and he never called me, so when I went in to check on them, he said he sold the set and ordered another set for me. I paid up front and waited more than 4 months, I didn't want to waste another 79 bucks so I just dealt with them falling off.... Oh well, I take what he says with a grain of salt, just wondered.
bruce
Active Member
he is full of sh-t, have over 31000 on mine and runs great, very little problem in all that time. just road to daytona with 7 Harley all but one had problem, I was helping to fix everyone's Harley. one guy left his key bob at a gas station 100 miles away, so who ended up going to get it for him - that's right the BIGDOG, none of this Harley friend step up.
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scubaman15
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Cool shit there !!! :2thumbs:
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neighbors
I'm changing this just a little bit so it will apply, but "What do you tell a neighbor that has two black eyes and a bloody nose? NOTHING--you've already told him three times!"
RoofDudes post sums it up for me. I didn't buy my bikes for my neighbor; I bought them for me. Ride your bike anyway YOU choose to, and don't listen to Mr. Know it All. Some people would like you you to think they know everything, when in fact they don't.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick". Just keep proving him wrong. He is obviously jealous.
I'm changing this just a little bit so it will apply, but "What do you tell a neighbor that has two black eyes and a bloody nose? NOTHING--you've already told him three times!"
RoofDudes post sums it up for me. I didn't buy my bikes for my neighbor; I bought them for me. Ride your bike anyway YOU choose to, and don't listen to Mr. Know it All. Some people would like you you to think they know everything, when in fact they don't.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick". Just keep proving him wrong. He is obviously jealous.
Jersey Big Mike
100K mile club
Well the week before Rolling Thunder (memorial day weekend) my bike turned 3yrs old adn I had around 34K miles on it and then just went to Myrtle Beach Bike Week and did another 1800 miles that trip. Now it's time to do a service on the bike again!
The guys that think choppers aren't to be ridden either had a chopper once that wasn't setup right (uncomfortable, bad trail etc) or have never really ridden one and are speaking out their ass.
For those of us that are no longer kids, as long as its not rigid I'm good with it. (my back wouldn't survive a rigid for the time/distance I ride - hell some days barely survives with the softail!)
As for local bike shows, I entered one when I got my first chopper (I won) and I haven't entered one since -- they tend to have people judging the bikes that know nothing about bikes, like th hooters girls -- oh that sparkles, or I like that shade of .....
Just ride and maintain the chopper and you'll be fine.
The guys that think choppers aren't to be ridden either had a chopper once that wasn't setup right (uncomfortable, bad trail etc) or have never really ridden one and are speaking out their ass.
For those of us that are no longer kids, as long as its not rigid I'm good with it. (my back wouldn't survive a rigid for the time/distance I ride - hell some days barely survives with the softail!)
As for local bike shows, I entered one when I got my first chopper (I won) and I haven't entered one since -- they tend to have people judging the bikes that know nothing about bikes, like th hooters girls -- oh that sparkles, or I like that shade of .....
Just ride and maintain the chopper and you'll be fine.
Dlandbob
Active Member
Yeah, he said my Bike is a looking and not made to be riding because the engine and everything isn't designed for it and if I knew anything about engines than I would understand. Like I said, he is generally a good guy, he talks a million miles a hour, repeates everything 1000 times and every Major Bike Club wants him in, has asked him or has begged him to join. I will hear why my bike isn't made to ride another 999 times.
Dlandbob
Active Member
I want to Show it this weekend, I have never shown it at a Motorcycle Show like this. I have said this before but I heard that paint wins shows. My Chopper is the Factory Black and I am always trying to get the spiderwebs out of it and I really do spend more time polishing it than I do riding it. I choose to polish it so much is why and since it set for 6 months with me riding it once a week maybe a mile, the polish goes dull fast! I am up early today to work on it.
ChopperJeff
Active Member
What an idiot to say "...bike was only made to ride once in a while and maybe for a hour on the weekends"!!!
I'll be turning 81,000 miles this week on my '05 Chopper! That includes a few 2,000 mile week long trips, and now it's my commute vehicle that's 60 miles a day round trip.
Just ride the bike as much as you want, and keep up on the maintenance.
And of course... ride safe!
I'll be turning 81,000 miles this week on my '05 Chopper! That includes a few 2,000 mile week long trips, and now it's my commute vehicle that's 60 miles a day round trip.
Just ride the bike as much as you want, and keep up on the maintenance.
And of course... ride safe!
Mickeetwo
Guru
I think these bikes do better if there ridden. A lot of the problems are brought on by letting these bikes sit for long periods of time. Old gas or short hops to bars and such.
All my riding buddies have Harely's and they have problems to from time to time. Regular maintanence and ride it often.
All my riding buddies have Harely's and they have problems to from time to time. Regular maintanence and ride it often.
Bmarchant
Active Member
I have an 03 chopper and I ride it everyday from April to November (I live in NH, ice and snow suck). I bought it three seasons ago with 11K on it and I have 24K on it right now(not bad in only two riding seasons to do 6K each year in NH). Other then going over it every weekend, and doing the normal stuff you would expect from a hot rodded bike, its very reliable.
Tell him to take his Harley Bagger (that every one in the F**king planet looks just like me) bike, and have him park it with 20 other Harleys and watch him try to find it. Thats fun to see.
I went on a multi club ride over the weekend with 200 bikes. Everyone is riding these Fuggly looking Baggers. What is so individual about that. What the hell happend with the "don't be a sheep and follow the crowd" Harley riders I watched as a kid.
I had no problem finding my bike. It was the one with the crowd standing around it. Not even a small exaggeration. Sea of baggers and my bike. I'll take the BigDog for 20 Chuck!
Tell him to take his Harley Bagger (that every one in the F**king planet looks just like me) bike, and have him park it with 20 other Harleys and watch him try to find it. Thats fun to see.
I went on a multi club ride over the weekend with 200 bikes. Everyone is riding these Fuggly looking Baggers. What is so individual about that. What the hell happend with the "don't be a sheep and follow the crowd" Harley riders I watched as a kid.
I had no problem finding my bike. It was the one with the crowd standing around it. Not even a small exaggeration. Sea of baggers and my bike. I'll take the BigDog for 20 Chuck!