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not everything 70's is worth keeping
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2009, 01:09:17 AM »
The first one is very Ed Roth.
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2009, 01:14:04 AM »
2nd one's a Rickman rip off
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2009, 07:57:13 PM »
Lol the second one...I have now i'm pretty sure. It was 736cc's that I bought off him along with that tail section but a different tank...the same one everyone raved about when they saw it all painted black and silver on his bike...

I think it looks good but then again i'm biased and that's why I bought it lol.





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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2009, 08:23:30 PM »
That first one is atrocious
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2009, 08:32:49 PM »
i want that first one man, that thing is hysterical, i love it.
or maybe im just dumb . . .

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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2009, 08:45:47 PM »
First one reminds me of something..... 
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2009, 09:08:33 PM »
Oh. cool ! i love the  "Batcycle"...too bad you can't see the hack on the other side, that thing is sooooo cool!
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2009, 11:06:38 PM »
Lol the second one...I have now i'm pretty sure. It was 736cc's that I bought off him along with that tail section but a different tank...the same one everyone raved about when they saw it all painted black and silver on his bike...

I think it looks good but then again i'm biased and that's why I bought it lol.







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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2009, 11:45:26 PM »
Ride that Batcycle above 100 km/h and that cape will strangle you. ;D
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2009, 12:41:40 AM »
Ride that Batcycle above 100 km/h and that cape will strangle you. ;D

it was built around a 350 R5 yamaha

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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2009, 12:57:09 AM »
i do have questionable taste i guess...........i LIKE that first one.
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2009, 12:59:31 AM »
Well, you had to be there to appreciate that stuff.  ;D
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2009, 02:40:19 AM »
The Batcycle has a nose like a modern day crotch rocket.
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2009, 04:21:05 AM »
Lol the second one...I have now i'm pretty sure. It was 736cc's that I bought off him along with that tail section but a different tank...the same one everyone raved about when they saw it all painted black and silver on his bike...

I think it looks good but then again i'm biased and that's why I bought it lol.







To add to your story, I bought my K0 from Andy (736cc) in 2007 and he used some of the money to buy that bike (that he originally called the Yoshimura bike) which, when he bought it, had a stock tank painted red, then he painted it matt black, then he fitted the larger tank. I think I've got some pics somewhere that he sent me when he first bought it. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2009, 05:32:37 AM »
Having the higher tank give the bike a clean line to the tail. Makes allot of aesthetic difference.
Yep, i have issues with this sort of stuff.

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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #16 on: December 07, 2009, 06:42:31 AM »
First one reminds me of something..... 

That's exactly what I was thinking...which is why I kinda dig that ride.

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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #17 on: December 07, 2009, 06:53:54 AM »
that bike is definetely cool.  and im another for the better lines with the bigger tank.
or maybe im just dumb . . .

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Re: not everything 70's is worth keeping
« Reply #18 on: December 07, 2009, 10:23:43 AM »
Well in all fairness i just bought the fairing, tank and seat off him. That's how it looked on his bike. I havn't put it to use yet heh.
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