Jf you want a real bike get a Shovelhead

 

Ahahahaha, you're funny. As some of the others said above, there areall kinds of bikes that are better built than a Harley, the Japanese have been doing it for years, Big Dog, Iron Horse, etc and there are some unbelievable customs being built. You don't buy a harley for the quality (you hope it's there and sometimes it is), you buy it for the Heritage and if you know that going in.......then you won't sweat the little things.

 

LOL, and the E78 models were the best!

 

One thing about this discussionis that the word custom means different things to different people. I don't look atBig Dog, American Ironhorse, or even the production bikes built by OCC and Jesse James as customs. A custom is a one-off bike built by an individual or a couple people.

 

My last new Harley became a custom shortly after I got it home.The exhaust was changed the carb, the ignition,the drive was modified,you know.The bottom line is, any machine can be very reliable provided it assembled with TLC,no matter who's name is on the side.

 

At what pointdoes a production Harley become a custom ?

 

Don't know if I'd say "built better" but I would say that I would own a Harley before anything else.

 

Guess it depends on who builds the custom. I think they can be built just as well, if not better than Harleys, but that's obviously not always the case.

 

You can spend $40,000 on a new shiny custom with an S&S big motor, fancy paint, and a big tire......Guess what? It ain't a Harley and never will be. Custom S&S big dog, big bear, Arlen Ness, Jessy James, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, they are all the same. They ain't a Harley and never will be! I say stick with the one and only original.

 

are you talking about the special construction clones?

The ones with S&s engines, xyz frame and the rest Harley badged parts?

I've seen a few around.