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Judging by the instagram filter, I think you're wrong ____________________ Honda CBF125 ➝ NC700X
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ZX-7R wrote: | Thought we were all meant to be united against the powers that be and cagers?,not bickering amongst ourselves. |
Thought I'd logged on to the wrong forum for a moment there
Motorcycles should be affairs of the heart. Get what your heart says to get. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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rpsmith79 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 12:39 - 16 Nov 2017 Post subject: |
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ScaredyCat wrote: |
Judging by the instagram filter, I think you're wrong |
Agreed, that's about as hipster/scene as it comes
Only let down by the fact you haven't "got camber" ____________________ Current Bike: Honda CG125 ES4 // Honda CB600FS Hornet // Triumph Street Triple R |
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Rogerborg nimbA
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You should definitely get whatever bike makes it look like you're too cool to care about what your friends think. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike
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I could tell from the grammar of the post title that you were of the txt spk generation, hence not old.
Standards of education have slipped post Thatcher (milk snatcher).
Educated enough to steal street furniture to sell on via Shpock though.
Try some bikes on, then buy the one that's two sizes too small and highlights your muffin tops. More about how it rides than looks for me.
Srsly, Fireblade. ____________________
'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8 |
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Howling Terror |
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@TheNobster I'd love to recommend one but I can't.....yet.
Well, until the half decent 2nd hand ones come down in price. Gotta be tres picky with which year(month in some cases) to choose. ____________________ Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
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Years ago 'Rat look' was considered to be something done intensionally to make a vehicle look abused/unused/old/knackered. 'Survival' bikes were those which looked tatty due to use and the standard of repairs.
I.e. rat look might involve smashing a fairing, then cable tying it back together, survival would be cable tying an accidentally smashed fairing.
I'm not sure if this definition still exists, or if it's all rat look now.
As with most things it's hard to classify everything except the extremities.
I class both my CXs as rats, one was intentionally sprayed Matt black and is otherwise tatty but almost stock, the other had a bad paint job, but is all stock, albeit tatty. The CBF too has had a poor paint job, so could well class as rat. The Astra has had various minor modifications and aesthetically unappealing repairs, and thus also classes as a rat.
Nothing cleans up well, I think that's where I personally draw the line on used/rat. ____________________ '07 Honda CBF500 / '93 Vauxhall Astra (www.fb.com/2wdOffRoader) / '04 Vauxhall Movano
Projects: '81 Honda CX500 x2 / '85 Land Rover One-Ten / ...plus many horticultural things.
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RAT= Ridden-All-Time
Ie anything that's not a pure leisure implement or garage-trophy.
Improvised repairs or mods were never obligatory, and deliberate 'Designer-Distressing' for a RAT-Look was a definite faux-par.
Survival-Specials... were related to, and possibly evolved from true RATS, particularly Rally-Rats, with old-bedstead and dexion racks and Army Surplus ammo-box panniers, often breaking the rule of deliberate designer distressing to demonstrate that Jazz concept you must know the rules before you break'em.... and start to think that effecting a style, chucking an old gas mask round the headlamp and some old hoover pipe randomly glued to the side panels is what 'makes' either a Survivel-special or RAT! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
Current Bikes:'Honda VF1000F' ;'CB750F2N' ;'CB125TD ( 6 3 of em!)'; 'Montesa Cota 248'. Learner FAQ's:= 'U want to Ride a Motorbike! Where Do U start?' |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 164 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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