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So im building my chopper with a 1985 suzuki intruder as a donor bike for engine, wiring, contols, wheels, driveshaft, etc...
Fully homebuilt by me frame and forks and everything, tank, lights, seat...
i could either register it as a 2010 home built chopoper and go through all the hastle of documentation of everything, OR jus say its still a 1985 intruder, and pass inspection, done.
Insurance for both ways jus liability is 136$ vs 1870$ Both quotes for the full year. the 85 intruder sounds VERY appealing, but is it better come time to sell, or appraisal??
'85 Anal Intruder.
Done.
I'm guessing you've looked at the RIDMV website and got all the info needed to register a homebuilt? Yeah, I'd register it as a 1985 intruder![]()
Yamaha
^yea its nuts. Need a vin # to get insurance, but you need insurance before you can register it and get a vin!!!!!! NUTS!!! i was like, wtf>!
way easier to register as an 85 suzuki, HOWEVER, now i have to comply with original factory equipment like lights, exhaust, plate mount, etc.
Thats the part that sucks. If i got pulled over, i could have said, OFFICER, THIS IS ALL ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT THAT PERTAINS TO A REGISTERED STATE APPROVED 2010 sCHWAB sHOP cUSTOMS VL700t (t for turbo heh heh)
This bike is that chopped up?
As in, you couldn't fake it at all?
Dont they go by the vin on the frame and not the #'s on the motor.
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cut the neck off the donor bike and weld it up to your frame and you will have your vin , a lot of older jap chops have gone this route.
eat me
I'm no expert on this...
But I'm not sure if you could really call it an 85 suzuki since you're not using the frame, since that is where the VIN originates...?
I.e. when someone builds a 32 ford hot rod, they use the original frame and a new hotrod motor and call it a 32 ford IIRC
But when someone builds a hot rod using a chevy small block crate motor and one-offs the frame, they don't call it a 2006 chevy (or whenever the motor was made), they call it a 2010 custom.
This advice is HILARIOUS coming from the guy with a 10 year old junk streetbike worth 2000 bucks that he's showered in money, marchesini wheels, brembo master cylinders, and other top shelf race parts.
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Heres a condom. I figured since youre acting like a dick, you should dress like one too.
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i DID USE THE NECK off the old frame, however there wasnt much left of the vin. I have it written down, so i could always etch it back in
Well here it is:
OLD FRAME, and new frame....
Here is the rest of the 85 intruder:
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post pics of the new bike finished or stfu
That is a seriously gorgeous frame
you got talent if you did that yourself , really well done...
I like traditional hardtails but that thing is sweet
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eat me
you stfu! i broke my hand over a girl, a deuche guy, and alcohol. Punching elevator doors is not recomended... But im just starting back up on the project. Ordered the rest of my engine rebuild parts yesterday!
well thank you very much!!! i couldnt tell you how many different styles of chopper, bobber, and retro low rider styled bikes i looked at, but this will have a little bit of everything!! And yes, i built the whole thing short of the driveshaft, and gas tank. (KCint tank)
my original paper plans:
my photoshop teaser for Kitt:
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looks great! I can't wait to see it when it is done. sounds a lot easier and cheaper to register it as the 85. But if anything ever happens to it, then the insurance will pay you like it was an 85 intruder, so if it gets crashed then you will get like $700 for it.
Just a thought.
Dont mess with the DMV..leave it as a 85 Intruder...Why did you have to destroy the numbers on the neck...kinda shot yourself in the foot there....
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Heres a condom. I figured since youre acting like a dick, you should dress like one too.
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