custom choppers?
 

anybody here into them?

anyone ever heard of the biulder "Motorcity Mean Machine" ??? Any idea what the thing is worth? it's a 2005 "Instigato" with 112 miles on it.

Any good sites or mags to buy and sell them?

thanks,
brendan

There is a forum for American Chopper, a TV show, very funny, I like to watch the guys when they try to find solutions for their tasks in their garage. Dont know whether that helps.

http://www.tv.com/american-chopper/s...94/forums.html

Seems to be one of these?

http://www.mccullochracinginc.com/mean_machine.php

That's a hardtail, S&S motor with spoke wheels. It wouldn't bring 16,500 on ebay. I wouldn't pay much more if any over that. It's also a lsd and a cast (Not polished engine).

Here's a Big Bear Venom chopper the guy wants $21500 for( hell of a deal) and here's my SMW Godfather i'll take $18k for it. These are highly upgraded bikes. The market is very soft and things aren't selling for what they did 2 yrs ago.

The custom bike market is in the toilet right now, probably worse than boats!:eek:

The market is flooded with them and everybody and their brothers got into building bikes over the last several years. Pretty easy to do a 1-800-build-a-bike these days. A lot of them are slapped together and build quality is not great. And with big inch motors in rigid frames, they shake apart. Plus it doesn't help that a lot of guys spend a bunch of money on them and then ride them HARD like the were a stock Honda or something without any maintenance or attention.

This looks like a nice bike but value varies depending on who's frame, motor (& size), trans, etc. I never heard of "Motorcity Mean Machine" but like I said, a lot of builders out there now. Rigid frames is fine for young guys riding around town only. You'll get tired of it on a long ride.

Insurance is higher on a custom and it will be registered as a "special contruction", not an HD.

hey puder give me a call maybe testing with r sport in a couple of weeks.... u wanna try a real car?

same car same track same day........

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challenge accepted?

The three bikes you have pictures of are all pretty different. The first one is a chopper the second and third appear to be more of a pro stock style. The first one is also a hardtail, the others soft. I personally would stay away from the first one. I have never heard of them, and most likely, what they describe as "custom bike" is really nothing more then a bunch of peices they bought from the J&P Catalog and put it togther. Big Bear...nice bikes and they make much of their own parts, so I would call that custom. As far as what they are worth...it's really tough to put a value on these bikes where someone started a "custom bike shop" and started putting together bikes in their garage. My suggestion.... go look at American Ironhorse and/or Big Dog. (not sure about Big Bear) These bikes are listed in NADA so you can get a true value. They also manufactor many bikes each year so you are not going to have to deal with the possibility of it breaking all the time. good luck!!!

WELL SAID!!! WE SOLD IRON HORSE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. TOOK ALL KINDA "CUSTOMS" IN TRADE(BIG MISTAKE). ANYONE WITH BASIC SKILLS CAN CATALOG ORDER A FRAME, MOTOR, TRAS, AND WHEELS. THIS KILLED THE MARKET FOR US. THAT BEING SAID, IT'S HARD TO BEAT AN AMERICAN IRON HORSE FOR OVERALL QUALITY IN THAT MARKET.

P.S. ANYONE INTRESTED IN AN OCC HARD TAIL PM ME

the reason I ask is becasue was offered that bike + cash for my topkick. I'd probably only want to play with the bike for a little while and sell it in the spring. Think it's worth 10k ?

ted. I'm parked for the winter. I'm heading to watkisn glen in a week to put a sponsor in the car so he can keep his competition liscense but after that no more racing stuff till spring, MAYBE something down south in late winter.

It's worth that.

here is another really silly question how do they ride? I've never riden anything remotely like that. I've always had sports bikes or mx/trail bikes.

Most choppers(note I said most) ride like s**t, wrong steering geometry, no suspension, to wide a rear tire so it doesn't track well in curves,,etc, etc, etc.
I ride a bagger Harley but have played with other bikes,,no comparison, the market is way soft on almost all toys, and particularly bad on bikes/choppers, because like previously stated, every Tom Dick & Harry thinks they can build one and really doesn't have a clue what their doing other than assembling parts..so now the market is flooded with so so quality bikes.Personally if I was going to buy a custom of any sort, it would be either a Thunder Mountian(built on a factory H-D and warrantied by H-D, or in the aftermarket it would probably be an American Iron Horse(decent quality).
No market for hardtail bikes of any make/brand.

This is an opinion not meant to offend anyone in any way.

I rides like crap, but you'll look cool pulling in the bar. At least that what i tell people when they ask about mine. Good for and extra bike but not as a primary driver. Plus unless you know how to work on it your at the Shop mercy for having something custom ( extra charge)
Better off with a stocker if your not used to riding them yet. I also take older Harley and do customs because then its still a Harley in the end not a no-name thing. But I do have a WCC Cfl frame in the attic waiting for the next donor.

So Straightjacket, is that a real functioning kicker, or is it one of those show piece ad ons on your shovel.
And your right, you do look cool pulling up in front of the bar,,,,,as long as the bars not far from home...lol

The bike is Kick over electric. when at the bars I will kick it just to prove it , usually one or two kicks and I'm gone. Pretty good for a bike with 10.5:1 's in it and a nice cam. Its a 88"

"you'll look cool pulling into the bar"........I totally understand that.......then why do 98% of these bikes just have a solo seat?......how are you going to take the hot chicks you impressed at the bar out for a ride???.......Ive never understood that.......signed ex sportbike rider:confused:

If the chick is that Interested they will wait till I get back with the Road King

I remember seeing a chick on your bike that wasn't waiting for anything.:cool: :cool-smiley-011:

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Ok as soon as I get the disk I'll post them. he took like 400 pics that day. Thanks again Mark.