CoolTriumph Bobber For Sale

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330221218975

[John Hopkins]

Not my cup of tea..this bike was made for shows, not riding no mudguard so 100yards in the mud and it is grungy no chain guard so more filth..pretty to look at but not practical enough for me, can you really imagine using that every day..sorry I like a bike I can ride, not a show winner that is trailered everywhere...

[gurnE]

Eh? That's perfect for smoking round town on. No front mudguard's no biggie, a bit of mud never hurt anyone.....lol :cool:

I'd love that as a daily hack, shame I've got no money. :mad:

[hipster]

:mad: Are you for real?????? have you had a good look at this bike ?????? its no show winner, it was built to be ridden and is EVERY day. Just cus it has no mudguards doesn`t mean its a show bike. Get a life you pathetic waste of space , its people like you that get right up my pipe. heres a bloke who built a bike in his garage and decided to put it up for sale with all the work done to it that most of the twats out there couldn`t do themselves and theres pricks like you that have nothing better to do than run it down. Why dont you get your old fucking knackered kwak piece of **** and go somewhere else with your pathetic opinions.

WHAT A PRICK!!!!!!

[flyrite]

Not my cup of tea..this bike was made for shows, not riding no mudguard so 100yards in the mud and it is grungy no chain guard so more filth..pretty to look at but not practical enough for me, can you really imagine using that every day..sorry I like a bike I can ride, not a show winner that is trailered everywhere...
***** I'd hate to see the show winners at the shows you go to if you class that as a show bike. trailered everywhere? nothing like making wild speculations on owners of bikes John, not practical? it's got two wheels an engine a seat and handlebars, it stops starts and goes round corners and it's his daily rider, i know because he rides the same way to work as me everyday, whilst he may not have the time to ride 100 yards in the mud he does use it to go to his job everyday and when it gets mucky he cleans it. granted, the styling may not be to everyones taste but i don't see thats any reason to run the bloke and his bike down. Still, we are all entitled to our opinions, it's just a shame some people don't think their views through before voicing them.

[madastoast]

:mad: Are you for real?????? have you had a good look at this bike ?????? its no show winner, it was built to be ridden and is EVERY day. Just cus it has no mudguards doesn`t mean its a show bike. Get a life you pathetic waste of space , its people like you that get right up my pipe. heres a bloke who built a bike in his garage and decided to put it up for sale with all the work done to it that most of the twats out there couldn`t do themselves and theres pricks like you that have nothing better to do than run it down. Why dont you get your old fucking knackered kwak piece of **** and go somewhere else with your pathetic opinions/ Try BRIT CHOPPER its full of twats like you .

WHAT A PRICK!!!!!!
I take it you have a differing opinion :D

[madastoast]

I'd have to change them 'orrible bars but other than that it's pretty damn cool!!!

[hipster]

YES i do, can you belive this idiot???? Im sure he will just stick to his little kwak despatch bike and never attempt to build anything himself and submit it.

[madastoast]

He's got a nice Vmax as well :D

[hipster]

i didnt know they did a NICE V Max ??????

[madastoast]

LOL what d'you ride hipster?

[hipster]

FXR chop, sportster chop, sportster bobber,

[flyrite]

He's got a nice Vmax as well :D

I bet thats fucking great in the mud.

[hipster]

i bet it is really is LOL. V max Eh? you will be telling me next , he wears combats, dyes his beard pink and has pink and green laces in his para boots. Classic V max rider hahahahahahhahaha

[madastoast]

you'll get 'em going about Harleys again :D

[hipster]

Harleys rule !!!!! the people who shag em off either have never rode one , or can not afford one. Just to add to the last comment i posted , i bet his misses is really fat with tattoo s on her tits too.Sorry but anyone who comes to a bike forum with nothing but ****e to say when they ride stock jap bikes is gonna get a gob full off me.

[flyrite]

hold on hipster, it wont be a stock vmax it will be a superbly built, well engineered ( and practical) one off custom built vmax, all done by his own hand, with very deep handmade guards no doubt, it must be, to qualify him to make such derogatory comment to people who build custom bikes in their garages.

[hipster]

Must be, who else would come to the table with nothing ???? im sure if nothing else he s changed the handlebar grips ( with some help) probably from a mate who rides a reliant trike and hates harleys lol

[madastoast]

I ride an almost stock Harley. just a few bits of bling on it :D

[hipster]

Cool !!! :)

[flyrite]

He's got a nice Vmax as well :D
what is so nice about his vmax?

[madastoast]

makes me smile :D

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/3519/dsc00014ib7.jpg

[madastoast]

what is so nice about his vmax?
it's clean :D

[flyrite]

so is my kitchen but I don't go next door and accuse them of not cooking in theirs. Cool bike ( yours, not the weemax) I'm sure there is a Harley Davidson underneath all that stuff somewhere

[madastoast]

It's my 2nd heritage this ones a stock 96 motor. the last one was an 88 that was 1550'd and stage2'd with hi lift cams :D looked pretty much the same though :D

[hipster]

what is so nice about his vmax?

i`ll tell you whats so nice about it. its probably in his mates garage and off the road, the pipes are rusted through, the ****ty carbs are out of balance and the centre stand had siezed down , so hopefully it will never hit the road again. But never mind he s always got his trusty rally steed namely his GT 550/750 which he can jump on anytime he needs too. Just a quick seat recover with some fake zebra fur from the market and a few extra bits specially for rallies like a rat stuffed behind the head light and some radioactive signs stencilled on the tank. JOB DONE. Just got to tuck his combats in his boots, dye his beard, stick some rabbit ears in his helmet, attach the tankard his mom bought him for his bithday to his belt and there you have it . Instant biker !!!!!

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little kwak despatch bike

I've got one of them, mines quicker than his though. :D

[hipster]

It's my 2nd heritage this ones a stock 96 motor. the last one was an 88 that was 1550'd and stage2'd with hi lift cams :D looked pretty much the same though :D

Sweet !! will post a few pics of mine tomorrow.

[flyrite]

i`ll tell you whats so nice about it. its probably in his mates garage and off the road, the pipes are rusted through, the ****ty carbs are out of balance and the centre stand had siezed down , so hopefully it will never hit the road again. But never mind he s always got his trusty rally steed namely his GT 550/750 which he can jump on anytime he needs too. Just a quick seat recover with some fake zebra fur from the market and a few extra bits specially for rallies like a rat stuffed behind the head light and some radioactive signs stencilled on the tank. JOB DONE. Just got to tuck his combats in his boots, dye his beard, stick some rabbit ears in his helmet, attach the tankard his mom bought him for his bithday to his belt and there you have it . Instant biker !!!!!

that may have been offensive but it's the funniest thing I've heard all week

[John Hopkins]

Well hipster and flyrite aren't you just bundles of sunshine, all my bikes are as near to original as possible, And in my opinion a bike needs mudguards and a chainguard..Whilst I wouldn't ride a bike like that to work every day because the rider and the bike would both get filthy, I stand corrected about the trailering it to bike shows..so I apologise for that remark..as to the bike. I still dont like it and I don't like the seat either..and if I had it I would put all the bits back on...but that is my choice..and I don't like sports bikes either... :p John

[hipster]

Thats all you had to say , not go off one one about something you know nothing about. any opinion is respected, if you dont like it then fine. :D

[cherryB]

And I've got a Harley with loadsabling and I'm very proud of it :D

[flyrite]

I cant speak for hipster but i'm a bundle of sunshine, i've been sitting here laughing mostly at your blinkered comment and partly at hipsters funny replies.
if you are so concerned about a bit of road dirt perhaps you should consider fourwheeled transport. Constructive critisizm is one thing and in my opinion acceptable whereas ill informed putdowns come across as offensive.
perhaps me and hipster are the ill informed ones, i was under the impression that 100% Biker was geared towards custom bikes......

[hipster]

so you should be, they are the greatest motorcycles ever built. ;)

[flyrite]

And I've got a Harley with loadsabling and I'm very proud of it :D
harleys are ace, nothing wrong with bling either

[hipster]

I cant speak for hipster but i'm a bundle of sunshine, i've been sitting here laughing mostly at your blinkered comment and partly at hipsters funny replies.
if you are so concerned about a bit of road dirt perhaps you should consider fourwheeled transport. Constructive critisizm is one thing and in my opinion acceptable whereas ill informed putdowns come across as offensive.
perhaps me and hipster are the ill informed ones, i was under the impression that 100% Biker was geared towards custom bikes......



Totally agree , you still rolling round on that 96 incher flyrite ????

[madastoast]

I cant speak for hipster but i'm a bundle of sunshine, i've been sitting here laughing mostly at your blinkered comment and partly at hipsters funny replies.
if you are so concerned about a bit of road dirt perhaps you should consider fourwheeled transport. Constructive critisizm is one thing and in my opinion acceptable whereas ill informed putdowns come across as offensive.
perhaps me and hipster are the ill informed ones, i was under the impression that 100% Biker was geared towards custom bikes......
it is !

between the boardtrackers and streetfighters that appear too regularly :D

[flyrite]

Totally agree , you still rolling round on that 96 incher flyrite ????
yup, sure am, just sold my bobber though

[John Hopkins]

I cant speak for hipster but i'm a bundle of sunshine, i've been sitting here laughing mostly at your blinkered comment and partly at hipsters funny replies.
if you are so concerned about a bit of road dirt perhaps you should consider fourwheeled transport. Constructive critisizm is one thing and in my opinion acceptable whereas ill informed putdowns come across as offensive.
perhaps me and hipster are the ill informed ones, i was under the impression that 100% Biker was geared towards custom bikes......

You'll find quite a few bikers who clean their bikes and look after them, some of us can't afford to buy a new bike evey year and although I have never bought a new bike, the ones I have bought have always been looked after by me... :D John

And the people on this forum ride everything...

[cherryB]

its been said before on here, many times, that its rude to criticise someone elses bike. If you dont like it, say nowt, cos obviously the person who owns it loves it. If anyone criticised my bike, I would jump on a chair and give em a slap. :D

That said, John would'nt be deliberately rude to anyone, cos he's a very nice chap. Now all shake hands, make friends and play nice. :D

[hipster]

Agreed!! as for street fighters, havent they got their own mag???

[madastoast]

Agreed!! as for street fighters, havent they got their own mag???
yep! but the editor filtered through to 100% when Pat defected to Portugal :D

[hipster]

You'll find quite a few bikers who clean their bikes and look after them, some of us can't afford to buy a new bike evey year and although I have never bought a new bike, the ones I have bought have always been looked after by me... :D John

And the people on this forum ride everything...

i clean my bike, i also carnt afford a new bike each year, i sold everything i owned to buy my harley motor, built everything myself like the frame, oil tank, modified the petrol tank, fender, handlebars,built the exhausts,ect ect ect. It runs no mudguards or speedo or any other crap and i try and keep out the mud too.

[flyrite]

You'll find quite a few bikers who clean their bikes and look after them, some of us can't afford to buy a new bike evey year and although I have never bought a new bike, the ones I have bought have always been looked after by me... :D John

And the people on this forum ride everything...
I clean and look after my bikes too, i wasnt suggesting people on this forum don't and i dont buy a new bike every year, I build one because i like custombikes, i do have views on stock bikes but i am from the same school of thinking as cherryb, so on that note i'm outta here. My apologies, this isnt the place for me.

[cherryB]

My bike is cleaned and polished to within an inch of its life. It gets dusted before I go out and polished when it comes back. Thats why after 17000 miles it still looks in showroom condition.

People mock, but bollocks, it cost a lot of money, I love it and want to protect it and no I cant afford a new one every year. But I wouldnt part with it even if I could, because its got my personality on it, it's taken me on 17000 very happy miles, ( cept when we came back from Ashfield massive and got lost in the middle of the bloody night) and its mine. ;)

[hipster]

I clean and look after my bikes too, i wasnt suggesting people on this forum don't and i dont buy a new bike every year, I build one because i like custombikes, i do have views on stock bikes but i am from the same school of thinking as cherryb, so on that note i'm outta here. My apologies, this isnt the place for me.


this really isnt the place for me either, i dont know whats worse, this forum or the brit chopper one. Im out of here . :cool:

[flyrite]

I just wanted to come back to refuse to shake hands with John. I'm off to the Vmax owners club forum to talk about choppers,

[madastoast]

I clean and look after my bikes too, i wasnt suggesting people on this forum don't and i dont buy a new bike every year, I build one because i like custombikes, i do have views on stock bikes but i am from the same school of thinking as cherryb, so on that note i'm outta here. My apologies, this isnt the place for me.
'tis a shame you seem ajust right for here

[madastoast]

this really isnt the place for me either, i dont know whats worse, this forum or the brit chopper one. Im out of here . :cool:
It probably is you just got off to an odd start :D

[cherryB]

I agree. You shouldnt bugger off when we're just getting to know you and we do have Harleys in common. We need all the support we can get on here cos they all take the piss :D :D :D

But tis water of the proverbial ducks back to me :rolleyes:

[hipster]

I just wanted to come back to refuse to shake hands with John. I'm off to the Vmax owners club forum to talk about choppers,


Right behind ya Flyrite, there again theres a nice matt black GS 550 with the seat rails cut out that everyones raving about on B********r we could have a look at , its in the chop section for some bizzare reason :confused:

[hipster]

I agree. You shouldnt bugger off when we're just getting to know you and we do have Harleys in common. We need all the support we can get on here cos they all take the piss

But tis water of the proverbial ducks back to me :rolleyes:

I`ll be back :D this site is far to entertaining

[hipster]

heres one of mine

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3174/0603081928sc6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[John Hopkins]

he he, I'm with hipster, there are a select few people on these forums who are very talented decent people, but it seems the majority is made up of wallys who know nothing but like slagging people down, the same advert for that gold bike was posted on britchopper and the first post after was 'nah, looks ****' or something to that effect. the bike was built by a garage builder on a budget and these are the people that should be supported, it wasnt just johns comment, check out any post of a well built bike with a lot of imagination and skill and you will get some poojab making a ridiculous ill informed comment, why do it? If you want to talk about stock bikes go to an owners club meeting or at very least support the people who are building custom bikes.

Well maybe if you think the triumph is so great you should buy it, but with no speedo, or silencers, don't be suprised when you get pulled over, and don't come bleating about how the law don't appreciate a well modified garage built bike..John

[hipster]

he he, I'm with hipster, there are a select few people on these forums who are very talented decent people, but it seems the majority is made up of wallys who know nothing but like slagging people down, the same advert for that gold bike was posted on britchopper and the first post after was 'nah, looks ****' or something to that effect. the bike was built by a garage builder on a budget and these are the people that should be supported, it wasnt just johns comment, check out any post of a well built bike with a lot of imagination and skill and you will get some poojab making a ridiculous ill informed comment, why do it? If you want to talk about stock bikes go to an owners club meeting or at very least support the people who are building custom bikes.

I saw the post, its typical of the sad biker community we have in this country. If ya carnt do it , slag it down. Its just to easy to ride a stock bike, join a load of forums and have a bitch at the people who are having a dam good go at trying to build something differant. they seem to think just cus they have the biggest engine in their bikes that they can afford then it makes them "more of a biker",instead of building a kick ass bike to make them stand out in a crowd, its easier to shave their curly hair into a mohawk , dye it red or fuckin green, put on a t shirt that says "im with stupid" and cover themselves in badges. Pathetic!!!!!!

[flyrite]

Well maybe if you think the triumph is so great you should buy it, but with no speedo, or silencers, don't be suprised when you get pulled over, and don't come bleating about how the law don't appreciate a well modified garage built bike..John
you really don't get this do you John,

[hipster]

I think its because they have nothing to talk about, no idea and no interest in anything but drinking newcastle brown, playing hop scotch and dancing aroung in womens clothes and wigs, that they have to display their entire life on their jackets. " here is a list of all the bands i like. " here is a list of all the rallies ive been too. " these are the bikes i like". All displayed on their coats so you dont have to talk to them, not that you would want too really.

i can hear them now " we still gong to butmunchers rally this weekend?" "yes we could do , i havent seen Cowboy and Moonchild since last year" "ok great, you still going to dye your hair espesially for the weekend? well if you do can i have what ever dye you have left so i can do my breard?" UNBELIVEABLE !!!!

[flyrite]

and it's not actually a triumph, but I don't spose you noticed that, just pick out all the bad bits right? thats clever, ride a stock bike ( a badly designed one at that) join a forum linked to a well known custombike magazine and then start slagging choppers down and complaining about lack of silencers. I just realized why i do my utmost to have as little contact with stiffs like you as i can.

[John Hopkins]

Ok so you have just come on here for a wind up, all of us noticed the sticker on the side of the tank, and can see that it's not roadworthy but clean but you come on and show us a couple of out of focus bikes that you claim are yours and expect us to wet ourselves, if you claim you built them, maybe you did, one of them is so out of focus it could be chinese..but if you really built them I am still not impressesd. There are much better builders than you using this forum. one in particular makes your bikes look like scrap..He doesn't boast and run down other rides, He starts a build and posts it step by step and asks for comments, every year, on his birthday he invites those that want to attend to a free party, no charge, just turn up and welcome..You two are rubbish campared to him, just a couple of spoilt rich kids looking for trouble..Now you have rubbished my bikes..I don't care..and you can say what you want about me..but you also insulted my wife, and that I will not swallow...You don't even know my wife and as the two of you seem to like each others company so much and pink bike seats you are probably a couple of poofs anyway...Now here's the thing..I don't hide behind false names, my name is up there on each post...My address is there too, the bit of my address that isn't posted is in the phone book for all to see..If you are looking for trouble come and get it..you can even keep your bike armour helmet and gloves on, you can come one at a time or both together and I will face you or anyone else that feels the need by myself and in my shirtsleeves. I don't care how big you think you are you will remember this meet for as long as you live...Now put up or shut up..John Hopkins..name and address supplied

[Taff]

Ok so you have just come on here for a wind up, all of us noticed the sticker on the side of the tank

I never, the pic's gone, what was it?

[madastoast]

I missed it too

[flyrite]

John, you really have missed the point, please read back through my previous posts, I have neither bragged or hurled personal insults at you. Make sure you read my posts and dont mix them up with Hipsters or anyone elses
It seems to me you just want to have a go at people and you havent even read half the comments after the one you made about the bike being a show bike. I am fully aware that the are much more skilled people than me in the world of custom bike building and I enjoy reading about their build ups, Rob from Britchopper is one of them, very talented man, cool stuff. where in my previous posts does it say i am a better builder than anyone else? i don't think it does does it john? so you accuse me of boasting? I used to post my builds step by step but got so dissolusioned with put downs and people like you it put me off doing it. If you dont like my bikes or have nothing constructive to say, fine but move on and find something you do like and leave a constructive comment. So this other builders bikes makes my bikes look like scrap, are you really qualified to say that John? are you a painter? fabricator? Tig welder? machinist? Mechanic? what can you see in the photo of my bike that is badly built and wich bit of the other builders makes my bike scrap? I'm sure his bikes are very good, but what is it about his bikes that are so much better than mine? I'm not disagreeing with you, perhaps his bikes are better than mine, but i'd like to know how you came to that conclusion or is it just aesthetics you are going on or just opening your mouth withouth thinking? sounds like another judgemental unthought out comment to me John.
Spoilt rich kid? there you go again, John, I wish I had the time and money and space to throw a free party on my birthday and build bikes for fun in my big shed and but alas I am usually working and working hard doing what i love and trying to promote biking and custom biking in general
Insult your wife? I have done no such thing, i have never met the lady, you on the otherhand have just called me a poof, so there you go again.
now you are offering to fight me? well, you sound like a really top drawer kind of fella John.
John, the only reason I felt the need to post was because you made a comment on the bike that wasnt only derogatory but also an insult to the owner/ builder, as it happens I do know the chap but I would have stuck up for anyone (including you)who had their hard work and persona rubished by someone he had never met.
did it not cross your mind that the poor bloke is just trying to sell his bike in the classifieds section and you comment right after it isnt really going to help?
My only issue was that there is someone who is a harmless bloke and building bikes in his garage and he gets slagged by the first person who comes across his post. It wasn't just your comment John, lots of people are like it, It just frustrates me. the chap who owns the bike also read your comment and put him off this forum for good, way to go John, lets stick together.
I Haven't rubbished you bike, only a small comment about them not being the best designed bikes in the world., but why should that offend you? you didnt build it and put all your time into creating it. i however did build the bike in the last pic and you have told me it's crap and have also questioned my sexuality and my work ethics, what part of my posts warranted such abuse?
Maybe I am the one in the wrong but its a sad day for me, I was hoping that the kind of comments you made were posted by kids or dicks that dont even ride but am saddened to kow that a grown man who has been riding most of his life feels the need to put other bikers down.
I dont think i'm big, I dont think I'm 'ard and i don't think that I am the best bike builder in the world. I am neither, rich, a kid or a poof, I am however a hard working individual who has a passion for bikes and the lifestyle they provide me and it winds me up. And while you may be knowledgeable enough to condemn that black bike I posted as being 'crap' you'll find that there are one or two people that actually quite like my bikes.
I urge you to go back and read the comments and understand why me and Hipster ( although perhaps his comment were a little strong) got so wound up.
It's people like you that make it bad for people like us.
It really is my mistake for entering onto a forum like this and for that I apologise, i meant it when I said this place isnt for me, I like custom bikes, I'll help other people where I can and i will take advice and learn when I can, but slagging each other aint my thing.
Neither do i hide behind false names,
My name is Benny Thomas and all my contact details can be found at www.boneshakerchoppers.co.uk if you are ever passing you are more than welcome to pop in and have a cup of tea with me, it's actually quite a friendly atmosphere at my place but i ask you to please leave your offensive comments and violent threats at the door. I will not tolerate violence or threats in any form.
I hope you see my point and realize that nothing I have said was directly aimed at you or your family or meant n a persoanl level. you just took the brunt of my aggression ( and apparently hipsters) as your comment was the straw that broke the camels back as it were.
right, you've wasted enough of my time

[gurnE]

I never, the pic's gone, what was it?

A Flyrite sticker on the side of the Triumph/Kwak in the Ebay add....

This post is funny.

I think both sides are making a few blinkered comments, we all like different things and its bloody lucky we do.

I like Harleys, Chops, fighters, sportsbikes, classics, trailies, scooters (pref chopped ones) and weird**** like Dneprs but then again I'm a bt odd.
I very much like that Triumph and would happily use it every day (And the noise thing is irrelevant John as '79 is prior to noise regs :D )

I also think V-Maxs are great fun and hve a lot of potential. :cool:

Anyway, carry on!

[chazz]

back to the bike,i quite like it, needs apes though :rolleyes:

[RIDLER]

This is class , im rolled up with the replies , Im at work trying to get on with the build of my exile copy trike and have to keep coming back to look at this thread for entertainment , Oh and I have a mohawk , but no dye or badges here :)

[RIDLER]

back to the bike,i quite like it, needs apes though :rolleyes:


Oh yeah the bike , like it alot , not totally what Id go for but thats whats great about it , each to thier own . :D

[flyrite]

A Flyrite sticker on the side of the Triumph/Kwak in the Ebay add....

This post is funny.

I think both sides are making a few blinkered comments, we all like different things and its bloody lucky we do.

I like Harleys, Chops, fighters, sportsbikes, classics, trailies, scooters (pref chopped ones) and weird**** like Dneprs but then again I'm a bt odd.
I very much like that Triumph and would happily use it every day (And the noise thing is irrelevant John as '79 is prior to noise regs :D )

I also think V-Maxs are great fun and hve a lot of potential. :cool:

Anyway, carry on!
quite right. yep it had a Fyrite sticker because i gave him a Flyrite sticker when he bought some other Fyrite parts from me for another project.
it would be a very boring world if we all like the same style of custom bike and i too appreciate many differnet styles/ engine configurations having owned and built bikes around many different motors, ' I would change the zeds to apes if it were my bike' is a constructive comment and one i would welcome if it were my bike up there ( although I am quite fond of twisted zeds...) hopefully someone can see my point? Cherryb nailed it when they said 'if you havent got anything good to say, don't say anything at all'
there are so many talented builders on these forums, both home builders and people who do it for a living and it's a real shame to see any of them being put down on a personal level, what happened to a bit of support.
My exmissus had a habit of walking round shops and picking up an item of clothing and saying 'oooh, I don't like that' well don't fucking look at it then, find something you do like so we can get out of here.
Anyway, I'm going to sit back and wait till Hipster sees Johns last comment...

[v8_trike]

Ridler.. same here, at work, not getting much trike building done though.. this is the best post on the forum in ages :D

[shaggy696969]

Reminds me a bit of Fonzies bike from Happy Days, I like the idea of it maybe with different bars and better braking........ I dont see the point in slating bikes in the classified section, second time this week john you upset a poster trying to sell their bike. because it is somewhere where someone is tryng to sell something, but it is a discussion forum so expect it in other parts, I'll slate a particular type as i think the price needs moderation for the quality your buying, but some people love em and bite so well, as do Vmax owners. And for the record my lass is a big lass with Tattoo's on her tits and rides a yellow Vmax Trike, it was her Vmax trike in Brit Chopper, an I love em both. None of my bikes have been standard My speedie being the closest to it and can appreciate any bike thats had a serious amount of work done on it. each to there own, but maybe if you didnt want comments on a bike the chat rooms isnt the best plase to stick up firsts posts about it. As people with nowt better to do will coment. Jokes and wind up's are one thing but maybe in general discussion rather than in someones classified ad.

[hipster]

Ridler.. same here, at work, not getting much trike building done though.. this is the best post on the forum in ages :D


Agreed, and all thanks to a prick called John.

[hipster]

Ok so you have just come on here for a wind up, all of us noticed the sticker on the side of the tank, and can see that it's not roadworthy but clean but you come on and show us a couple of out of focus bikes that you claim are yours and expect us to wet ourselves, if you claim you built them, maybe you did, one of them is so out of focus it could be chinese..but if you really built them I am still not impressesd. There are much better builders than you using this forum. one in particular makes your bikes look like scrap..He doesn't boast and run down other rides, He starts a build and posts it step by step and asks for comments, every year, on his birthday he invites those that want to attend to a free party, no charge, just turn up and welcome..You two are rubbish campared to him, just a couple of spoilt rich kids looking for trouble..Now you have rubbished my bikes..I don't care..and you can say what you want about me..but you also insulted my wife, and that I will not swallow...You don't even know my wife and as the two of you seem to like each others company so much and pink bike seats you are probably a couple of poofs anyway...Now here's the thing..I don't hide behind false names, my name is up there on each post...My address is there too, the bit of my address that isn't posted is in the phone book for all to see..If you are looking for trouble come and get it..you can even keep your bike armour helmet and gloves on, you can come one at a time or both together and I will face you or anyone else that feels the need by myself and in my shirtsleeves. I don't care how big you think you are you will remember this meet for as long as you live...Now put up or shut up..John Hopkins..name and address supplied


Thank you for your comments, did it really take you all night to come up with all that? As for my comments about your wife, i was just winding you up, i would only class what i said as an insult if she was really fat with tattoos on her tits. Not that there is anything wrong with that, it sort of goes with the whole stock bike riding rally going big mouth twat that you have made yourself out to be. As Flyrite says in his post , the bloke is trying to sell his bike to fund another build, then you come along and pretty much tell everyone on here who had any interest in it that its not worth buying. NICE very nice of you . Can you see why people jump down your throat???As for this other builder you keep going on about, so fuckin what!!!!! so he bulds bikes as well, big fuckin deal. Its not me whos the poof on here im not raving on about another bloke and how great he is. He sounds like the rich kid to me.Im next door to Bone shakers if you want to come up for a cup of tea to.

[spindle]

what a bastard i had to work last night, missed a stonker,

ok where do i start

hipster first,

nowt wrong with twisted zeds, got a set on my new ride, so there ya big pumpkin :p , i also raced a vmax for two years on the straightliners drag scene, it was tuned to fuk by by brother who worked for V and M, i never took in fields, well not intentionally anyhow, the handling was crap, thats why i went strip racing, no bends


Mr thomas,

same to you with knobs on about the v max, i liked mine, in a straight line kinda way, :D :D , and i know your a poof, male bonding in your garage is out of control, blame rob and scotty, but it does go on :D and there is nothing wrong with admitting to owning an eleven bedroom mansion in the midlands countryside with indoor pool and bunny girls at your beck and call, tis the only reason i visit so much, and i do think your bikes are cool, ive owned two of them.............benny for president

taff

was a flyrite sticker you missed


cherryb


post me a photo of your ride, you promised ages ago but still havent


john,

i posted the add off ebay, i kinda spotted it was a benny bike cos i know and like his style

bloody hell mate, take the bate and chew or what, your a grown man for godsake, benny is the coolest guy ive met in ages, and i promise you his offer of tea and beer in his shop is most certainly sincere, he aint a poof, but i do call him one coz i want to, and his current misses would be pissed if he does come out of the clossett, (althogh i would look after her if he does pop out the clossett) and if you do visit, stay clear of the toilet its evil it bites it throws the **** back at you

to offer a fight is a tad childish, cmon ffs, is a bike,

[jabba]

he wears combats

Oh heck when did combats go out of fashion ;)

Cool bike though even those hand grip I got loads of stick for havin some green glow in the dark ones years ago :D

[cherryB]

Spindle, I sent you a pic of my bike before, or at least I thought I did. AND I posted a pic on ere too. But hey guess what, mate its got more bling on now so an update is in order I think. :D

And Flyrite and Hipster - youre only a few miles from where I live so I'm gonna be paying you a visit - in me shirt sleeves - and you can keep your armour and helmets on - and I'm gonna waltz right in there and put the kettle on.

So expect a visit from the the queen of bling :D :D :D

[hipster]

[QUOTE=spindle]what a bastard i had to work last night, missed a stonker,

ok where do i start

hipster first,

nowt wrong with twisted zeds, got a set on my new ride, so there ya big pumpkin :p , i also raced a vmax for two years on the straightliners drag scene.

I love twisted Zed bars ,dont know why you think i dont, i also like V max`s i had a full power one when i lived in the states.Ive also built 3 into trikes. My beef isnt about the bikes people ride, i couldnt give a hoot as long as i have mine the rest of you can ride what you like . What i dont like is pricks like John spouting off aboutsomething they know nothing about. I1d like to see a custom bike he s built.

[spindle]

fuk nose where i got the idea, to many posts for me to absorb, i only have a small brain enclosed in a fuking thick skull, hey ho, my max was full power, and cammed and v boost locked, and all sorts of other things, fukme it was fast in a straight line, it went round bends with someone on the back, but never got too many offers off pillions to go for a spin, ha ha ha ha

[spindle]

cheeryb, mail me a piccie of your ride

spindle65@aol.com

i have two sugars in me tea, cheers

[shaggy696969]

Due to my stature, I didnt need no one sat on the back, of my max to make it handle , before I triked it for the wife.

[hipster]

Oh heck when did combats go out of fashion ;)

Cool bike though even those hand grip I got loads of stick for havin some green glow in the dark ones years ago :D

Go OUT of fashion?????

[madastoast]

It's me that doesn't like the twisted zed's :D

[spindle]

................and theres nowt wrong with flyrite stickers, got them all over my beer fridge.............

[flyrite]

so thats were they all went, thieving pikey

[Bassman]

why don't we have a bit less of the "Pricks" type of obnoxious kiddy name calling eh?

[flyrite]

he started it :)

[Bassman]

doesnt matter who started it... why not let it drop instead of carrying on the pathetic name calling..

and in fact it was Hipster who bit big time, and started the kiddy stuff..

[flyrite]

but but but daaaaaaaaaad

[Bassman]

:D :D ................

[neil1340]

doesnt matter who started it... why not let it drop instead of carrying on the pathetic name calling..

and in fact it was Hipster who bit big time, and started the kiddy stuff..

i agree with hipster all the way, the guys a moron

[Bassman]

i agree with hipster all the way, the guys a moron

Yawn........

[flyrite]

That is BOLLOCKS. I've owned a new one and it was a dangerous pile of crap. I've also bought and rode new bikes that cost more than most of them


I'll bet little boys come up to you in the street and say " Cor Mr, is that a Harley" . Makes you feel elite , does it?
can you elaborate a little on why you didnt like it?

[hipster]

That is BOLLOCKS. I've owned a new one and it was a dangerous pile of crap. I've also bought and rode new bikes that cost more than most of them


I'll bet little boys come up to you in the street and say " Cor Mr, is that a Harley" . Makes you feel elite , does it?

Is that why you bought one then ? to attract little boys in the street ?? Im not saying Harleys are the best handling bikes, i never have. they handle even worse with 12" over springers on them too. I build the bikes i build for me and me only not to get attention from little boys as you put it. as for telling us how can buy new bikes all the time, who the hell cares?? certainly not me. I take it your quite close to john then ???

[flyrite]

yep, the AMF years were not the best times, hardly a reason to condemn Harleys in general though

[hipster]

1977 xlcr . The AMF model with the exploding gearbox. Mine did it after 800 miles on a Motorway sliproad and put me in hospital for 3 months. Every bike sold by them at that time had the same problem and a few people got hurt.


A 1977 xlcr ? well there you go then, its like trying to compare the triumph rocket 3 to the tiger cub. Get a grip.

I apolagise to anyone who owns one, not that im against them but in a row over how good a Harley is, it really isnt the best example to bring up. I have friends who ride them with no problems.

[flyrite]

A 1977 xlcr ? well there you go then, its like trying to compare the triumph rocket 3 to the tiger cub. Get a grip.
he has a valid point there

[Bassman]

especially as it was what, 31 years ago... :rolleyes:

I had a Honda 250 back then , and that was ****e... doesnt mean they all are now tho..

Mind you thats not counting those girlie sportsters... :p

[hipster]

especially as it was what, 31 years ago... :rolleyes:

I had a Honda 250 back then , and that was ****e... doesnt mean they all are now tho..

Mind you thats not counting those girlie sportsters... :p

My girlfriend has a sportster , hardtailed with 10" over springers , nowt girly about that. :)

[flyrite]

especially as it was what, 31 years ago... :rolleyes:

I had a Honda 250 back then , and that was ****e... doesnt mean they all are now tho..

Mind you thats not counting those girlie sportsters... :p
nothing wrong with sporties, I wouldnt have one straight off the shop floor but they make stonkin choppers

[cherryB]

Now look you lot. I am not a bloke and I dont know feck all about mechanics and I will never profess to know. BUT as with anything, be it car, bike, caravan, boat, elecric kettle - you are always gonna get some that play up.

Harley are fooking gorgeous and thats a fact. Thats my opinion and if ya dont like it - tough sheet.

Thats not to say I dont like other bikes. I do, but I cant ride them and I dont want to try. But we love what we ride, thats why we ride them. Aint that the case? Now FFS sake stop bickering on Good Friday :D :D

[hipster]

Now look you lot. I am not a bloke and I dont know feck all about mechanics and I will never profess to know. BUT as with anything, be it car, bike, caravan, boat, elecric kettle - you are always gonna get some that play up.

Harley are fooking gorgeous and thats a fact. Thats my opinion and if ya dont like it - tough sheet.

Thats not to say I dont like other bikes. I do, but I cant ride them and I dont want to try. But we love what we ride, thats why we ride them. Aint that the case? Now FFS sake stop bickering on Good Friday :D :D

I totally agree with you , apart from the bickering part. I love my Harley and have no desire to ride anything else. Althoughi did go through a stage when i wanted the best thing that came out of japan, so i treated myself to a flat screen TV

[hipster]

Agreed. I bought one because it went with the patches. It was what one did at the time.

I'm not 'close' to John but Hipsters comment got right up my nose. I'm entitled to my opinion as he is to his and mine is influenced by my experience.
That bike broke my heart, my wallet and many bones. Harley's corporate attitude of the time didn't help.
So build one yourself, you will only have yourself to blame if anything goes wrong. I really thought this was a bike forum for people who were passionate about custom bikes. I stand corrected :mad:

[v8_trike]

PMSL :D

You do know that although Englishmen make the best lovers, the Japanese make them smaller and cheaper



And without the oil leaks... :)

[shaggy696969]

were passionate about custom bikes. I stand corrected :mad:
Where did you get that idea from its 100% biker not chopper or the like people build and ride what they want without the need of pre conceptions. If you want a chop only site I suggest you go find one and take the childish banter there.

[cherryB]

I totally agree with you , apart from the bickering part. I love my Harley and have no desire to ride anything else. Althoughi did go through a stage when i wanted the best thing that came out of japan, so i treated myself to a flat screen TV


I'm glad you said TV cos I hate suishi - dont you? :D

[jabba]

This is a forum for all bikers

Yep I have a bmw and they still let me in :cool:

[hipster]

Where did you get that idea from its 100% biker not chopper or the like people build and ride what they want without the need of pre conceptions. If you want a chop only site I suggest you go find one and take the childish banter there.

here we go again, why dont you pick up a copy of 100% biker and have a look what is says in the top left hand side of the FRONT cover, or even have a look at the top of this page, im sure if my eyes dont decieve me that it says "A custom bike magazine custom built for bikers" .

[shaggy696969]

And what does it say under the word BIKER

[hipster]

And what does it say under the word BIKER

it says Chops, Trikes, Streetfighters. All i think come under the catagory of custom.

[flyrite]

I Have to be honest, i thought 100% Biker was a magazine for people who were into building or riding choppers and custom 2 or 3 wheelers in general or at least had a substantial interest in them and I naively assumed the forum
would consist of those same people.

[shaggy696969]

But you seem to have a very blinkered view on what is custom, Plus the mag is a lifestyle mag too for Bikers, not Bobbers Hot rodders or rednecks its for all cultures of Bikers. IMHO Bobbing is the entry level custom scene. Not very imaginative the original bobbers were just stripped down bikes to make em quicker on the us side here in Britain we had Cafe racers simmilar ethos but also designed after the race style bikes. But better engineered as a whole. Bobbing Old skool ol school or whatever the fuck it is is a americanism clutching at the tailcoats fof OCC and the ilk to forge a fashion that doesnt work here. Ok for overpaid yanks but just IMHO doesnt have a place here.

[spindle]

so thats were they all went, thieving pikey



top o the mornin to you, and the rest o the deey to yourself, would you luyke ya drive tarmacin, and the wife will sharpen your scissors
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[spindle]

It's me that doesn't like the twisted zed's :D



BUGGER, knew id read it somewhere

[spindle]

i agree with hipster all the way, the guys a moron



mornin neil, :p :eek: :confused:

[spindle]

Mind you thats not counting those girlie sportsters... :p




BITCH, i'll slap you, ha ha ha

[spindle]

Yep I have a bmw and they still let me in :cool:


there sits a brave man admitting that, ha ha ha ha ha

[flyrite]

But you seem to have a very blinkered view on what is custom, Plus the mag is a lifestyle mag too for Bikers, not Bobbers Hot rodders or rednecks its for all cultures of Bikers. IMHO Bobbing is the entry level custom scene. Not very imaginative the original bobbers were just stripped down bikes to make em quicker on the us side here in Britain we had Cafe racers simmilar ethos but also designed after the race style bikes. But better engineered as a whole. Bobbing Old skool ol school or whatever the fuck it is is a americanism clutching at the tailcoats fof OCC and the ilk to forge a fashion that doesnt work here. Ok for overpaid yanks but just IMHO doesnt have a place here.
I agree with to an extent and your defintion of a bobber is spot on although I wouldn't say that bobber are entry level customs at all, not if it's done right and a lot of cafe racers were complete ****e (although not all of them before you jump down my neck, I love them)
If you are putting OCC into the same sentence as traditonal customs wether they be american or english I think that proves you have a limited knowledge of any of the history attached to such bikes. It doesnt work for you here because you are not involved in it, wich is fine. it's not your thing.
I think people should chop, ride, leave stock whatever they want to do, but leave out the slagging when someone has put a lot of work into a bike, thats all my initial grievance was.
There are many different cultures and subcultures within the custom biking community, I dont cast my opinion on bikes or trikes I dont understand, so why should the likes of John make such ill informed comments? I see it's not the first time he has offended someone who has put a bike up in the classifieds

[hipster]

But you seem to have a very blinkered view on what is custom, Plus the mag is a lifestyle mag too for Bikers, not Bobbers Hot rodders or rednecks its for all cultures of Bikers. IMHO Bobbing is the entry level custom scene. Not very imaginative the original bobbers were just stripped down bikes to make em quicker on the us side here in Britain we had Cafe racers simmilar ethos but also designed after the race style bikes. But better engineered as a whole. Bobbing Old skool ol school or whatever the fuck it is is a americanism clutching at the tailcoats fof OCC and the ilk to forge a fashion that doesnt work here. Ok for overpaid yanks but just IMHO doesnt have a place here.


A blinkered view???? i build custom bikes for a living, so ive got a pretty good idea.

[Nik]

Harleys rule !!!!! the people who shag em off either have never rode one , or can not afford one.

Not strictly true, guv. ;)

[hipster]

Not strictly true, guv. ;)


maybe not :) Time for me to say good bye.

[spindle]

wow, 13 pages, cmon guys gotta get my post count up, ha ha ha

[Nik]

wow, 13 pages, cmon guys gotta get my post count up, ha ha ha

Eyup, Spindle, how's you? :)

[cherryB]

Yep I have a bmw and they still let me in :cool:


but this has nothing to do with the bike Jabba, its cos your nice. Now your bike on the other hand............................ :D :D

[neil1340]

A very interesting thread.

[flyrite]

it has been fun, thanks to all involved

[Bassman]

Gotta say though Benny... i do happen to like your bikes..
Nice lightweight cut down Harleys.. simple and fun.. looks good mate... keep em coming.. maybe one day i will have enough money to get you to do summat with me springer..

[shaggy696969]

it has been fun, thanks to all involved
Pleased to help, jus a pity mr hopkins aint about to continue what he started.

[flyrite]

Gotta say though Benny... i do happen to like your bikes..
Nice lightweight cut down Harleys.. simple and fun.. looks good mate... keep em coming.. maybe one day i will have enough money to get you to do summat with me springer..
Thats very kind of you to say, thankyou, nothing wrong with your springer but you could always sell it and get me to build you something :)

[flyrite]

Pleased to help, jus a pity mr hopkins aint about to continue what he started.
I'm sure he'll be back

[shaggy696969]

True ................. Bassman owned prob THE ONLY Harley i would have liked to own ............

[Borg]

My girlfriend has a sportster , hardtailed with 10" over springers , nowt girly about that. :)


Shes got a hard tail and 10" overs ? Does she have tattoos on them 10" overs ?

[hipster]

Shes got a hard tail and 10" overs ? Does she have tattoos on them 10" overs ?

Eh????????????????????????

[Bosun]

nasty people talking about motorcycles :)

[Taff]

Gotta say this has been an interesting thread, if a trifle unnecessarily abusive at times. Still beats hearing about some fucker's poorly dog, noisy neighbour, or, and it's not unmentioned on here, some fat bastard's haemorrhoids.
I must admit, the bike that started all this is one fucking cool ass bike. Not what i'd build meself, but i sure wouldn't be adverse to blasting about on it, nor worried about being seen, which i would be about most of the pseudo rats which get such high acclaim on here, bleating about how they built it on a shoestring blah blah fucking blah.
That looks like a good example of a jean-you-wine custom bike built at low cost, and not a rolling advert for Wilkinsons barbeque paint and a living testament to the 'builder's' incompetence with spanners.
And just for the record, i hate that word 'bobber', it seems to apply to any bike on ebay now with cut down seat panels, a fucked up back mudguard, and no front mudguard. True examples of the style used to be known in Easyrider as 'bar hoppers' way back when. And by 'true', no, i don't mean Harley engined, i'd class this dude's bike (http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fonz9a709cd7kw5.jpg) as a perfect example of the genre for definite.

[Bosun]

nicely said taff
and think bike in that picture had a lot to do with my wanting a bike and ultimately triumphs

[hermann]

Well thats half an hour of my life I wont get back ;)
This is a nice bike, not my thing, but I respect anyone who'll go into the garage and knuckle down to build something, cos I'm a lazy fuck and at the best of times find it hard to get motivated (Then when I am motivated rush into a job and have to get someone who knows what their doing to do it properly :o )
On the subject of commenting on other peoples bikes, I've been keeping an eye out recently for a chop and looking reguraly on evilbay at whats out there and keep stumbling on custom bikes which make me wince a little and think that the builders should maybe have their tools taken off them. Is it my place to say to them? Not really, just means I look for something that I do like to blat around on.
Bobbing Old skool ol school or whatever the fuck it is is a americanism clutching at the tailcoats fof OCC and the ilk to forge a fashion that doesnt work here. Ok for overpaid yanks but just IMHO doesnt have a place here.
Don't want to start a huge debate on what is a bobber (Cos I dont have five lifetimes for the what is a custom/chop/lowrider/biker discussions that follow, but I'd always seen the 'bobber thing as a reaction to the occ, to coin a horrible american phrase cookie cutter, bikes which OCC and there ilk jumped on the bandwagon of. If you look on the jockey journal site moany of those guys are building in garages or are cheaper end operations. If you meant your sick of bobber being applied to everything with two wheels, a custom frame and an engine absolutely agree with you

[Grav]

Blimey, was Visordown getting boring again and a couple of them had a day out or what? :D

[shaggy696969]

Gotta say this dude's bike (http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fonz9a709cd7kw5.jpg) is a perfect example of the genre for definite.
Absolutely spot on.

[Zaphod]

If anyone criticised my bike, I would jump on a chair and give em a slap. :D


i'll bring the chair ...

can i start criticising now ? please miss :p :D

[Shifty]

1977 xlcr . The AMF model with the exploding gearbox. Mine did it after 800 miles on a Motorway sliproad and put me in hospital for 3 months. Every bike sold by them at that time had the same problem and a few people got hurt.

The fact that you had one new over 30 years ago doesn't mean the current ones are crap. '77 was during the AMF era, when the company was owned by people who knew fuck all about bikes and wouldn't invest. Modern Harleys are nothing like those ones. My '99 model Superglide is totally reliable, nothing whatsoever has gone wrong with it up to press.

[Bassman]

ah well... you know what its like..

I mean i won't use Dunlop tyres...

had a puncture in one in 1965..

last time i buy one of those...

[Nik]

ah well... you know what its like..

I mean i won't use Dunlop tyres...

had a puncture in one in 1965..

last time i buy one of those...

:D .................

[spindle]

Eyup, Spindle, how's you? :)


happiest man alive, and you are ok i hope, did you ever get back to boom?

[spindle]

Gotta say this has been an interesting thread, if a trifle unnecessarily abusive at times. Still beats hearing about some fucker's poorly dog, noisy neighbour, or, and it's not unmentioned on here, some fat bastard's haemorrhoids.
I must admit, the bike that started all this is one fucking cool ass bike. Not what i'd build meself, but i sure wouldn't be adverse to blasting about on it, nor worried about being seen, which i would be about most of the pseudo rats which get such high acclaim on here, bleating about how they built it on a shoestring blah blah fucking blah.
That looks like a good example of a jean-you-wine custom bike built at low cost, and not a rolling advert for Wilkinsons barbeque paint and a living testament to the 'builder's' incompetence with spanners.
And just for the record, i hate that word 'bobber', it seems to apply to any bike on ebay now with cut down seat panels, a fucked up back mudguard, and no front mudguard. True examples of the style used to be known in Easyrider as 'bar hoppers' way back when. And by 'true', no, i don't mean Harley engined, i'd class this dude's bike (http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fonz9a709cd7kw5.jpg) as a perfect example of the genre for definite.


happy days taff, happy days, ha ha ha

[Nik]

happiest man alive, and you are ok i hope, did you ever get back to boom?

Not yet, still Winter, mate. When the weather gets better I will! :)

[spindle]

most of the pseudo rats which get such high acclaim on here, bleating about how they built it on a shoestring blah blah fucking blah. a rolling advert for Wilkinsons barbeque paint and a living testament to the 'builder's' incompetence with spanners.
.


HA HA HA HA


never did understand the rat / survival bike thing, even though nik did his best to define the difference to me, which i appreciated, some of the "top end" survival bikes that have been built are cool examples of engineering, shame they cover it in wilkinsons barbeque paint................and i would never critisie someones spanner work, especially after seeing my own attempts, DOH!!

[spindle]

Not yet, still Winter, mate. When the weather gets better I will! :)


drove past today on my way back to the yard, was a nice purple flake one parked outside just begging me to ride it, shame they dont do test rides

[Nik]

drove past today on my way back to the yard, was a nice purple flake one parked outside just begging me to ride it, shame they dont do test rides

I'm sure a man of your talents could talk his way into a test ride. :)

[droid]

Modern Harleys are nothing like those ones. My '99 model Superglide is totally reliable, nothing whatsoever has gone wrong with it up to press.

So would you recommend one to someone without a car who rides all year round, and commutes 3 miles to work?

Cos my riceburner copes with that.

[Bassman]

why not? lots of folk ride all year round... and ride Harleys... modern bikes don't melt in rain etc.. mate.. :D

[Shifty]

So would you recommend one to someone without a car who rides all year round, and commutes 3 miles to work?

Cos my riceburner copes with that.

Yeah absolutely, I ride both my Harley and my Bandit 12 all year round. Totally reliable in all weathers with no problems whatsoever. And I don't currently have the use of a car either.

[shaggy696969]

Just dont buy one with chrome plenty of chromeless versions, and is 3 miles enough to warrent warming any big engine up. ?

[spindle]

I'm sure a man of your talents could talk his way into a test ride. :)



probably, but manda wants one so i best not go near or i'll end up buying one for her, and the one she likes is a 20k affair :eek: , no cheap **** for manda :eek:

[droid]

Just dont buy one with chrome plenty of chromeless versions, and is 3 miles enough to warrent warming any big engine up. ?

Don't like chrome much..... :D

3 miles is enough if the alternative is walking. I halve the oil change mileage and give it a good run as often as I can. The point I was trying to make is that the riceburner copes. If a HD would, then I'd consider one. If not, then no, sadly. I haven't the money for a weekend toy. The bike has to cope with the commute.

[Nik]

probably, but manda wants one so i best not go near or i'll end up buying one for her, and the one she likes is a 20k affair :eek: , no cheap **** for manda :eek:

Aaaah ... :)

[Shifty]

Just dont buy one with chrome plenty of chromeless versions,

Yeah, most stuff that would usually be chrome or polished is black on mine - motor, gearbox, primary, handlebars, mudguard struts.

[shaggy696969]

The biggest problem with the chrome, is its Brite chrome, ie what I used to call show chrome , one show its fucked, its down to the process, and not being dipped enough times to build up a nice thick coat. Thin/Brite chrome flakes off and turns rusty very quickly. Whereas a good hard chrome, wont gleam as brightly but last a lot longer.

[spindle]

what a fantastic meandering of topics and conversation, what was the original thread and who the fuk started it :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[shaggy696969]

who gives a feck .......... if you really wanna know go to page one and read it all again.

[Shifty]

Don't like chrome much..... :D

3 miles is enough if the alternative is walking. I halve the oil change mileage and give it a good run as often as I can. The point I was trying to make is that the riceburner copes. If a HD would, then I'd consider one. If not, then no, sadly. I haven't the money for a weekend toy. The bike has to cope with the commute.

It would easily cope with the commute. Mine does a mixture of long and local trips with no problems at all. I'd say a Harley was a realistic, practical everyday bike.

[Bassman]

most modern bikes would mate..

Harleys are no better or worse that most other makes as far as reliability nowadays is concerned. I use mine for work, and i live about the same distance away from my shop. Mind you if its pissing down.. feck that... thats what the cars for... :o

[droid]

It would easily cope with the commute. Mine does a mixture of long and local trips with no problems at all. I'd say a Harley was a realistic, practical everyday bike.

That was what I wanted to hear. :D

Thanks for your opinions folks.

[Shifty]

That was what I wanted to hear. :D

Thanks for your opinions folks.

Happy to help matey.

Now go and bloody buy one!! You know you want to :D

[Grav]

I don't need a harley in order to look cool. :cool:




















i need plastic surgery first........ :D

[Shifty]

I doubt mine makes me look cool, it'll take more than a bloody bike to do that :D

[droid]

Happy to help matey.

Now go and bloody buy one!! You know you want to :D

Sadly the VTR has a few more years in it yet. By which time that new flat-tracker H-D have out might be affordable.... :rolleyes: :D

[cherryB]

I doubt mine makes me look cool, it'll take more than a bloody bike to do that :D


Mine does and if it dont, I feel pretty damn cool when I'm riding it. Makes me feel good and thats gotta be cool in my book.

[droid]

I couldn't look cool if I stood in an industrial freezer for an hour.... :rolleyes:

[gurnE]

So would you recommend one to someone without a car who rides all year round, and commutes 3 miles to work?

Cos my riceburner copes with that.

Another Harley used everyday here. :D

'03 FXD so not too much chrome, plain cases etc, used everyday and has been faultless bar a puncture so far.

[madastoast]

My last Heritage ate batteries but other than that it was OK

[Bassman]

I don't need a harley in order to look cool. :cool:

i need plastic surgery first........ :D


Mate....

There ain't that much plastic... :rolleyes:

[Shifty]

Mine does and if it dont, I feel pretty damn cool when I'm riding it. Makes me feel good and thats gotta be cool in my book.

Granted it makes me feel cool yeah, not sure if I look it but couldn't really give a fuck to be honest.

Bloody good fun to ride though :D

[spindle]

I couldn't look cool if I stood in an industrial freezer for an hour.... :rolleyes:


PMSL, :D :p

[dracken1]

i don't get this.
johns comments were just that comments! okay the hint about it being a trailer queen was a tad out of order. but then gets a slagging by 2 members for owning what he owns, but it didn't stop there, john passed comments on the bike, but in return got personal insults. so whats that based on? 2 wrongs make a right?
if someone does not like your bike so what... who did you buy/build/ have it built for??? you or them?
the pic of the red chop looks to me like a kit bike i sold last week with the addition of a set of dna springers. it might be, it might be a coincidence, it doesn't matter for fuks sake.

the part that i find really odd is flyrites comments. flyrite is a brand name suggesting that that person is in the trade. in these climes it business suicide to publically slag off anything and everything that does not fit in your niche of whats right.
maybe i'm different but i would never say to a customer your bike is ****e!!! and if you do not like my bike as much as i do then your a prick!!! now how may i help you :confused:

i don't care what anyone rides and i find it sad that people make such a bloody song and dance about it...

how many times on this forum alone do we read the words."we should all stand together as a united front" lets face it it's never going to happen,
because there are bikers that are as narrow minded as those they opposed to.

grump mode off :)

[Shifty]

Hit the nail on the head there Dracken

[booie2]

Well i just read the whole lot, John gave his opinion. Obviously it dint sit well with that Hipster bloke, cos his knickers got caught round his balls and was very offensive to John, Called him a Prick, then Flyrite started, and despite the amount of praise for the bike from other posters, all this was ignored, as they wanted to get Hopkins in the corner of the playground and keyboard bully him.
All of a sudden, before we knew it, Johns wife was a fat tattoo'd titted bird, and when that got cleared up, all people that was derogatory of custom built bikes had a fat tattoo'd titted wife, now i rally ALOT, i meet lots of fat tattoo'd titted wives, and there husbands aren't these blokes that Hipster so reckons they are.
I think they are a rude pair, I know Flyrite wasn't as offensive as Hipster, but he so could have easily have told us bout this bike that he so obviously knows alot about, and given the guys who did like it some extra info.
They kept threatening to not come back on forum, because of John Hopkins, they made comments about the type of people who come here, and generalised us all as being a bunch of ar$es, kept saying this aint the place for us, well maybe your right, so see ya, and mind door dont hit you in the ar$e on way out.
You big bullies! :p

As for Spindle, well......its all your f**king fault, :D :D

[Borg]

Bikers being united, not a fucking chance, I've never known any 'group' be more divided than 'bikers'.

90% of which are fucking hypocrites, You see it at shows when they all stand around saying ' we are all one. we live for each other' then they buy stolen bike parts and think it's OK, or they slag someone who rides what they have, or they don't like them because they do this and that.

30 years riding a bike and keeping it on the road though thick and thin and some fucking 20 year old wanna be says 'Your not a biker you don't have a cut off' Then gets a lift back home in his mates car.

You can slag each other off as much as you want, all it does is show what a cunt you are.

and before anyone says. 'you can't be a biker and say that' I'm NOT a 'biker' I fuckin hate that term now and I hate what it means.


I don't need a badge to know who I am.

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

for what it's worth,i like it lots,would shorten the forks though :)

[spindle]

As for Spindle, well......its all your f**king fault, :D :D



OOPS!!!! :p :D

[booie2]

for what it's worth,i like it lots,would shorten the forks though :)
I think its alright too, but in honesty it dont really matter, they came in with intent to start, outta all the people who were giving positive Hipster still had the need to post this....
Originally Posted by Hipster
I think its because they have nothing to talk about, no idea and no interest in anything but drinking newcastle brown, playing hop scotch and dancing aroung in womens clothes and wigs, that they have to display their entire life on their jackets. " here is a list of all the bands i like. " here is a list of all the rallies ive been too. " these are the bikes i like". All displayed on their coats so you dont have to talk to them, not that you would want too really.

i can hear them now " we still gong to butmunchers rally this weekend?" "yes we could do , i havent seen Cowboy and Moonchild since last year" "ok great, you still going to dye your hair espesially for the weekend? well if you do can i have what ever dye you have left so i can do my breard?" UNBELIVEABLE !!!!

Knickers to them, and Neil too, he only came on as his friends were having a keyboard fight and he wanted some. Go on, have some Italic, take that bold, watch out for the underscore!!!!! oh no, not CAPITALS.

[devon-tony]

ok so maybe a bit off topic here, but about that bike LOL

not my cup of tea, far too many things that just arent right about it in my personal taste, but thats just my taste, Im sure some person will buy it, if we didnt all have different tastes then customising wouldnt exist

[booie2]

ok so maybe a bit off topic here, but about that bike LOL

not my cup of tea, far too many things that just arent right about it in my personal taste, but thats just my taste, Im sure some person will buy it, if we didnt all have different tastes then customising wouldnt exist

Tut tut tut Tony, this is the sort of thing that starting it all off, your not really allowed to have an opinion about that bike, your only allowed to say nice things.
Anyway, how is Cowboy and Moonchild? :D

[madastoast]

Knickers to them, and Neil too, he only came on as his friends were having a keyboard fight and he wanted some. Go on, have some Italic, take that bold, watch out for the underscore!!!!! oh no, not CAPITALS.
:D Hahahaha Boooie

[bird]

All of which just goes to prove the old adage:



DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS.


http://www.calvinayrelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/inbred-patent-trolls.jpg

[droid]

A few more like that, Bird.

Makes me feel fucking beautiful :rolleyes:

[flyrite]

i don't get this.
johns comments were just that comments! okay the hint about it being a trailer queen was a tad out of order. but then gets a slagging by 2 members for owning what he owns, but it didn't stop there, john passed comments on the bike, but in return got personal insults. so whats that based on? 2 wrongs make a right?
if someone does not like your bike so what... who did you buy/build/ have it built for??? you or them?
the pic of the red chop looks to me like a kit bike i sold last week with the addition of a set of dna springers. it might be, it might be a coincidence, it doesn't matter for fuks sake.

the part that i find really odd is flyrites comments. flyrite is a brand name suggesting that that person is in the trade. in these climes it business suicide to publically slag off anything and everything that does not fit in your niche of whats right.
maybe i'm different but i would never say to a customer your bike is ****e!!! and if you do not like my bike as much as i do then your a prick!!! now how may i help you :confused:

i don't care what anyone rides and i find it sad that people make such a bloody song and dance about it...

how many times on this forum alone do we read the words."we should all stand together as a united front" lets face it it's never going to happen,
because there are bikers that are as narrow minded as those they opposed to.

grump mode off :)
Hi Dracken, thanks for your comment, I'm not sure if you have read the whole thread or just flicked through it but if you go back to page seven and read my reply to Johns comments i hope it may clarify a few points for you. I have not attacked John on a personal level, neither did i call him any names. It was actually him that attacked me personally, making comments on my work my sexuality and then offering to fight me.
If you read my comments carefully you will see that I'm actually agreeing with you. I do happen to know Hipster and I also know spindle and the chap who is selling the bike in the first place, please do not mix up my posts with hipsters, whilst I may agree with some of his sentiments I have not called John names and have not made any particularly nasty comments about his bike ( I quite like max's) if you read Johns comment prior to my reply on page 7 you will see it was him that made some extremely abusive comments towrads both me and hipster.
I will say again, that my only issue was that some bloke ( wether I know him or not) had advertise his bike on ebay, the link was posted here by someone else as an extra avenue for selling the bike, John made his comment directly after wich I felt was out of order, I felt I stuck up for the chap trying to sell his bike and I would have done the same if it has been a trike, a streetfighter whatever, I had nothing to do with the building of the bike in question and i am not slagging off anything that doent fit into my ideal of what a custom bike is. I support any kind of custom motorcycle and general lifestyle.
Yes it would be great if we could all stick together but you are quite right, it's not going to happen. I don't care what anybody rides or what their preferences for engines are and I am always open to constructive critisizm on any of my bikes as I'm sure Dave ( owner of the bike in question) is, however, I didnt feel that Johns comment were constructive in any form, if Dave had put the bike up and asked for comments then fair enough but he is just trying to sell the thing.
If you think trying to support all kinds of custom biking is commercial suicide and a bad thing to do then fair enough. I apologise if my comments have offended anyone, that is not what I intended. hopefully you can see my point.
;)

[dracken1]

Flyrite, since speaking to yoda I now know who you are. I have spoken to you myself via phone in the past.
I must admit I started reading the posts thoroughly but it got very boring with derogatory comments passed back and forth, that I did start just glancing at them.
some of the crap was the sort you hear from people new to the motorcycle scene, pass they test buy what they consider is the best and then commence to slag off anything that is not what they have.

I do not usually comment at all on these sorts of threads sticking mainly to the workshop section. This one just seemed to be going too far. :)

i apologise to you if certain comments were unfairly pointed in your direction :)

[shaggy696969]

Group hug :rolleyes: :D :D

http://www.toywatch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/teletubbies.gif

[JOE]

Well, I think this has all been a big conspiracy to generate publicity for the sale of the bike. The owner has employed JohnHopkins to stir up controversy with flyrite and hipster as sales consultants in a great big plan to fleece us all into bidding on the bike, coz as they say, no publicity is bad publicity :eek: :D

[Grav]

I still reckon it's a visordown day out. :D

[flyrite]

Flyrite, since speaking to yoda I now know who you are. I have spoken to you myself via phone in the past.
I must admit I started reading the posts thoroughly but it got very boring with derogatory comments passed back and forth, that I did start just glancing at them.
some of the crap was the sort you hear from people new to the motorcycle scene, pass they test buy what they consider is the best and then commence to slag off anything that is not what they have.

I do not usually comment at all on these sorts of threads sticking mainly to the workshop section. This one just seemed to be going too far. :)

i apologise to you if certain comments were unfairly pointed in your direction :)
no need to apolgise but I appreciate your honesty, the whole thread has got a bit out of hand and I do see most peoples points including people misgivings about twisted zeds and flake paint, i'd be a fool if i thought everyone liked that style, even I know they are bad taste but I like that look!
I still maintain that if someone doesn't have anything constructive to say about someones personal build then don't say anything at all, I'm fully aware not everyone likes the same kind of bike/trike whatever.
I think hipster felt that the bike had been unfairly dismissed and judged by someone who didn't understand or even look closely at the bike,and whilst it may not be the most indepth one off creation to hit the road it's still someones pride and joy and it wound hipster up, he is a very talented fabricator who also rides his bikes a lot and to have someone disrespect someone building a bike (any bike) got right up his nose, I think Johns comment was probably the straw that broke the camels back and John took the full brunt of his aggression after seeing so many similar posts on different forums. Hipster aint a nasty bloke, he does however say what he pleases and has a wicked sense of humour wich of course is very hard to get across when you are typing something on a forum.
anyway, it looks like the bike is going to sell, so someone likes it!
anyone fancy a pint?

[flyrite]

Well, I think this has all been a big conspiracy to generate publicity for the sale of the bike. The owner has employed JohnHopkins to stir up controversy with flyrite and hipster as sales consultants in a great big plan to fleece us all into bidding on the bike, coz as they say, no publicity is bad publicity :eek: :D
damn, you've worked out our sales strategy

[booie2]

I thought the saying was, even bad publicity is good publicity, but the bike actually had more positives than negatives, now shush all of you, before i press the caps lock, and start underscoring and evfink. :D










Booie,
the wannabe Keyboard Warrior.

[gurnE]

http://www.forumspile.com/Retard-Arguing.jpg

:D

[droid]

:D :D :D

I don't see the harm provided people don't say owt on the net that they wouldn't say stood face to face.

[madastoast]

I still don't like the tisted bars :D :
or even twisted :D

[booie2]

I still don't like the tisted bars :D :D

GRRRRR ARE YOU STARTING!!!!! :D ;)

[madastoast]

GRRRRR ARE YOU STARTING!!!!! :D ;)

pffftt!!! :D

[Borg]

I still like it but I'd make my own changes. Thats what customising is about.

[Grav]

GRRRRR ARE YOU STARTING!!!!! :D ;)

Unlike your bike, you mean?



runs.....
:D

[booie2]

If only I was clevererererer with all this computer stuff, I'd put the video of my bike blat blat blatting on here, but i'm not.
But I'll keep trying. :D

[spindle]

anyone fancy a pint?



YES, you mansion dwelling rich bike builder, its your round :D

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

yup,.......... :D

[spindle]

All of which just goes to prove the old adage:



DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS.


http://www.calvinayrelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/inbred-patent-trolls.jpg



thats a cracking photo of benny and neil, where did you get it???


}}}}}}}}SNIGGER, SNIGGER{{{{{{{{{{

[jabba]

'you can't be a biker and say that' I'm NOT a 'biker' I fuckin hate that term now and I hate what it means

yep me too
Ive never fitted in the bike scene me either the bike aint the part or I aint dressed the part or I was too young ect ect.
Every summer I get the same attitude and every winter the same chaps put there bikes away blah blah blah when did bikers and bikesbecome stereotypes?? :eek: blame the telly!!!

[Blackjack]

maybe i'm different but i would never say to a customer your bike is ****e!!!



Ahhh....... :D

[Yoda]

thats a cracking photo of benny and neil, where did you get it???


}}}}}}}}SNIGGER, SNIGGER{{{{{{{{{{
Yes but which is which LOL

[flyrite]

Yes but which is which LOL
I'm the slightly more sophisticated one with the watch and the clean shirt.
Neil is the one with your pride and joy in bits in his workshop........

[Yoda]

I'm the slightly more sophisticated one with the watch and the clean shirt.
Neil is the one with your pride and joy in bits in his workshop........
LOL
hopefully not much longer, just waiting for info on springers and bobs yer aunty

[flyrite]

cool, looking forward to seeing it on the road

[spindle]

me too yoda, even though i still aint met you, which is possiibley a good thing from your side of the broken fence

[Grav]

Less of the unlicensed sniggering, you.....

I'm watchin'.....

[kitkatman]

i take it everyones suffering from the winter blues then........as for the triumph, it looks like a death trap on wheels and bloody dangerous




















































i like that in a bike........

[kitkatman]

can i say.......i have enjoyed this thread..... :D

[spindle]

can i say.......i have enjoyed this thread..... :D



yes you may, its been "4king-hill-hairy-arse"

[lowrider]

Hell i missed when hell of a good arguement,that will teach me to ignore posts in here.:rolleyes:
But when did offering an opinion on a bike become slagging off,plenty bikes i don;t care for and i may offer that opnion,but thats all it is.
If the builder is happy and likes it then fine.
Be a crap and boring world if everyone agreed.

[gurnE]

But when did offering an opinion on a bike become slagging off

And if this is discussing a bike in a mag, or a picture of a bike taken randomly fair enough.
Surely people can see that any criticism of a bike that is up for sale is not going to be well received by the vendor. In their eyes you are putting off any prospective buyers. In the other hand it got about 3500 more views than it would have got without the bitching. :D

[hermann]

Hell i missed when hell of a good arguement,that will teach me to ignore posts in here.:rolleyes:
But when did offering an opinion on a bike become slagging off,plenty bikes i don;t care for and i may offer that opnion,but thats all it is.
If the builder is happy and likes it then fine.
Be a crap and boring world if everyone agreed.
TBH if it was just an opinion fair enough John said halfway through his post nthat it wasn't practical enough for him fair enough. but he said that it this was a bike made for shows which was trailered everywhere, which wasn't necessarily true or just stating an opinion

[lowrider]

Thay don't like critism don't post it.

[hermann]

Well its listed again so I'm sure they'll appreciate the publicity :D

[lowrider]

Well its listed again so I'm sure they'll appreciate the publicity :D
Sure they will,just had another look and not my taste but thats llfe.
Least someone is building what they want. ;)

[booie2]

I dont really like that, its got no mudguard, or chain guard.......lololol...... Sorry couldn't resist. I think its great.

Anyway, it sold for £1600. how come he has it back up for sale?
How much does he want for it?

[shaggy696969]

I hazard a gues and quote him ...............

"Ok, so after a lot of messing around and no-one even getting back to me despite Emails etc I have decided to list the bike one more time, if it doesent sell this time im going to just keep it and use it for the summer, its only being sold due to lack of space."

And as startin price is 1100 i'd guess at at least that much :eek: :D :D

[booie2]

I hazard a gues and quote him ...............

"Ok, so after a lot of messing around and no-one even getting back to me despite Emails etc I have decided to list the bike one more time, if it doesent sell this time im going to just keep it and use it for the summer, its only being sold due to lack of space."

And as startin price is 1100 i'd guess at at least that much

I thought i was up to date on the posts, have i missed a page, coz i honestly cant remember reading that, lol, :)
Thankyou Shaggy, for so gently pointing out my stupidness, lol. :)
Just remember, I know where you drink!!!!!!! :)

[kitkatman]

yes you may, its been "4king-hill-hairy-arse"
makes a change for me not to get involved :D

IMO johns opinion was his own, i liked the trumpet, but there was no need to slagging him off like that, critisism one thing, but that was a touch nasty and not needed and i noticed our mods never said fuck all and thats including nick :mad:

i am not the greatest fan of harleys but i wouldnt go about calling whoever owns one a fuckin idiot....each to their own i say



9 waiting for a stupid comment to come back from this)

[shaggy696969]

Thankyou Shaggy, for so gently pointing out my stupidness,
Just remember, I know where you drink!!!!!!! :)
Your very welcome hun, its on his ebay ad ........ no not too stupid, and no worries remember all us bikers look alike ;) :D

[booie2]

Your very welcome hun, its on his ebay ad ........ no not too stupid, and no worries remember all us bikers look alike ;) :D

Oh i dint read new ad, thats why i dint see, i just saw old one and someone on thread say it was up again.

I seen your picture now, i'd spot ya. :)

[Mikesmad]

Weel, I thought I could stir.............

.........but there's feckin experts here!


Mind you, I learned at an early age........

........that takin the mudguards off a pushbike got mud in yer eyes!

[spindle]

Weel, I thought I could stir.............

.........but there's feckin experts here!


Mind you, I learned at an early age........

........that takin the mudguards off a pushbike got mud in yer eyes!


mike, i ride with no fenders, cos i look more attractive with mud all over my face, ha ha ha