A little bit too extroverted?

[Spudly]

Now, while I'm not totally against cruisers and I don't subscribe to the theory that anyone who rides a cruiser must be homosexual, but every now and then I see something like this which makes me wonder about the owner.

https://inksmithy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/gold-chromosexual.jpg

I do appreciate the effort which goes into creating something like this. It can only be an expensive (misguided in this case I think) labour of love.

But really, this....ergh.
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[EazyDuz]

Coolest story ever, bro.
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[scarborough_lad]

Is the front tyre flat?
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[ninja_butler]

Am I the only person thinking the owner must be a black man with an afro and wearing gold chains?

[yambabe]

[Spudly]

I believe the photo was taken fairly recently in Western Australia - not by me. I found it on a WA Harley Riders group on facebook, which my brother belongs to.

Afro's are fairly thin on the ground over there, but it does fit the profile doesn't it?

What disturbs me is that someone put a lot of time and money into this bike, but how often will they ride it?

Edit: aside from the nationality and perhaps the age range, yambabe is probably closer to the truth, knowing Australian Harley riders as I do. Hard to grow up in Australia without seeing them.
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[Notj7]

Subframe's twisted.

How slow would you have to corner on that? Look at the pannier backboxes!
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[EazyDuz]

Coolest story ever, bro.
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[_matt]

rip those panniers off
spray it all black
rip off that dashboard debaucle (CD player on a bike? cmon!)
rip off all that plastic bodywork crap
sort out that fiasco of a seat
put some air in the fckin tyres!

...and you might just have a nice bike under that mess
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[doggone]

It's a bike for showing not riding - I don't really have a problem with that if they want to spend 1000s of their own money.
It's comparable to those cars with about 10mm of ground clearance and freaky lights underneath.

The owner gets enjoyment from others looking and taking pictures even if they only want to post them on internet forums - then ask opinions as to his/her sexual preferences deduced from the colour of paint and amount of chrome.

[numpty2]

I experienced a range of emotions:

1. The initial desire to pluck my own eyes out
2. Appreciation of the workmanship, BUT NEVER THE INSPIRATION
3. The desire to re-insert my eyeballs, just so I could remove them again
4. I am now going to have many sleepless night as I worry about who commissioned this, and whether I will ever meet them when I am off guard.

[moppy]

The tribal tat is the worst thing about it. I've seen bikes painted gaudier colours, but that tribal design is just eww.

[EazyDuz]

[ruck bodgers]

ah i dunno you like what you like . thats for the long runs and big roads of america and such . not blasting around the local ring road like your rossi the rebel on a track .

people go on about cruisers like there a bad thing because there so caught up in there sport riding enthusiasm .

sad to say that looks so heaVily invested in its probably more of a show piece than a rider . still cool i can dig it

could fit loads of sandwiches in there . i bet a entire family of dwarfs could ride on that 2 in the panniers 3 on the seat