Welcome to NESR! Most features of this site require registration, including replying to threads, sending private messages, starting new threads, and uploading files. Click here to register.

Results 1 to 19 of 19

Place to buy wrecked choppers??

  1. #1
    Bottle Fed 1K soloithtz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Lebanon
    Posts
    109

    Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Anyone know a good place to buy a wrecked/salvage chopper specifically Big Dog or American Ironhorse makes? I am looking for something with an intact engine but everything else is open. Just looking for a winter project I think we are in for a long one this year!

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  2. #2
    Lifer Danz19899's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Grafton, Ma
    Posts
    1,543

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    a junkyard . . .where they all belong

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

    www.bostonmoto.com
    2009 Zx-6r--17,680 miles and counting!!
    2008 ZZR600 - - - 10,268 miles totaled
    Ride to live, live to ride

  3. #3
    Bottle Fed 1K soloithtz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Lebanon
    Posts
    109

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Thanks your info has been very beneficial to me

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  4. #4
    Yowza LaRNZ's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2004
    Location
    Tewksbury , MA
    Age
    38
    Posts
    1,905

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    maybe agrocycles.com ?

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    .:|LaRNZ|:.

  5. #5
    Posting Freak tonup's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Alton nh
    Posts
    746

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    There is an ironhorse that has been for sale near me for quite a while. Owner died, son got house and belongings and its just been sitting. I believe it may have electrical problems but can find out more if you want. Let me know and I can make a drive by.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."

  6. #6
    Lifer Stromper's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Eastern Ct
    Posts
    3,214

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Farm equiupment dealer

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  7. #7
    old guy with bikes
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Posts
    83

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    At the risk of being obvious, since the are component or catalog bikes is there a reason you are not pricing out Just the parts you want? None of the Boutique Builders do anything particularly original (with the exception of Bourget Fluids in Frame) I believe it is Big Bear that will sell you a Chopper Kit. If I were going to Build another Paint Shaker I wouldn't start with one that someone already Bent.
    That said Stan Lynde of Lynde Motorsports in Brattleboro VT has always got a lead on Choppers

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Last edited by nhgunnut; 10-10-10 at 08:03 AM.

  8. #8
    Lifer eboos's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Age
    48
    Posts
    3,505

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Your best bet is to just buy a new crate engine. Even a wrecked bike with an intact engine will cost you at least as much as a crate engine. S&S 124" twin cams start at $8975. Evo style 124" start at $8074. You can spend less by going with a smaller motor.

    Another route is the auctions. If you are in tight with a dealer, you may be able to buy through them. Wholesale values on choppers tanked about 3 years ago.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

    CCS/LRRS/NEMM AM #205 (Inactive)


  9. #9
    Bottle Fed 1K soloithtz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Lebanon
    Posts
    109

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Yeah I am looking for something that has been twisted and starting from the engine up, perhaps I may just get a frame and engine and start all original. I am feeling the S&S 117

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  10. #10
    Lifer
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Ma
    Posts
    10,687

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    What are you looking to spend

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  11. #11
    Bottle Fed 1K soloithtz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Lebanon
    Posts
    109

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Would probably spend up to 5 k

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  12. #12
    Posting Freak tonup's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Alton nh
    Posts
    746

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    I have to swing by that guys place. The horse has been sitting there for so long, I wonder if it even runs. It actually had grass grown up around it for most of the summer. Its a blue outlaw I believe. There was a yellow one that he tweaked the frame of. Apparently he looked right, went right and smashed into a boat and trailer. That sat for at least a year before someone took it. I will follow up if I make it there soon.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."

  13. #13
    Lifer
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Ma
    Posts
    10,687

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Quote Originally Posted by soloithtz View Post
    Would probably spend up to 5 k
    That'll almost buy the engine. Sound like my chopper project is out of your range.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  14. #14
    calm like a bomb mikeb's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    granite state
    Posts
    3,656

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Quote Originally Posted by eboos View Post
    Your best bet is to just buy a new crate engine. Even a wrecked bike with an intact engine will cost you at least as much as a crate engine. S&S 124" twin cams start at $8975. Evo style 124" start at $8074. You can spend less by going with a smaller motor.

    Another route is the auctions. If you are in tight with a dealer, you may be able to buy through them. Wholesale values on choppers tanked about 3 years ago.
    8g's for a big inch air cooled v-twin? how is that justified? are they even reliable for lots of miles? that kind of money you could get a used 2 y.o liter bike.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  15. #15
    Lifer Chippertheripper's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    the fairest of havens
    Age
    44
    Posts
    13,897

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Yup, they're reliable. Justifiable, depends how big of a boner you have for it. They are made stateside (to the best of my knowledge) so they pay real labor and health insurance.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Cliff's Cycles KTM
    NETRA enduro B-vet
    Close your eyes, look deep in your soul, step outside yourself and let your mind go.

  16. #16
    Lifer eboos's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Age
    48
    Posts
    3,505

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Quote Originally Posted by mikeb View Post
    8g's for a big inch air cooled v-twin? how is that justified? are they even reliable for lots of miles? that kind of money you could get a used 2 y.o liter bike.
    Justified by how much it costs to make, and how much people are willing to pay. Economics 101. Reliable, I don't know, I've never had one and I don't sell them. Sure, for that kind of money you could get a used liter bike, you could also get a good used car, but that's not what we are talking about.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

    CCS/LRRS/NEMM AM #205 (Inactive)


  17. #17
    Lifer
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Ma
    Posts
    10,687

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    2 liter engine > 1 liter engine.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  18. #18
    old guy with bikes
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Posts
    83

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    Quote Originally Posted by Chippertheripper View Post
    Yup, they're reliable. Justifiable, depends how big of a boner you have for it. They are made stateside (to the best of my knowledge) so they pay real labor and health insurance.
    Parts of them are made stateside. but then so is my goldwing

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  19. #19
    Lifer Chippertheripper's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    the fairest of havens
    Age
    44
    Posts
    13,897

    Re: Place to buy wrecked choppers??

    I see what you're doing here.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Cliff's Cycles KTM
    NETRA enduro B-vet
    Close your eyes, look deep in your soul, step outside yourself and let your mind go.

Similar Threads

  1. Wrecked yesterday.
    By stoinkythepig in forum General Bike Related
    Replies: 102
    Last Post: 01-18-15, 11:59 AM
  2. New Season Orange County Choppers
    By ZX11D in forum General Bike Related
    Replies: 77
    Last Post: 12-08-11, 05:27 PM
  3. where should i go for a wrecked bike
    By freeskier in forum General Bike Related
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 06-04-11, 11:04 PM
  4. Honda Meets W Coast Choppers
    By spydah in forum General Bike Related
    Replies: 15
    Last Post: 02-03-09, 06:54 AM
  5. Just when you thought Custom Choppers were to much $$$
    By hyooz2004 in forum General Bike Related
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 01-27-07, 08:12 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •