Author Topic: Motorcycles (Read 55655 times)

All Hail Wu Welsh · « **on:** October 27, 2009, 08:49:30 PM »

I've noticed there are a bunch of people into motorcycles on here but no motorcycle thread. Post pics of of your rides, good motorcyle blogs/websites, pics of some sweet cycles, tales/plans of epic rides etc. I currently don't have a motorcycle, but am starting to save and will hopefully have enough once the weather gets warmer, I have my eyes set on either a triumph boneville or daytona preferably from the years 73-79. Anyways here are some good blogs i occasionally check.

http://4qconditioning.blogspot.com- im sure everyone knows this one

http://www.czombieblog.com/- another motorcycle blog run by skaters

http://vise22-satanscrate.blogspot.com/- this one is mostly in japanese but still has some sick content.

Beer Keg Peg Leg · « **Reply #1 on:** October 28, 2009, 04:21:21 AM »

Quote from: HATE! on October 27, 2009, 10:11:36 PM

I've posted this pic before, but it's the best I have. This is me and Bad Motorscooter. She's a 2001 Triumph Bonneville T-100 Centennial Edition. Painted Lucifer Orange and Gun Metal. She's totally stock.

I had my eye on the brand new Norton Commando 961 SS, but it looks like it will go for about 17k, which is WAY to much for me. So I will wait it out. She's a pretty one too.

god help us...

The Drew · « **Reply #2 on:** October 28, 2009, 06:04:05 AM »

i like riding bikes too...

im going to trade in my honda and get a yamaha sr400 sometime next year... going to make it into a cafe racer...
http://www.yamaha-motor.jp/mc/lineup/sportsbike/sr400/cafe/index.html
http://www.yamaha-motor.jp/mc/lineup/sportsbike/sr400/

both sites are in japanese if you are interested

ahlee · « **Reply #3 on:** October 28, 2009, 06:18:54 AM »

I've been looking into starting my first bike. This thread could help.

Donkey Lips · « **Reply #4 on:** October 28, 2009, 09:09:17 AM »

the DL rides an '81 harley sportster and an '85 honda rebel. the sportster is some pretty scary shit and is a work in progress. the rebel was a work commuter that is fun to beat on. if anyone wants to learn, find a friend who has a 250 size cruiser and learn on that. light shit that you won't murder yourself on too hard. this rebel is pretty much indestructable. the tank is all beaten from drunk college kids tipping it over in my parking lot. the sportster will get sold as soon as i find a BMW r90. that triumph is fucking sick hate.

jrock · « **Reply #5 on:** October 28, 2009, 10:09:52 AM »

i want a triumph so bad.

Sleazy · « **Reply #6 on:** October 28, 2009, 10:14:29 AM »

riding a bike in houston is beyond gnarly

yeah dude! · « **Reply #7 on:** October 28, 2009, 11:00:25 AM »

Quote from: Sleazy on October 28, 2009, 10:14:29 AM

riding a bike in L.A. is beyond gnarly

floop · « **Reply #8 on:** October 28, 2009, 11:04:56 AM »

Quote from: yeah dude! on October 28, 2009, 11:00:25 AM

Quote from: Sleazy on October 28, 2009, 10:14:29 AM
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riding a bike in L.A. is beyond gnarly
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i've been wanting to get a bike but i live in LA and don't necessarily want to die. if it weren't for other drivers, and shitty roads it might be more doable. when i see bikes cruising through the middle of traffic it does make my morning commute seem more appealing

nice bike HATE. that's pretty much my 1st choice for what i'd want to get (except in black)

kinky john · « **Reply #9 on:** October 28, 2009, 11:10:16 AM »

Quote from: HATE! on October 27, 2009, 10:11:36 PM

I've posted this pic before, but it's the best I have. This is me and Bad Motorscooter. She's a 2001 Triumph Bonneville T-100 Centennial Edition. Painted Lucifer Orange and Gun Metal. She's totally stock.

I had my eye on the brand new Norton Commando 961 SS, but it looks like it will go for about 17k, which is WAY to much for me. So I will wait it out. She's a pretty one too.

You sir, have good taste.

Thinking of buying one of these

A pal of mine is selling 2. He also has one of these which I also fancy..

Greeves scottish trials, proper vintage trials bike and at £1400, is the cheaper option, but will need making road legal, lights and such.

The Drew · « **Reply #10 on:** October 28, 2009, 05:57:15 PM »

Quote from: HATE! on October 28, 2009, 03:45:53 PM

Damn kinky john. You also have good taste!

I've been into bikes forever. My first vehicular accident was on a motorcycle. I was 4 and riding on the gas tank of my dad's bike on some fire trails in the california hills and lost it in some loose dirt. I don't give a shit about going fast, I am all about style, and cafe racers are where it is at! BSA, Triumphs, Nortons.... motherfucking BRITISH STEEL! actually the other day I found this dope Royal Enfield painted flat olive green. So stylish. Tried to talk the dude into letting it go and I was wasted, but no luck.

i love BSA's... but parts for the classic british bikes are freaking expensive...

hate, is flat olive green the same colour as british racing green... if so that is a mighty fine colour

All Hail Wu Welsh · « **Reply #11 on:** October 28, 2009, 06:20:17 PM »

sick bike hate, like everyone else has stated you have great taste, and i too have the same plan to hit all four corners of the country on motorcycle at some point hopefully in the not too distant future. here are some sick triumphs i've found craig list hunting

1970 tr-6

1970 tiger

and this sweet machine, a bike just like this is what aspire to own one day
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Triumph-Tr6c-bobber-custom-chopper-650-rat-rod-trophy_W0QQitemZ220502174477QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_motorcycles?hash=item3356f42b0d#v4-37

Bobbito · « **Reply #12 on:** October 28, 2009, 07:22:03 PM »

I want this

Donkey Lips · « **Reply #13 on:** October 29, 2009, 04:33:02 AM »

Quote from: HATE! on October 29, 2009, 03:39:03 AM

Virtually every bike here is a crotch rocket with a few harleys scattered throughout. They just aren't my style at all, and I don't care about going that fast. Also-- I like the british bikes because they are kinda unique, not many people have them, especially where I live.

This is my roommates bike

Ducati Hypermotard

Not really my style, but he is able to go fast and sit upright which he has to because he broke his back a year ago and can't lean that far over anymore

where i live now, there's a kid kicking around on that same ducati. i almost too him out a few weeks ago when he ran a 4way stop sign.

Sleazy · « **Reply #14 on:** October 29, 2009, 06:47:25 AM »

i'm not into bikes at all but those british ones make me wish i was... dope shit

rawbertson. · « **Reply #15 on:** October 29, 2009, 06:54:24 AM »

BIKES ARE A FUCKING DEATHTRAP YALL NEVER GONNA CATCH ME ON ONE OF THEM SHITS
I GET PARANOID AS FUCK DRIVING A CAR THINKING SOMEONE IS GOING TO HIT ME (I HAVE BEEN HIT BEFORE ALMOST GOT WHIPLASH)
SOMEONE HITS YOU ON A BIKE YOU ARE STRAIGHT UP FUCKED

floop · « **Reply #16 on:** October 29, 2009, 10:24:02 AM »

now you've got me looking at bikes

i want this

http://tinyurl.com/yhcdtza

lenny · « **Reply #17 on:** October 29, 2009, 10:53:48 AM »

honda shadow 750.
fun bike for sure, but i think i'm going to sell it next year and get something older and more powerful.

Sleazy · « **Reply #18 on:** October 29, 2009, 11:54:44 AM »

Quote from: My penis is on my forehead on October 29, 2009, 06:54:24 AM

BIKES ARE A FUCKING DEATHTRAP YALL NEVER GONNA CATCH ME ON ONE OF THEM SHITS
I GET PARANOID AS FUCK DRIVING A CAR THINKING SOMEONE IS GOING TO HIT ME (I HAVE BEEN HIT BEFORE ALMOST GOT WHIPLASH)
SOMEONE HITS YOU ON A BIKE YOU ARE STRAIGHT UP FUCKED

exactly why i'm not into them

i saw the immediate after math of a wreck on campus where a guy was just riding his bike through campus and some other guys turned without looking and hit him and the guy was lying there in the middle of the street dead when i came up. if he was in a car he would have walked away from it, infact the guys that hit him fled the scene.

but i don't want to shit on this thread, really sick bikes in here. i just don't have the balls for it.

All Hail Wu Welsh · « **Reply #19 on:** October 29, 2009, 12:52:32 PM »

I watched a guy totally wreck his crotch rocket and eat shit directly in front of me I was so close i got hit with shrapnel from his bike, but it was completely his fault. Around here guys that drive the type of bikes bobbito posted are always meathead guidos who don't know what the fuck they are doing, so i've learned to resent sport bikes and on top that i think they look like shit.

kinky john · « **Reply #20 on:** October 29, 2009, 01:15:00 PM »

Aforementioned acquaintance now has this bad boy up for sale, at first I thought it was ugly as sin, but its rakish charms are growing on me...

macgruber · « **Reply #21 on:** October 29, 2009, 02:14:05 PM »

hoping to get a bike in the next year. probably a honda cb750 until i get used to riding and can save up some more scratch

something like this:

Wizard Fuck · « **Reply #22 on:** October 29, 2009, 03:00:19 PM »

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/

friction! · « **Reply #23 on:** October 29, 2009, 03:59:57 PM »

this is my thang.
i have different exhaust on it now though.
its tucked away for the nebraska winter.
so much better than driving a car.

sven thorkel · « **Reply #24 on:** October 29, 2009, 05:10:42 PM »

i have never had a desire to drive. cars always seemed lame and not much of a necessity in a city. but motorcycles im down for. once im out of school and have some disposable income i would much rather get a motorbike then some run of the mill car. these 2 bad boys are beauties, but im pretty sure i will never own either

Bobbito · « **Reply #25 on:** October 29, 2009, 07:05:49 PM »

Quote from: All Hail Wu Welsh on October 29, 2009, 12:52:32 PM

I watched a guy totally wreck his crotch rocket and eat shit directly in front of me I was so close i got hit with shrapnel from his bike, but it was completely his fault. Around here guys that drive the type of bikes bobbito posted are always meathead guidos who don't know what the fuck they are doing, so i've learned to resent sport bikes and on top that i think they look like shit.

I can't change your opinion about the bikes but I can see where you're coming from about the guidos. Not too much of a fan myself, especially since I live in a town crowded with guido bros from NJ and eastern MA, but I always wanted one of these little crotch rockets and I'm a Honda guy haha so I guess those two sorta go hand-in-hand. To be honest, after this thread, I'm liking these Triumphs thought I guess I just never see them around here

Donkey Lips · « **Reply #26 on:** October 29, 2009, 07:40:57 PM »

it seemed like a bad summer for bikers, either that or the news just covered more bike crash stories. it seemed every other week was a dude getting killed by an SUV pulling out infront of them or crossing their lane.

sport bike dude bit it hard the other day. Left a bar drunk, his friends stopped him down the road and took him and his bike home. he took it out again an hour later. he ran into the back of a truck whilst going 105mph. the truck was going the speed limit of 35mph. they found parts of him all over some ladie's yard. completely his fault but just a weird way to do it.

riding in LA must be tough for any of you that do it.

Baby Gerber · « **Reply #27 on:** October 29, 2009, 09:35:54 PM »

What Max Schaff does and how hes makes his bikes just gets me stoked, i don't know much about them but im sure interested in learning some shit and maybe building a bike someday but where the fuck to start.

whiteley · « **Reply #28 on:** October 29, 2009, 10:05:26 PM »

about 10 years ago i bought one of these-- a 1975 bmw 60/6, but mine was silver. fausto came with me to check it out when i bought it, and for that reason alone i wish i still had it. it ran so nice, was really fun to ride. i bought it when i lived in the burbs and loved riding it through the hills and the country lanes, but when i moved to SF i felt like i was about to get smashed at every turn, people just didn't see me on it in the city, so i sold it. used the money to buy a 1976 bmw 2002 car, which turned out to be the worst thing i ever bought. paid $2000 for it, a year later i'd put $6000 more into fixing it (including a new engine) over and over, and sold it for $2000. always kinda wished i'd just kept the bike, but probably would have sold it by now anyhow. still love looking at cool bikes, but don't plan on owning another one anytime soon.

floop · « **Reply #29 on:** October 29, 2009, 10:51:49 PM »

yeah, the only drag about bikes is cars.

when i was in college (smallish beach town) i had a Vespa. not the same as a motorcycle, but almost . fucking loved it. completely changed my life. made driving actually fun. but even in a mellow town i had a couple of scary near-death episodes of idiots not seeing me. i sold it before i left that town.

in LA, i don't know. it's sketchy, but i'm still tempted. if it weren't for idiot drivers who could kill you

Author Topic: Motorcycles (Read 55655 times)

jrock

yeah dude!