Picked this up for $3500 (a steal!) a couple of weeks back. There is plenty of neck-snapping torque :evilgrin: It's a 2002 VTX 1800 with 18,000 miles on it. How many riders are on the boards these days? I'd like to see what some of you have.
Nice, I always liked the look of those bikes.
i have an 04 1300C vtx. bought new in 04.
1997 intruder 800
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa74/4bangen/img1241750637820.jpg)
2003 FLSTCI, notice the connection to the user ID? :D
my retirement, lol. My bad....my inheritance gone awry.
those are all cool bikes. i wish i had a picture of my first bike. it was bought i think from Northern Parts or whatever that store is called. it came with a 3.5hp brigs n stratton, and me and my dad swapped in a 5hp tecumpsy(spelling?) from a wrecked go-cart. guess what the nameplate on the front said? and i shiznit you not. "Thunderbird." along with a gas powered golfcart, my dad spent a fortune on gas for the bike and golfcart. for 2 years i was driving/riding something every day, all day, till dark. my uncle has a harley, dont know what kind. sportster i would guess. i've never ridden it but thats b/c i learned my lesson on my cousins yz250. well technically you can say i learned the lesson off the bike.. in the dirt. give me a flat track bike, and i can ride it (thats basically how the mini-bike was built) but put me in the air, or on asphalt.. and i WILL hurt myself.
Nice bikes
rode all day today, I am so sunburned its not funny! I love that bike, just needs a few things. Pipes (to quiet) highway pegs, and driving lights.
One of these days I will build my bobber/chopper I have dreamed up.
Haha, usually "building" a bobber involves "unbuilding" a stock bike. Hacking stuff off, etc... I attempted something like that with my previous shadow but stopped short of chopping the fenders down and removing the sissy bar. I hate the look of sissy bars but they're just too practical on the long hauls to get rid of.
4bangen - does your exhaust dump on both sides or is a cleverly concealed 2 into 1 pipe? I always did kinda like the intruder series. I almost bought a 1500, until I rode it. The 800's are pretty snappy for their size though.
Thats where the chopper piece comes in. I want the basics of a bobber but since there will be major frame altercations it wont be just a bobber anymore. A mix bobber/chopper build. Hard to explain the ideas in my head but the front will be racked in and rear hard tail stretched just enough for a B seat. One day....
I think almost everything on this site could say that!! :D
I cant fraw them either. So everything I think of has to be done before I can see how it will look. Ive been bending frame ideas out of paper clips. Its been helping a little.