Place to buy wrecked choppers??

[soloithtz]

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!

[Danz19899]

a junkyard . . .where they all belong

[soloithtz]

Thanks your info has been very beneficial to me

[LaRNZ]

maybe agrocycles.com ?

[tonup]

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.

[Stromper]

Farm equiupment dealer

[nhgunnut]

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

[eboos]

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.

[soloithtz]

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

[Awesome]

What are you looking to spend

[soloithtz]

Would probably spend up to 5 k

[tonup]

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.

[Awesome]

Would probably spend up to 5 k

That'll almost buy the engine. Sound like my chopper project is out of your range.

[mikeb]

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.

[Chippertheripper]

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.

[eboos]

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.

[Awesome]

2 liter engine > 1 liter engine.

[nhgunnut]

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

[Chippertheripper]

I see what you're doing here.