Topic: 70's CBs are #1 Hipster bikes??

[edwardmorris]

http://www.motorcycle.com/top10/top-10-hipster-motorcycles.html/11

Is this for real?

[BeSeeingYou]

Well you read in on the internet..so I guess...yeah.

Of course it does not apply to those of us that have always had these old bikes.  We are still as cool as ever and golden.  As for the rest of you that are new to CB's and other 70"s era bikes.......us cool guys will try not to rub it in. 

Thankfully my beloved XS650 is not on the list....surprisingly considering how many have been butchered by talentless hacks turning them into yet another hardtail bobber.

[Retro Rocket]

Who writes these brainless, pointless articles anyway...?

[boatsdickson]

Well hipsters write them off course....and RR if you disagree well then I guess you aint HIP. 

[martin99]

I would have thought there are more hip replacements astride these old bikes than hipsters.

[Retro Rocket]

Well hipsters write them off course....and RR if you disagree well then I guess you aint HIP. 

I do like to stir though....

[faux fiddy]

I would have thought there are more hip replacements astride these old bikes than hipsters.

'nyuk 'nyuk

Anyone who puts a decal that says 'cafe' on their tank is at best pretentious, no matter what the rest of the bike looks or runs and rides like.

[Duanob]

Why can't they just stick to Vespas instead of F'ing up perfectly good pieces of Japanese history? They just don't make 70's CBs anymore.

FWIW I see a whole bunch of PO rants coming down the pike! 

[grepper]

Why can't they just stick to Vespas instead of F'ing up perfectly good pieces of Japanese history? They just don't make 70's CBs anymore.

FWIW I see a whole bunch of PO rants coming down the pike! 

That and us cheap skates can't find them for $300 anymore.

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[Duke McDukiedook]

Yeah, I am surprised the XS650 didn't make the list either. I see endless hacks on CL trying to sell their hacksterpieces for stupid amounts of money and it makes me laugh. I went and looked at a fairly unmolested 650 and when I saw the seller was hardtailing another one and wanting way too much for a stock 650 that needed work I laughed a little to myself and didn't even bother to try and haggle to get the price down to a more acceptable level. I just thanked the clown for his time and left without making an offer, how do these clowns think they can junk up a potentially decent bike and ask $3500 or more for it? Ugh, stupidity.

[grepper]

Yeah, I am surprised the XS650 didn't make the list either. I see endless hacks on CL trying to sell their hacksterpieces for stupid amounts of money and it makes me laugh. I went and looked at a fairly unmolested 650 and when I saw the seller was hardtailing another one and wanting way too much for a stock 650 that needed work I laughed a little to myself and didn't even bother to try and haggle to get the price down to a more acceptable level. I just thanked the clown for his time and left without making an offer, how do these clowns think they can junk up a potentially decent bike and ask $3500 or more for it? Ugh, stupidity.

No Kidding!
Just found http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/mcy/4451393571.html on CL.   $4K, really!, not including labor I come up with less than $1500 in new parts, and that's generous.  I don't even see any polishing or custom paint.  Wired kick only, but left the starter in there?  Sounds like a hack.

[Duke McDukiedook]

No front fender or brakes, this is my total lack of surprise.
Yeah, he wants $4K for that hacksterpiece.

[Stev-o]

Yeah, I am surprised the XS650 didn't make the list either. I see endless hacks on CL trying to sell their hacksterpieces for stupid amounts of money and it makes me laugh. I went and looked at a fairly unmolested 650 and when I saw the seller was hardtailing another one and wanting way too much for a stock 650 that needed work I laughed a little to myself and didn't even bother to try and haggle to get the price down to a more acceptable level. I just thanked the clown for his time and left without making an offer, how do these clowns think they can junk up a potentially decent bike and ask $3500 or more for it? Ugh, stupidity.

No Kidding!
Just found http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/mcy/4451393571.html on CL.   $4K, really!, not including labor I come up with less than $1500 in new parts, and that's generous.  I don't even see any polishing or custom paint.  Wired kick only, but left the starter in there?  Sounds like a hack.

Hey Grepper - you should go pick up this K0 motor from a fellow forum member...

http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/mcy/4483869319.html

[grepper]

Hey Grepper - you should go pick up this K0 motor from a fellow forum member...

http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/mcy/4483869319.html

Yeah, I saw that.  I'm not afraid of basket cases.  Sounds like a real good deal, with the mismatched engine/frame a custom would be the only sensible thing to do with it.  It is tempting.  My wife would definitely roll her eyes at me, all I need is an other project.

[Ichiban 4]

http://www.motorcycle.com/top10/top-10-hipster-motorcycles.html/11

Is this for real?

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BS!  Obviously this is from someone who didn't ride bikes in the 70's.

Ichi

[faux fiddy]

Hey Grepper - you should go pick up this K0 motor from a fellow forum member...

http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/mcy/4483869319.html

Yeah, I saw that.  I'm not afraid of basket cases.  Sounds like a real good deal, with the mismatched engine/frame a custom would be the only sensible thing to do with it.  It is tempting.  My wife would definitely roll her eyes at me, all I need is an other project.

Yeah, if you got it and built it you could maybe find out where the hipster got his cafe stickers to make it cool.

[eastyork1977]

up here Triumphs are the hipster bikes... that website looks horrible.
any article that makes you click a next button to read it is also horrible.

[72 yellow]

Even though I own and ride a 71 BSA Lightning and a 72 CB750 I'm glad I am too old to be considered a hipster. 

[Stev-o]

Even though I own and ride a 71 BSA Lightning and a 72 CB750 I'm glad I am too old to be considered a hipster. 

I don't believe there is an age limitation. Do you own a leather jacket with matching boots and scarf?

[edwardmorris]

I don't believe there is an age limitation....

True. Check out this true hipster http://www.bestof9gag.com/702

[jas67]

No front fender or brakes, this is my total lack of surprise.
Yeah, he wants $4K for that hacksterpiece.

How does one even stay on that seat?   

[jamesv220820]

wait a second I have a cb..........oh crap



I'm one of them Noooooooo!!!!

[jamesv220820]

i think the honda rukus should be number 1 especially out here in los angeles.  I actually never see Cb's at the hipster bars, dive bars, small music venues.

[72 yellow]

Even though I own and ride a 71 BSA Lightning and a 72 CB750 I'm glad I am too old to be considered a hipster. 

I don't believe there is an age limitation. Do you own a leather jacket with matching boots and scarf?

My leather jacket was purchased around 1970.  Does not match the work boots outside of both being black.  The only scarf I own is used only in the winter to shovel snow. 

[Stev-o]

Even though I own and ride a 71 BSA Lightning and a 72 CB750 I'm glad I am too old to be considered a hipster. 

I don't believe there is an age limitation. Do you own a leather jacket with matching boots and scarf?

My leather jacket was purchased around 1970.  Does not match the work boots outside of both being black.  The only scarf I own is used only in the winter to shovel snow. 

You've been cleared, you are not Hipster material.