Custom Motorcycle Imports

There are some great custom motorcycle imports available, so remember that they don't necessarily have to be Harley Davidsons, Buells or Indians. Imports make great custom choppers as well. With the reliability of imports and the lower prices, you can design a custom motorcycle import project much more quickly than saving for, let's say, an American Ironhorse Custom job, or a Jesse James Signature custom.

My second custom motorcycle project was a Triumph, one of the more respected imports. This project ended up looking very close to a Harley if you didn't examine the engine too closely. In fact, this became a bit of a problem over time. The local biker crowd, you know, the ones wearing MC colors, had a president that rode a Harley that looked really close to this custom motorcycle import ride. In fact, in the dim light of street lamps after a few drinks, it looked EXACTLY like his custom motorcycle to someone - someone who didn't particularly like him. They stole the custom import ride right off the street across from the cop shop, no less! I got the custom motorcycle import ride back though, and without any damage.

Too many folks think of custom motorcycle imports as the cheesy 1970's Honda ape hanger sissy bar jobs. You remember those? No rake and long forks made 'em look pretty funny. Today, imports are just as classy as any American made brand, it all depends on who put it together.

A 2003 1500 cc Kawasaki Vulcan changed into a custom import can be had for under $9,000 and we're talking about a hot looking ride here. This import custom job was very classsy. Sure, American custom motorcycles are great, but where are you going to find a value like this? For a 2003 American custom ride, you will probably pay in the $20,000 range and upwards.

If you want to put together your very first custom build, you really should consider creating a custom import. You can learn a lot about custom motorcycle building at a much lower cost. The custom motorcycle import project can be every bit as much fun as building any custom chopper. You might very well find that you enjoy building custom motorcycle imports enough to stick with this angle of the motorcycle world.

The speed, reliability and fun of this project will give you a ride that will look great, ride with the best if well done, and give you lots of return on your investment. You can always build your first custom import motorcycle, sell it and build another bigger and better project. The next thing you know, you may very well be renting a shop to build custom motorcycle import project commercially. After all, Jesse James started by building a chopped bicycle; you could potentially become the import world's Jesse James!

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