Modified Big Dog k9 chopper motorcycle ride in San Diego California.
Instead of the normal k9 gas tank, my k9 has a Big Dog PitBull gas tank!
Big Dog k9 Chopper Ride 360° Video
This video was made with the Insta360 One X video camera in 4k video. The Insta360 One X can record video in up to 5.7k. This 360° motorcycle video was done with a Insta360 One X camera. This camera does NOT move. All the movement was done in post-production. Keep in mind that this video camera was mounted on a selfie-stick about two feet in front of my Big Dog k9 chopper. So, there was a lot of vibration. Yet, the built-in stabilization did a great job of making the video smooth!
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Big Dog Motorcycles’ current owner, Matt Moore said: “We got too big and couldn’t shrink fast enough to keep up with what was going on in the economy at the time. It was a perfect storm of stuff that went down. We had retail financing changing, we had wholesale financing changing, we had legislation change in Washington, poor business decision-making on our end. We were gambling the economy was going to turn around faster than it did and we came out the other end with our market share.”
Today the new Big Dog Motorcycles is producing four models, the Bulldog, k9, Boxer and Coyote. The new k9’s have a base MSRP of $34,995.
The company was founded in 1994. Big Dog produced a single motorcycle in its first year, affectionately known as “Old Smokey”; its oversized fenders and classic cruiser style would point the way for all of the company’s later products. By 1997, the company had reached $2 million in sales, and in 2000, the company had expanded so much that a move to a new, 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) factory and world headquarters (since expanded to 175,000 square feet) was required. In 2006, Big Dog manufactured its 20,000th motorcycle. As of 2007, the company had over 100 associated dealers, and employed over 300 people.
In April 2011, Big Dog shut down. In October 2013, Intrust Bank filed for foreclosure on Big Dog property.
Products
Big Dog produced ten models; the K-9, the Ridgeback, the “Chopper”, the “Husky”, the “Boxer”, the Mastiff, the Pitbull, the Coyote, the Wolf and their most recent addition, the BullDog. The Pitbull model received V-Twin Expo’s 2007 “Excellence In Motorcycling Award” for a production motorcycle. All of their current motorcycles utilize S&S V-twin engines, 6-speed transmission, one-piece fuel tank, wide rear tires, and extensive use of chromed and billet aluminum components. All of these models could be described as cruiser or chopper style motorcycles. Major differences between the models include rear tire width (250mm versus 300mm), front tube length, and rear suspension.
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