Filed under: Motorsports, Auction Action, Motorcycles
Officially Licensed NASCAR chopper seems a bit pricey
For those who just can't get enough NASCAR in their lives comes the Officially Licensed NASCAR 60th Year Motorcycle Series. The bikes were commissioned by Destination Daytona and built by Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles. Specifications include a genuine Harley-Davidson Twin Cam 110B motor matched to one of HD's new six-speed overdrive transmissions. While it's not a bad looking bike with its black-and-red paint scheme and whitewall tires, we question whether the fact that it's status as one of 60 officially licensed bikes makes it worth the $48,600 asking price. After all, there is nothing revolutionary about the bike, and it could be replicated for way less money. Just saying...
Whatever your particular opinion regarding the pricing, the bikes do come with some perks, like tickets to a private VIP motorcycle delivery event at the Coke Pavilion at Destination Daytona on July 3, along with tickets to the race that weekend. For the true circle track junkie, perhaps that would make the bike a better deal. The last bike, serial number 60, will be auctioned off to benefit Kyle Petty's Victory Junction charity in Daytona during the weekend of the Coke Zero 400, which will run as it usually does on the first Saturday of July.
[Source: Bruce Rossmeyer via Cyril Huze Blog]
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fm 7:16PM (6/13/2008)
To be honest I don't give a flying F*ck for NASCAR and I don't give a rats ass for H-D, so, yeah it is too expensive.
That said someone does. So the 60 bikes will sell, and i'm sure, for the buyers, it'll be well worth the price.
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CarbonBlack 7:21PM (6/13/2008)
+1
they're both crap, overrated, and inferior to the competition
cowboy bob 8:50PM (6/13/2008)
Reach down into your underware and grab your only friend by the neck. Bet this post don't last long, but you two deserve it.
Dave 7:12AM (6/14/2008)
I couldn't agree more. Why endorse such a piece of junk. The bike is an antique and isn't street legal by noise standards. For political reasons the DMV lets Davidson and its riders put these illegal noise polluting antiques on the road.
WillDaThrill 7:17PM (6/13/2008)
Avon Gangster white wall tires? There's a such thing as Avon Gangsters? I'd be ashamed to be an Avon Gangster. They have to be chicks or something. The white wall tires don't do it. I assume some Euros like that, but......
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Brent 7:31PM (6/13/2008)
60 will likely be sold to Nascar executives and other speedway owners.
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Scott Eaton 7:34PM (6/13/2008)
It's the perfect bike for fat old white guys everywhere with bad taste.
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fizzandpop 7:40PM (6/13/2008)
Goes perfectly with a Tommy Bahama shirt, a pair of Oakleys, a Ciallis script, a gay son and a wife with plastic t**ts.
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MajorGeek 8:40PM (6/13/2008)
I had a custom a while back from American Ironhorse and most of these just lack the R&D of the big boys. While it looked nice and had all the accessories, it lacked in the rideability and reliability department. I prefer a Harley usually, but don't like any of their new designs, or this sort of crap, so I will research Triumph, BMW and some of the Jap bikes next time I buy, maybe even Victory. That and I am about sick of seeing "theme bikes".
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ambientFLIER 9:46PM (6/13/2008)
Lol @ exhaust tips. Seems like bikers think up of new ways to look silly on a daily basis.
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MajorGeek 10:25PM (6/13/2008)
Actually, those exhaust tips go way back, fairly old school, if you will. Whole bike has an old school feel for example springer front end, spring mounted seat, fishtail exhaust, whitewalls, spoked wheels, beachcomber bars and more. That said, unless Nascar wants to portray the moonshine running days, this is total confusion.
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jcar302 12:30AM (6/14/2008)
I had thought it to be impossible for me to like nascar any less, i was wrong
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ZeitgeistXIII 1:56AM (6/14/2008)
Can anybodsy egos in the production of this bike get any bigger? Well maybe some rich wanna be who buys one. lol
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Yago Bal 8:48AM (6/14/2008)
Yeap, looks as sophisticated and technically advanced as a NASCAR.
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fm 2:16AM (6/16/2008)
lol
Rocketboy 9:13AM (6/14/2008)
What does this have to do with Nascar? Well, besides the fact that all 60 are the same exact thing.
But i'm not sure where/how an old school bike that looks like it was built from a catalog has anything to do with Nascar...
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ron 10:47AM (6/14/2008)
I agree on not being able to see the connection between NASCAR and an old school bike or hot rod for that matter.
As far as not being familiar with the particular style of this bike, I understand! After all, when this style was popular most of the folks on this board were nothing more than a wet dream running down your old man's (or gramp's) leg at night!
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