Author Topic: The Abomination thread! (Read 340095 times)

Alan F. · « **Reply #2200 on:** June 14, 2020, 01:56:10 pm »

Quote from: ekpent on June 14, 2020, 01:46:34 pm

Quote from: grcamna2 on June 13, 2020, 11:56:40 pm
Quote from: ekpent on June 13, 2020, 05:24:32 am
Gives a whole new meaning to 'trumpet style exhaust pipes' that's for sure. Wonder what tune it plays in ?

Why not put some trumpet valves on it,on the handlebars
Make a cool kill switch,horn and and starter button

They'd make for some cool M-unit buttons, but that's not my crowd.

754 · « **Reply #2201 on:** July 26, 2020, 12:07:47 pm »

Personally , i don't like bikes looking like cars, truck or trailers or patio boats, never did

Alan F. · « **Reply #2202 on:** July 26, 2020, 12:11:20 pm »

Quote from: 754 on July 26, 2020, 12:07:47 pm

Personally , i don't like bikes looking like cars, truck or trailers or patio boats, never did

Holy Wow, that'll get you noticed.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #2203 on:** July 26, 2020, 03:46:19 pm »

rolling outhouse lol

Alan F. · « **Reply #2204 on:** July 26, 2020, 06:31:46 pm »

Sponsored by Alcoa?

grcamna2 · « **Reply #2205 on:** July 26, 2020, 08:33:54 pm »

Steelers fan ??
That 'top trunk' could house a jet engine..

MauiK3 · « **Reply #2206 on:** July 27, 2020, 09:28:23 am »

Some folks have way too much time on their hands!!!

Desert-SOHC · « **Reply #2207 on:** July 27, 2020, 10:51:14 am »

good God that has to be heavy!

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #2208 on:** July 27, 2020, 05:47:22 pm »

As horrible as it might be, it's well made, and if light gauge aluminium chequer plate, probably no heavier than an aftermarket fibreglass set from the 70's. It's a Harley big twin, so built for carrying big fat things.........

RAFster122s · « **Reply #2209 on:** July 27, 2020, 07:00:04 pm »

It would shred you and break you like a twig in a wreck though...

gpzkat · « **Reply #2210 on:** July 27, 2020, 07:16:32 pm »

I saw a guy a couple days ago on a trike, painted stars and stripes in heavy glitter, and he was wearing a chrome suit and helmet. Blinding. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture. I hope to see him around again soon and take a snap or three.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #2211 on:** July 27, 2020, 07:39:09 pm »

Quote from: RAF122S on July 27, 2020, 07:00:04 pm

It would shred you and break you like a twig in a wreck though...

Very true David, but why wait for the pickup truck that turned left in front of you to shred you, when you can do it yourself? Either way, you’ll still get shredded, so it’s a win/win!

faux fiddy · « **Reply #2212 on:** July 30, 2020, 12:04:49 am »

I' don't get around much, but when I just saw this I had to find the abomination thread. You can have for $4500. NOT MINE.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/594050961481307/?group_id=774818502591977&hoisted_items&notif_id=1596083486937193&notif_t=group_highlights&ref=notif

spotty · « **Reply #2213 on:** July 30, 2020, 03:17:18 am »

these were hugely popular in the uk back in the 90s

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #2214 on:** July 30, 2020, 03:20:38 am »

Quote from: spotty on July 30, 2020, 03:17:18 am

these were hugely popular in the uk back in the 90s

I don't mid that one, that much?

spotty · « **Reply #2215 on:** July 30, 2020, 03:26:19 am »

the VW fans hated them as many a supposedly savable bug was sacrificed at the altar of grungy biker trash

MauiK3 · « **Reply #2216 on:** July 30, 2020, 09:41:17 am »

The VW motorcycle thing..............another example of folks with too much time on their hands and lots of parts laying around. They look like something out of a Mad Max film that grew up and retired.

Desert-SOHC · « **Reply #2217 on:** July 30, 2020, 10:38:23 am »

Quote from: MauiK3 on July 30, 2020, 09:41:17 am

The VW motorcycle thing..............another example of folks with too much time on their hands and lots of parts laying around. They look like something out of a Mad Max film that grew up and retired.

yup!

grcamna2 · « **Reply #2218 on:** July 30, 2020, 02:13:43 pm »

Quote from: spotty on July 30, 2020, 03:26:19 am

the VW fans hated them as many a supposedly savable bug was sacrificed at the altar of grungy biker trash

a waste of a restorable Bug.

faux fiddy · « **Reply #2219 on:** July 31, 2020, 11:40:49 am »

Quote from: grcamna2 on July 30, 2020, 02:13:43 pm

Quote from: spotty on July 30, 2020, 03:26:19 am
the VW fans hated them as many a supposedly savable bug was sacrificed at the altar of grungy biker trash

a waste of a restorable Bug.

I was thinking that it was one that could be put back to a baja bug or something less repulsive.

754 · « **Reply #2220 on:** July 31, 2020, 02:51:25 pm »

Badly Built Bugs Bug me..

MauiK3 · « **Reply #2221 on:** July 31, 2020, 03:22:07 pm »

Bug trikes, angry birds grilles on Jeep Wranglers, Dubs on Jeeps, spinner wheels, in the bed giant exhaust stacks on diesel pickups.........things that just shouldn’t be.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #2222 on:** July 31, 2020, 05:53:10 pm »

I've always considered VW bugs as the disposable cigarette lighter of the car world, so I have no problem with folks modding them. There were millions built, so it's not like they're rare, or desirable. When I was a kid, my dad's generation who'd all fought in WW2 referred to them as "Hitler's revenge", and wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole.

But then again, when I rode my shiny new CB750F home in 1978 my dad told me that "the only good thing to come out of Japan was a mushroom cloud", so maybe he hadn't forgiven his old enemies. I drove a VW bug once, and I just thought it was one of the least exciting vehicle I'd ever driven. I don't see one in my future..........

ekpent · « **Reply #2223 on:** July 31, 2020, 06:21:40 pm »

Here in Michigan if you are the passenger in one in the winter time its your job to scrape the frost off the inside of the windshield. Co-pilot stuff. Been there done it !!

grcamna2 · « **Reply #2224 on:** July 31, 2020, 06:32:11 pm »

Quote from: ekpent on July 31, 2020, 06:21:40 pm

Here in Michigan if you are the passenger in one in the winter time its your job to scrape the frost off the inside of the windshield. Co-pilot stuff. Been there done it !!

I knew a man who had an early Type 1 VW Transporter 'Bus' and he installed a custom stove made out of sheet metal:he fueled it with Duralogs and had a smoke stack sticking out of the faux window behind the driver's seat.
The more it picked up speed,the better the stove worked,kept it warm in there in the MA. Winters.

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