Topic: who is this guy kidding?????

[Aaron Richard]

I found this on ebay, $300 bucks for a 350 pan with sheet metal screwed onto it....unbelievable Maybe I should make a bear can cafe seat and sell it for $400...and call it steam drunk;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA-CB350-CB-350-CUSTOM-CAFE-RACER-SEAT-SHINYA-KIMURA-/330496686971?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4cf3233b7b

[tango911]

wow that thing looks awful. the back is not even symmetrical.

[oldhondarider]

Waddyamean?

That's a "A UNIQUE CUSTOM BUILT CAFE SEAT ON A HONDA CB 350 SEAT PAN"
It even has the #$%*'n "SPARROW DESIGN"
A wonderful representation of "AWESOME STEAM PUNK DESIGN"... "IN THE VEIN OF  SHINYA KIMURA..."   

WTF... in the vein of Shinya Kimura...  Are you F'n kidding me...
Oh...yeah…now I see it...    you can see the similarities in the quality.....

[flybox1]

I feel bad for that perfectly good seat pan...

[Aaron Richard]

i'll  die if someone actually buys it! talk about false advertisement, comparing that mess with true craftsmanship..
AND he actually goes through the trouble taking photos of every angle so you can see how big of a piece of $h!t it really is

[Duanob]

about false advertisement,

At elast he put up a picture. Not so false unless you're blind.

[Duke McDukiedook]

Art and beauty... yadda, yadda.

[mycb750k6]

Email him and tell him to take it down. It's offending everyone.

[brandEn]

Sparrow design not to be confused with The Three Wolves T shirt

[FunJimmy]

LMFAO!  

I can't help it, I'm on the floor rolling and laughing out loud.
That is the best sh1t i've seen in ages.

Thanks
FJ

[flybox1]

i think im gonna buy it, real cheap, and find a basket case 550, and start the ..



wait for it....



THORS HAMMER rat-build!

imagine the possibilities!  

battleaxe front forks.
helmet horns as headlight bucket mounts
chest armour fairings

and ride around singing High on Fire's - FROSTHAMMER!

[malcolmgb]

aaaaaaagh!

You can fool some of the people all of the time
All of the people some of the time
But you can't fool all of the people all of the time

I think he's going for the first lot.

[CrankyOldGuy]

I think its got to be a test to prove that for every object there is a buyer ... in some cases sucker.

My father-in-law use to own a salvage and demolition business ... he said everything has a price and there is a buyer out there for everything.  One time an soldier saw an old wooden spoon on the floor ... asked how much ... the soldier left with spoon in his sock feet and my father-in-law had a pair of army boots. True story, I was there.

Harry O.

[Hondawggie]

Blurb on that bike builder Shinya Kimura, and some photos of his bikes; apparently he has a shop in Azusa, CA.
I think these peope are serious about this 'sh!t '
'
"Kimura spends around four months creating each of his "old-school choppers," often building almost everything, from the engine to the transmission, and even the wheels, from scratch, using junk metal and salvaged parts."







""Hoon," which Kimura built around a Honda Cub as a jab at the safe image of what has been a common ride for Japanese postal deliverymen since the 1960s."


Heres the article
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20061109a1.html

[Stev-o]

it's a piece of sparrow crap!

[BLUE71TURBO]

 Kinda reminds me of road warrior !!   

       

[BLUE71TURBO]

I found this on ebay, $300 bucks for a 350 pan with sheet metal screwed onto it....unbelievable Maybe I should make a bear can cafe seat and sell it for $400...and call it steam drunk;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA-CB350-CB-350-CUSTOM-CAFE-RACER-SEAT-SHINYA-KIMURA-/330496686971?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4cf3233b7b

  What in the hell is a " BEAR CAN "  ?     

[Stev-o]

Bear can:

[Lavis500]

i think im gonna buy it, real cheap, and find a basket case 550, and start the ..



wait for it....



THORS HAMMER rat-build!

imagine the possibilities!  

battleaxe front forks.
helmet horns as headlight bucket mounts
chest armour fairings

and ride around singing High on Fire's - FROSTHAMMER!

DO IT!!!  You could have a tall sissy bar in the back, maybe raise up the headlight bucket and turn it into dragon head carving, make some custom fairings and give it a look similar to a viking drekar!

[fastbroshi]

LOL steam drunk - Good one!! 

I just sparrow farted by the way, and it smelled way better than that seat looks.   I imagine my face probably looked like that bird's though.

[Goofaroo]

Here's a helmet to go with it.  Here's a couple of ideas for something to go with the "Bear Can" also.

[nokrome]

  that thing reminds me of that "hi performance" exhaust pipe with the spray paint can welded on to the end of it that was on ebay a wile ago (anybody remember that? I dont have pics)

[HawaiiMike]

Shinya's bikes were featured in some magazine awhile back, I think it was Cycle World.  His "works" were not symmetrical either and I do believe Brad Pitt bought one of Shinya's bikes for big bucks. 

Well give this e-bayer credit for trying to make a buck. 

[Damfino]

So I emailed the seller the other day....

"That is one seriously beautiful work of art! Did I see this at the Guggenheim during the 'Art of the Motorcycle' exhibit?"

I got his response today...

"you cant be serious"


- bannerparts

[754]

..great wonkmanship..

... Steampunk on acid...