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Offline Brian G

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Why? Oh, Why??
« on: June 14, 2011, 07:56:56 PM »
Will someone please explain to me why they do this?? There must be someone out there who understands the mentality....

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If they had finished the project I might - I say MIGHT - have understood.

Please think twice - no...., think 3 times before you butcher a classic.

I'll get down off of my soapbox now before I hurt myself....  :'(
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2011, 08:42:51 PM »
hahahaha,what a freakin dork....
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2011, 08:51:09 PM »
Why do so many people today seem to feel the need to take a complete original bike and cut it all up for a cafe? It's the current style.

Many years ago it was the stretched chopper.
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2011, 08:54:57 PM »
yeah i feel ya..but i dont understand what everyone means when they say "cut up"..what exactly is being cut on a cafe?the rear section?cant you just weld it back on?or make a new piece?i cut the rear section off a bike before for a cafe but i saved the piece i cut off and gave it to the guy i sold it to..he welded it back on and you couldnt even tell any "cutting"was done..
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2011, 09:59:20 PM »
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yeah i feel ya..but i dont understand what everyone means when they say "cut up"

Hi Pat, usually the rear seat brace is removed, the rear footpeg mounts, the rear frame rails, dents belted into perfectly good tanks, butchered electrics and so on.  Its good you saved the removed rear section, most don't.....
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2011, 10:07:29 PM »
oh ok.yeah i didnt know they did all that stuff...i like cafe's..who doesnt?but what if you wana sell the bike or restore it?that just sounds silly..im stripping my bike down as much as possible.and changing some parts like an older tank and seat...i like these big ol couch seats..you cant fit fat girls on the back of a cafe...
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2011, 10:15:47 PM »
Quote from: pat english on June 14, 2011, 10:07:29 PM
i like these big ol couch seats..you cant fit fat girls on the back of a cafe...

That is #$%*ing hilarious... ;D
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2011, 10:21:55 PM »
haha,indeed...

my cousin came over yesterday and checked out the bike.he was like"nice seat,you fit about six people on the back of that"...
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2011, 10:26:09 PM »
Do the big girls get offended when you dial up the suspension pre-load before they get on the bike? ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2011, 10:29:46 PM »
nah,i just tell them hold on i gotta put on the solid steel struts so we dont bottom out...
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2011, 10:44:41 PM »
Quote from: pat english on June 14, 2011, 10:07:29 PM
..you cant fit fat girls on the back of a cafe...

Exactly  8) You know what they say about fat girls and mopeds...
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2011, 10:50:19 PM »
yeah.pat loves them both.thats what they say...
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2011, 09:49:05 AM »
Don't get me wrong, I like cafes too. I had Ace (clubman) bars and an old school leather seat with white piping on my Enfield Bullet. Hell, overall I found the riding position a bit more comfortable than the upright one on my 550.

But I just hate it when someone takes a clean SOHC with the original pipes and paint and chucks it all. There are plenty of beat up old bikes out there to convert. Save the intact ones.
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2011, 10:26:39 AM »
Only "cut up" bikes interest me, I can appreciate stockers to a degree, but the whole chopping/customizing thing is what I am into bikes for (besides the riding).
I will take an unsafe 70's chopper over a stock bike anyday. Different strokes.
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2011, 10:45:10 AM »
OH Hell you made me look.    and a fellow Canadian no less.

Still it wouldn't take that much to turn it into whatever you want.  It is selling for a fraction of what a stock all original bike would sell for.  $400.00
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« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2011, 03:49:10 PM »
Quote from: Bankerdanny on June 15, 2011, 09:49:05 AM
Don't get me wrong, I like cafes too. I had Ace (clubman) bars and an old school leather seat with white piping on my Enfield Bullet. Hell, overall I found the riding position a bit more comfortable than the upright one on my 550.

But I just hate it when someone takes a clean SOHC with the original pipes and paint and chucks it all. There are plenty of beat up old bikes out there to convert. Save the intact ones.

yeah i hear ya..thats what im doing.i got 2 effd off basket bikes trying to make 1 good one outa the 2..but still not guna be a cafe...guna be a sleeper..(can bikes be sleepers too?)
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2011, 04:17:07 PM »
I wouldn't pay 400 for a seized motor and frame with no title...
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Re: Why? Oh, Why??
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2011, 04:39:42 PM »
 "In good condition overall, but engine is currently stuck"  .... a good example of an oxymoron  ::)

Yikes ...  it is in my neck of the woods   :o
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