Rat rally!

[mr.z]

Photos here

Barwick and nath from here were also there (can see them in the pics if you look carefully)

Tremendous fun, made new friends, had many a laugh and i can't feel my spine propperly still
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[McGee]

https://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9103/14764188108fa45d584o1bn.jpg

Wow
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[mr.z]

Indeed!

Look carefully the front suspensions under that tank! (so if you had a Cspanner you could actually adjust it while your rideing)

And yes it does work, saw the owner ride it off.. scarey stuff though!
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[McGee]

That truely is mental and some awesome bikes on there
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Nath]

Yup, not surprising that it won 'Best Engineering' as well as 'Best in show'. Though I'm personally skepticle of how well the bike would stand up to regular use.

I would say the bike that impressed me the most was Dr Death's very minimal 'best ratfighter' winner, though there isn't a pic of it there.
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[mr.z]

Does make you wonder how thick the tube walls are on them linkages on the front Did take a pic of his i think, but it was one of the lost ones :/

pics same took here
https://www.pre-auto.com/cx500/rat_and_survival_gallery_2006/

(attached is the bike, also won the prestigious most comfy bike award at this years big squashy bikes convention)
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[McGee]

Love bikes like these makes me think of mad max
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Nath]

For some reason I can never access his www.pre-auto.com pics, maybe it doesn't like internet explorer?

Btw, just realised that I meant to let sam have a ride on the 550 since he said he's never ridden an inline four, but then went and totally forgot about it before leaving Cheers for that tyre stuff btw chris

That chap I gave the solderless nipple to at the rally to fix his snapped clutch cable lost it, but I happened to notice it lying on the floor whilst we were chatting with big chris and a few others in the car park. Unfortunately I forgot to put it back with my tools on the bike, so when my clutch cable snapped this morning on the way to work I had nothing to fix it with Oh well, at least it didn't snap after leaving the rally 100 miles from home.
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[palmer]

can't see much point in rat bikes to be honest.

riding them makes you look like a tramp.
they look like they are about to dissapear in a puff of rust.


i like shiney plastics

[Bendy]

[craigs23]

I don't get it.

[Andy C]

[Nath]

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

[Nath]

Yup, got it one.

For the doubers: How can you deny the inherant coolness of this man on this bike?
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[Irezumi aka Reuben]

The CBT appears to be a bit more challenging than I remember it
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[craigs23]

Not all sportsbikes riders dress like Power Rangers, I certainly don't. Is the whole Rat Bike subculture based upon Mad Max?

I can't help but see it more along the lines between:

https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/whers84/shed.jpg

[spinglass]

I can’t make my mind if I really like the rat bike thing. In any it is interesting and a way of expression.

But this one is ART! Many hours of work, specific idea and very nice engineering.


https://static.flickr.com/54/147654587_8779c9b432.jpg?v=0
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[palmer]

that 2nd pic of craigs is an amazing place.

seen a few photo shoots of cars there, makes such a good photo.

[queen of string]

I'm trying to let the cb become a rat bike but as its still at teaman's he keeps cleaning it and making bits shiny . I'm going away for a week, I cant wait to see what he's found to make it tartier when I get back
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[mr.z]

Why pay silly ammounts doing something clever with your bike when you can think things for yourself and do somehting as good/better (luggage for one example)

When i go to a bike meet i go and nosey arorund the place thinking.. hmm yes well thats a kazasaki ninja, ohh look that ones blue.. and has a shiney bit added.. hmm.. a nice r6, hmm shiney..

Go to this rally and you can spend 30minutes on most of the bikes and still not see everything, 99% of them know their stuff and everyone was really cool to chat with (even if some were a bit tapped )..

Depends on your defention of a rat, imo, painting a bike black and writeing rat on it dosn't make it one.. its when you start adding or removeing things.. takeing crap off you dont need and adding things that improve the bike.. but some just like decorateing theirs, some like takeing every thing they dont need off (like seats, subframes e.t.c.)

The word is "evolves"
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[BFG]

[mr.z]

See it is rideable (that bag must have his straight jacket in there)
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[torpedo]

jesus fucking christ that man is insane!

but i like it!
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[craigs23]