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2008 Big Dog Pitbull Bike Test 2008 Big Dog Pitbull Bike Test
Written by: Bryan Harley
Motorcycle-USA.com   http://www.motorcycle-usa.com
06/28/2008 - 12:58 PM
Eugene, Oregon
 
Riding the 2008 Big Dog Pitbull can be habit forming. When you're not riding it, you're wishing you were. (Photo: Robin Haldane) ยป More Photos

Maybe you're not supposed to catapult a 724-lb factory custom at triple digit speeds down the freeway with the black patch of your 280mm Avon rear tire kicking up rocks at cars like a schoolyard bully. And maybe we shouldn't have flogged a so-called 'trailer queen' over 140 miles of washed-out, pothole-laden roads of I-40 and old Route 66 in the Mojave Desert, but we did. We didn't have to attack curve-riddled Oregon mountain backroads to test the handling of an eight-and-a-half foot long rigid chopper with a mondo front wheel either, but if we didn't, who would?

Big Dog Motorcycles' 2008 Pitbull definitely isn't all show and no go. If it was, it would never have endured the 1000+miles of asphalt-grinding we've put it through in the last month. On
the contrary, the Pitbull has dealt with all of the punishment we could dole out with amazing alacrity for a pro-street power cruiser with best-of-show good looks.

The Pitbull has been Big Dog's flagship of design innovations for the last ten years. In 1998, it was introduced as the company's first rigid frame motorcycle. In 2002, at the cusp of the fat-back revolution, the Pitbull was the first Big Dog to roll off the line with a 250mm rear tire. Now in its tenth year of production, the Pitbull continues to be the showcase for Big Dog ingenuity, as this year's Pitbull is like no other Dog in the kennel.

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