Topic: BRAT styled bikes yay or nay?

[Blitzburgh207]

No way that would be awesome! Ya I've studied his builds on a daily basis since I first saw it haha.  He may not be the first to do all the little things he does, but when he combined them all to make his signature style - the bikes he puts out are pretty effin cool. 

Oh and btw YAY on brat bikes 

[Spades]

Yes I could google it but I have a feeling like cafe racers a lot of it is opinion .. what makes it a brat bike?

[gnarlycharlie4u]

Yes I could google it but I have a feeling like cafe racers a lot of it is opinion .. what makes it a brat bike?

A rose by any other name mah frien...

the general brat style is usually a bike that doesn't focus so much on looking polished. not necessarily super-gnarly/ugly or all sprayed black like some rat bikes or beaters, but definitely not candy paint and polished everything.
Maybe a little rust but for the most part everything works fine. Usually there's a bit of originality / fabrication involved.
I can't think of any brats that are chopped (hardtail).

Classified moto does a really good contemporary brat-style bike imo.

[Nikkisixx]

Yes I could google it but I have a feeling like cafe racers a lot of it is opinion .. what makes it a brat bike?

I don't know if they are the chicken or the egg, but there is a shop called "Bratstyle" (all one word):
http://www.bratstyle.com/

It would be a bit like a "Denver" style or and God forbid "OC" style.

[gnarlycharlie4u]

Yes I could google it but I have a feeling like cafe racers a lot of it is opinion .. what makes it a brat bike?

I don't know if they are the chicken or the egg, but there is a shop called "Bratstyle" (all one word):
http://www.bratstyle.com/

It would be a bit like a "Denver" style or and God forbid "OC" style.

so... what exactly about that bike on the first page makes it a chopper? It doesn't look like anything was cut. Unbolted, maybe. But not 'chopped'.

[Nikkisixx]

Yes I could google it but I have a feeling like cafe racers a lot of it is opinion .. what makes it a brat bike?

I don't know if they are the chicken or the egg, but there is a shop called "Bratstyle" (all one word):
http://www.bratstyle.com/

It would be a bit like a "Denver" style or and God forbid "OC" style.

so... what exactly about that bike on the first page makes it a chopper? It doesn't look like anything was cut. Unbolted, maybe. But not 'chopped'.

Dunno.  Maybe a slight stretch and the "triangle" is cleaned out?  I'm not familiar with the bike they started with.

[gnarlycharlie4u]

Dunno.  Maybe a slight stretch and the "triangle" is cleaned out?  I'm not familiar with the bike they started with.

the bike they started with still has stock shocks. the most they did is hide/remove the electronics. it's either got some serious ghost type ish or it just has been completely removed.