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SirFallalot Trackday Trickster
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Posted: 11:05 - 19 Oct 2021 Post subject: Why do people cross scramblers with cafe racers? |
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Trying to get the worst of both worlds?
E.g. No disrespect for the guy/taste, but take this cross between a Triumph scrambler and thruxton. If it was just for show sure, but he's actually using it off road, isn't that just pointlessly making things harder for yourself?
Knobbly tyres and barely existing fender for that extra mud splash.
Clip ons for fine control and comfy upright position.
Less suspension travel and clearance than some sportbikes.
When standing up it looks like he's about to shag the tank or something.
https://i.ibb.co/Swtg6Pr/cafe-scrambler.png
Looks like a Daryl imitation from the walking dead.
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Lexmoto Valiant 125; 94 CB400; 96 CB750F2; 81 CB750 (restoring, lol not gonna happen); 2001 ZX9R(It's about to go :c); 2012 R1200R; 2015 R1200RS |
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Islander World Chat Champion
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Posted: 11:18 - 19 Oct 2021 Post subject: |
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Because they're ideal for the 100m 'adventure' journey from home to the overpriced hipster coffee shop with your man bun waving heroically in the wind.
Wankers. |
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ThunderGuts World Chat Champion
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Bhud World Chat Champion
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Posted: 13:39 - 19 Oct 2021 Post subject: |
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Shows like The Walking Dead and games like Days Gone were a real shot in the arm for motorcycling. They encapsulated a strange sort of apocalyptic spirit in these times. Motorcycles as leisure machines are like jetskis and snowmobiles on land: the icing on the cake of the industrial age. Luxuries that are, increasingly, being seen as excessive and unnecessary. The industrial age was marked by great progress in the field of mechanical engineering, lots of surplus resources, and exciting new leisure pursuits for the individual. The car was originally a utilitarian means for a working man to transport his master, or his goods. The motorcycle was mostly a cheap form of mechanised transport to get the working man from a to b. As the industrial world grew, and wealth expanded, the car, but much more so the motorcycle, became a leisure accessory, giving the common man or woman a sense of personal freedom probably unrivalled in history. There is a sense that that world - the world of surplus and individuality / the world of the middle class - is now coming to an end. Hence, the apocalyptic vibe in the aesthetics of today.
If you look at the golden age of the automobile, nothing about cars projected toughness, even if the cars were tough. The spokes on steering wheels looked delicate, with just 2 or 3 slender spokes. That's what post-war stability and optimism look like (my opinion). If you look at the golden age of the motorcycle, nothing about bikes projected toughness, even if the bikes were tougher than bikes today. Thin wheels, with chrome in places. Again, that's what stability and optimism looked like (my opinion).
Just a theory I have. If you have a deep-seated pessimistic bias in your uncertainty towards the future, it will express itself somehow in your choices of clothes and consumer goods. There may be a lingering sense of dread behind the new trend to make tyres look as wide as possible (which is where knobblies come in) or I may be talking bollocks. |
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SirFallalot Trackday Trickster
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Posted: 15:43 - 19 Oct 2021 Post subject: |
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Beauty in the eye of the beholder I get, but then actually trying to get practicality out of it is just... this is the opposite of a super moto, which actually works
Bhud wrote: | Shows like The Walking Dead and games like Days Gone were a real shot in the arm for motorcycling. They encapsulated a strange sort of apocalyptic spirit in these times. Motorcycles as leisure machines are like jetskis and snowmobiles on land: the icing on the cake of the industrial age. Luxuries that are, increasingly, being seen as excessive and unnecessary. The industrial age was marked by great progress in the field of mechanical engineering, lots of surplus resources, and exciting new leisure pursuits for the individual. The car was originally a utilitarian means for a working man to transport his master, or his goods. The motorcycle was mostly a cheap form of mechanised transport to get the working man from a to b. As the industrial world grew, and wealth expanded, the car, but much more so the motorcycle, became a leisure accessory, giving the common man or woman a sense of personal freedom probably unrivalled in history. There is a sense that that world - the world of surplus and individuality / the world of the middle class - is now coming to an end. Hence, the apocalyptic vibe in the aesthetics of today.
If you look at the golden age of the automobile, nothing about cars projected toughness, even if the cars were tough. The spokes on steering wheels looked delicate, with just 2 or 3 slender spokes. That's what post-war stability and optimism look like (my opinion). If you look at the golden age of the motorcycle, nothing about bikes projected toughness, even if the bikes were tougher than bikes today. Thin wheels, with chrome in places. Again, that's what stability and optimism looked like (my opinion).
Just a theory I have. If you have a deep-seated pessimistic bias in your uncertainty towards the future, it will express itself somehow in your choices of clothes and consumer goods. There may be a lingering sense of dread behind the new trend to make tyres look as wide as possible (which is where knobblies come in) or I may be talking bollocks. |
Interesting read. ____________________
Lexmoto Valiant 125; 94 CB400; 96 CB750F2; 81 CB750 (restoring, lol not gonna happen); 2001 ZX9R(It's about to go :c); 2012 R1200R; 2015 R1200RS |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 187 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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