ebay bike-true Harley bobber?
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01-19-2007, 11:20 AM
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RE: ebay bike-true Harley bobber?
OK it's a nice bike but's it's not much more of a bobber than the street bob, and yes that is a dumb name for a motorcycle.All of the real bobbers I,ve seen have no front fender and a chopped down rear fender.That's what makes them bobbers, not ape hangers,, not flat black paint,, but the fact that stuff has actually been cut,.. "bobbed" off of them.
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RE: ebay bike-true Harley bobber?
It ain't how you got there, it is the finished product that matters. If you want a lighter bike, there is no need to buy a Heritage and bob the fenders and throw away a bunch of unnecessary stuff because now they make bikes like the Dynas.
Heck,frame-up customs arehardly bobbed bikes either if your definition is based on how you got where you are. Most of the custom bobbers built today go beyond the original bobbers anyway, a bit extreme. In my opinion, any Dyna is in the spirit of the early bobbers: a lighter, faster, better handling machine that LOOKS like a machine instead of a sheet metal sculpture with swoopy fenders. I personally don't mind that they used the name. The label fits better than it fits a lot of high dollar customs that claim to be bobbers with no-where-near-stock looking frames, tanks, etc.
Kevin
Heck,frame-up customs arehardly bobbed bikes either if your definition is based on how you got where you are. Most of the custom bobbers built today go beyond the original bobbers anyway, a bit extreme. In my opinion, any Dyna is in the spirit of the early bobbers: a lighter, faster, better handling machine that LOOKS like a machine instead of a sheet metal sculpture with swoopy fenders. I personally don't mind that they used the name. The label fits better than it fits a lot of high dollar customs that claim to be bobbers with no-where-near-stock looking frames, tanks, etc.
Kevin
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01-19-2007, 11:06 PM
I know my Harley is just a customized Harley. 
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01-20-2007, 01:19 AM
RE: ebay bike-true Harley bobber?
ORIGINAL: kpreese
It ain't how you got there, it is the finished product that matters. If you want a lighter bike, there is no need to buy a Heritage and bob the fenders and throw away a bunch of unnecessary stuff because now they make bikes like the Dynas.
Heck,frame-up customs arehardly bobbed bikes either if your definition is based on how you got where you are. Most of the custom bobbers built today go beyond the original bobbers anyway, a bit extreme. In my opinion, any Dyna is in the spirit of the early bobbers: a lighter, faster, better handling machine that LOOKS like a machine instead of a sheet metal sculpture with swoopy fenders. I personally don't mind that they used the name. The label fits better than it fits a lot of high dollar customs that claim to be bobbers with no-where-near-stock looking frames, tanks, etc.
Kevin
It ain't how you got there, it is the finished product that matters. If you want a lighter bike, there is no need to buy a Heritage and bob the fenders and throw away a bunch of unnecessary stuff because now they make bikes like the Dynas.
Heck,frame-up customs arehardly bobbed bikes either if your definition is based on how you got where you are. Most of the custom bobbers built today go beyond the original bobbers anyway, a bit extreme. In my opinion, any Dyna is in the spirit of the early bobbers: a lighter, faster, better handling machine that LOOKS like a machine instead of a sheet metal sculpture with swoopy fenders. I personally don't mind that they used the name. The label fits better than it fits a lot of high dollar customs that claim to be bobbers with no-where-near-stock looking frames, tanks, etc.
Kevin
I still think the 'bob' is a great bike (hell, I bought one) but imo it'sa dumb name aimed at OCC viewers.
Nice job on your bike kpreese. Have you been able to put some miles on that front end yet?