I had that bike for seven years, but then it was time to move on to a new bike again. I looked at a variety of bikes built by different builders, and kept coming back to the Eddie Trotta chopper-style.
It was exactly what I was looking for. Eddie built me the chopper of my dreams. No girlie bike for me. That bike was fast and just plain hot looking, it was awesome. The bike was delivered to me the night before Grady and I were to leave for Sturgis. Keep in mind; I had never ridden a chopper before in my life. Now I had to get on that bike and ride it to Sturgis the next day. That was a bit of a challenge at first, but soon, it was second nature. I rode that bike for four years.
My current bike, this stretched-out, low riding, Pro-Street, was born out of the sheer need to satisfy boredom--and my need to be challenged. I have been riding motorcycles for 16 years and am quite an established rider. Grady, who owns GH Marketing and whose hobby is building bikes, offered to build me a different style bike than I had ever ridden (not competing with Eddie, of course). Grady had some great ideas, so, I thought to myself, "what the heck I'll give him a try." He knows what I like. I also have a Harley-Davidson Road Glide that I had been riding out of sheer laziness (and comfort). So I was ready for a change.
I let Grady take creative control for the most part of the building of my bike. He had the idea of what it should look like so I let him run with it. Throughout the build he would give me options between different styles or components and I would choose then off he went. I knew I wanted a TP engine. I specifically wanted a 121ci engine because of the smoothness and craftsmanship of that motor. And of course because of the power--that engine has plenty of it. I had a TP 121 in my chopper and loved it and so I knew that I wanted the exact same thing in this bike.
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