Topic: BRAT styled bikes yay or nay?

[dirtmagnit]

I grew up around perfect hot rod and motorcycle shows.

B O R I N G

Enough time and money can do that. Or at least pay someone else to. That's why those run-what-ya-can style cars and bikes work for me.  Something "new" everytime...

[Bluegreen]

I've given this some more thought.


 I'm behind the philosophy of the Brat, my problem with it is I just don't like the profile. But it's a matter of opinion and as long as you're building, having fun and riding that's all that matters.

[Stev-o]

Meh, to each thier own.

I think it's yay OR nay.

[the technological J]

I've given this some more thought.


 I'm behind the philosophy of the Brat, my problem with it is I just don't like the profile. But it's a matter of opinion and as long as you're building, having fun and riding that's all that matters.

im kinda the same way with cafe's but that seems to be what my bike wants to be

[JAG]

Let's see one hung from the ceiling to see if it looks as good...

This really disturbed me. Like watching someone being tortured or something..

Makes me wanna chain up whom ever did this and have them run around frantically..

I suppose I have a soft spot in my heart for the old classic bikes now..

[dirtmagnit]

That's just plain disturbing.  And someone that loathes success. 

I'd join your angry mob willingly.  (Where do I buy a pitchfork?)

[bikerbart]

I gotta say it.that video was probably made by the I hate jap crap harley crowd.I couldnt watch the whole thing,the laughter in the background was making me sick.

[dirtmagnit]

I remember walking home from school in the late seventies and saw some cool bikes down the street.  I told this to my Harley riding parents, and, thinking naturally they were other Harley riders, went down to talk to them. 

I was scolded quite heavily that day.  I still get a little resentment for my "Ricer" Jap bike passion.  Yet honestly I feel that the Harley and Japanese cycle crowds have traded positions.  As a 6' guy I cannnot afford a Harley that fits, and frankly I'd rather shoehorn in a Ranger 4cyl. motor into a bike if I wanted to go American.

Maybe a Rocket III.  But that anti-Jap bike mentality kills me. 

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[Lamp]

I LOVE Wrenchmonkee's work. I think they are one of the most creative bike builders around. They're custom one off stuff is very limited and most of the parts they use are OEM or modded OEM (from what i can tell). I think it takes a lot more talent to make something that nice with OEM parts, then to just make a one off parts for everything. Plus, their bikes also have a gritty tough look, but still really clean at the same time.

[754]

They definitely get their look without resorting to chrome, to get a bike looking good..

 I like most bikes that have a clean look and are pleasing to the eye,, some bikes just lose it cause there is no flow.. just parts, piled on to parts, piled onto parts.

 It is a bit of work to get a really stripped clean look...

[greenjeans]

Like them.

Still on the fence on whether they will look "dated" in a few years.   
Most seem clean enough, and with those vintage tires, it kinda makes them wonderfully ambiguous.

[CBGhia]

Greenjeans, 

I have been thinking of changing up my bike a bit.  Some bit fat Firestones like you had and maybe bratting up my bike a bit.  I can't decide.   I have both the 500 and the 550 (I bought the black one back from my friend) so I could brat one and keep the other cafe.   One day I will decide on a plan...

[KirkBurner]

Ill just go YAY..

but the question for me is.. where could I get a seat like this for a cb750 k-2 frame?
slightly off topic sorry.. but I like the bikes.. WM makes only for inhouseprojects

[Blitzburgh207]

I lOVE the look of the wrenchmonkees bikes (okay most of the wrenchmonkees bikes) A cb750 they did is actually the wallpaper on my computer at work haha.  I'm ultimately going for this stripped down - beefed up sort of look though.

When I first saw this bike I was like "That looks like something a hit-man would ride."  Turns out, Ryland was actually commissioned to build a similarly styled virago for a hit-man character in a movie.  Pretty cool haha 

[noahspop]

Let's see one hung from the ceiling to see if it looks as good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqmhFiy-eV4

This really disturbed me. Like watching someone being tortured or something..

Makes me wanna chain up whom ever did this and have them run around frantically..

I suppose I have a soft spot in my heart for the old classic bikes now..

Someone on this forum posted the original link to that video a while back. They had said the person who set it up was doing it for "artistic" purposes, and that he had resuced the bike and rebuilt it. When the project was over he was gonna bring it back to life again. I'm pretty sure thats how the story went. The link is somewhere in the forum, but I'm not looking for it now. So don't waste your money on a pitchfork just yet.

[TwoTired]

Let's see one hung from the ceiling to see if it looks as good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqmhFiy-eV4

This really disturbed me. Like watching someone being tortured or something..

Makes me wanna chain up whom ever did this and have them run around frantically..

I suppose I have a soft spot in my heart for the old classic bikes now..

Someone on this forum posted the original link to that video a while back. They had said the person who set it up was doing it for "artistic" purposes, and that he had resuced the bike and rebuilt it. When the project was over he was gonna bring it back to life again. I'm pretty sure thats how the story went. The link is somewhere in the forum, but I'm not looking for it now. So don't waste your money on a pitchfork just yet.

...accept, it's a wet sump engine, and operating the engine on it's back wheel starves the oil pickup screen, starves the oil pump and runs the engine at high speed with little or no oil pressure for main rod and cam bearings or squirts oil onto the cylinder walls.  And, there was no way to turn the engine off while it was writhing away on the chain until the gas ran out.  Do you really think he "rescued" that bike so he could do a total rebuild $$$ on the engine?

I don't.

[faux fiddy]

...accept, it's a wet sump engine, and operating the engine on it's back wheel starves the oil pickup screen, starves the oil pump and runs the engine at high speed with little or no oil pressure for main rod and cam bearings or squirts oil onto the cylinder walls.  And, there was no way to turn the engine off while it was writhing away on the chain until the gas ran out.  Do you really think he "rescued" that bike so he could do a total rebuild $$$ on the engine?

I don't.

Shouldn't a 'brat' bike have plenty of grease everywhere?

[flybox1]

Shouldn't a 'brat' bike have plenty of grease everywhere?

pork fat rules!
oohhhh...do i smell the beginnings a pork oil thread?

[754]

 Schwein Oel Uber Alles....

[faux fiddy]

pork fat rules!
oohhhh...do i smell the beginnings a pork oil thread?

I had to google this place. Local Yahoo says  " Menu : Potato Soup "

I guess that makes you pleaseantly surprised when you can actually get ground up hog knuckles or blood sausage  in a membrane.

I swear they have all that "brat" stuff, but for the motorcycles. Excellent place if you're out in the Wichita Mt. area.

http://local.yahoo.com/info-18502904-anna-german-quick-stop-lawton

[xedge4lifex]

You know, in terms of having a ratty looking bike with a fantastic engine. i get that, because i absolutely love sleepers and rat rods. rat rods do have a bit more character, and look like "jesus christ, he is driving THAT on the road?". but brats have the same effect street fighters have on me. you took the time to attempt to customize the bike. either you didnt want it to look anything like whatever else is on the road. OR you have no idea what youre doing.
wrench monkee bikes look like the trash we all find for 400 with a title, someone got it running threw some pods on it, flat seat, bare metal or groady painted tank, hidden electronics and some new tires. I do tune ups on ratty daily riders all the time and aside from some different bars and a flat seat, i see no real difference. maybe i just like chiny things, or maybe i just like it when people put some real effort into doing work the right way. 

[Nikkisixx]

I hear you exedge, but the ratty daily riders I've handled don't have bembro brakes, motogadget gauges, supertrapp exhaust, cerani forks etc.     

[Ito]

Hi Guys,

I came across Bratstyle "in-line four"last year "JOINTS 2010"at parking lot.
Please see attached pictures.
Yes, It is cool indeed.

Bratstyle had been customizing metric vertical twin,single.
These days Bratstyle customize old V-twin like shovel,Knuckle.
They seldom customize in-line four but their works is good as shown attached.
I am not sure that this custom base is CB750super four or CB1300super four.
I admire Bratstyle's in-line four custom.

Ito from Japan

[faux fiddy]

Ito, good to see you out. Love your pics here as  always. I say prayers every day for the next 30,ooo years for earthquake victims. Or maybe 60,ooo years.  Please god, not another one.

[gnarlycharlie4u]

I gotta say it.that video was probably made by the I hate jap crap harley crowd.I couldnt watch the whole thing,the laughter in the background was making me sick.

i was hoping the bike would break free and suicide bomb the crowd.

I lOVE the look of the wrenchmonkees bikes (okay most of the wrenchmonkees bikes) A cb750 they did is actually the wallpaper on my computer at work haha.  I'm ultimately going for this stripped down - beefed up sort of look though.

When I first saw this bike I was like "That looks like something a hit-man would ride."  Turns out, Ryland was actually commissioned to build a similarly styled virago for a hit-man character in a movie.  Pretty cool haha 

That's classified moto you've got right there. I love their stuff also. The guy lives/works (worked) a little over an hour away from me.
I still need to set up a play date- but he invited me to come check his place out.