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Zool posted:FormulaSAE I had a buddy who did FSAE at Michigan this year. They did good for their goals, top 25% as I recall. They're also running a single cylinder, low budget, and almost completely built by the students (he was complaining about lack of guidance some times as he was designing his first suspension) so that's decent. Do you know anything about that car aside from the pic? What team is was or how it did? That car looks pretty wicked. My buddy also saw how "easy" it was to make a basic FSAE car so he has plans of making his own to take to some tracks in the future. I'm all for it as I'd love to drive it.
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The university I went to would sell their old FSAE cars, I don't think they were very expensive, and especially not considering the amount of work that went into them.
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Bondematt posted:Can't ride at a walking pace? Need help making those awful turns?
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I managed to trace that crazy boner tail style back to 2002. The end of a legend, the beginning of boner tails
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Somewhere, someone on a streetfighter forum is super jealous of some guy who's bike got hit by a car.
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May 27, 2012 16:51
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Triumph Owner.jpg Take a gander at his teeth I tried to take lots of pictures of interesting bikes, But sometimes they turned out to be Harleys, There was this cool Car / Motorcycle hybrid thing going on and a T-rex also.
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Cafe races are awsome brah! Before GODAMMED UGLY AS poo poo gently caress  After HELLZ YEAH NOW WE ARE TALKING It can be your for a measly 2900!!!! 
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May 28, 2012 02:46
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Here's some more from the thing. The T-rex, Really cool since I've never seen one in person before.  I believe this is a local person in NOVA.    Cool old guy on a BMW.   
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May 28, 2012 04:03
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Local bike shop managed to snag this for a brief display. Britten V1000. There's only ten in the world.          
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May 28, 2012 04:30
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Odette posted:Local bike shop managed to snag this for a brief display. Britten V1000. There's only ten in the world. Your Avatar matches this post perfectly.
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May 28, 2012 17:22
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I'm sorry, but that thing is ugly as poo poo.
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ElMaligno posted:Cafe races are awsome brah! I'm not sure what I'm missing, it looks cool in the second photo  It looks fine in the first one as well. I like them both really
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May 28, 2012 22:12
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Schlieren posted:I'm not sure what I'm missing, it looks cool in the second photo The carbon fiber/leather seat clashes horribly with the rest of the rat rodded bike. Maybe if he painted the tank black it would look good, but 2900 is still too much it.
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May 28, 2012 22:27
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ElMaligno posted:rat rodded You call THAT a rat rod? There are a bunch of little nitpicky details about that bike (the end of the chain guard, the seat/tank gap, the carbon fiber, the squished boots on the forks, the lack of taillight and fenders) that bug me, but a dingy metal tank does not a rat rod make, dude. This is a rat bike: 
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May 28, 2012 22:58
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Sagebrush posted:You call THAT a rat rod? Its just words the guy posted on the ad  quote:Triumph Bobber Chopper Harley Rat Rod That is clearly a Triumph Bobber Chopper Harley Rat Rod.
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May 28, 2012 23:11
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"1972 Honda $300" 
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ElMaligno posted:The carbon fiber/leather seat clashes horribly with the rest of the rat rodded bike. Maybe if he painted the tank black it would look good, but 2900 is still too much it. That's strange because those are exactly the sort of details that made me like the bike instead of something done "just so"; I have no idea how to price those sorts of rides though, they all seem inexpensive to me, so I'll take your word for it
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvHg63wGQfc the more of these videos they release the more I hate that Wes Siler guy.
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HNasty posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvHg63wGQfc the more of these videos they release the more I hate that Wes Siler guy. Do these guys not know how to pick up a heavy bike? For reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sP3cqKbOEs
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HNasty posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvHg63wGQfc the more of these videos they release the more I hate that Wes Siler guy.
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Man I thought you guys would be interested in what some nutjob in a shed could come up with. I guess I thought wrong.  The Britten V1000 was developed and built by one guy, basically. It went on to smash a whole bunch of records in 1993*! *providing it didn't break down first. vvvvvv: I haven't seen it in the last 30 pages. I know I should've gone back one more page ... ! Odette fucked around with this message at 11:34 on May 29, 2012 |
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It is a very special bike with a very special history, but it is featured in this thread every 30 pages or so.
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On of the photography guys on the island is doing something new during TT this year, 'Living Pictures', otherwise known as gif's.  full gallery of what he's done so far http://amadeusphotography.com/2012/05/isle-of-man-tt-2012-living-pictures/
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:It actually makes me sad, cause they've got some good production quality there, they seem to have something interesting to say on all those bikes, the footage was cool, but all those guys, especially Wes, are so goddamn annoying. With a different cast it could be a great little bike review series. You find Wes to be the annoying one? He comes off more personable on film then he does in his writing but I want to punch Grant Ray in the face, at least the first few shows. Although this latest one Wes was getting on my nerves more than Grant. But really I hope they pull it together because its the best we got for now. I am getting tired of seeing them drink every episode.
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Sagebrush posted:This is a rat bike: Rat bikes make me way more happy than they should.  I guess it's my nerd fixation with all things post-apocalyptic. Apparently a Norton Commando.
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Boru posted:Rat bikes make me way more happy than they should. I think it's kind of cool to rat things out that aren't rare. I love UJMs but they're a dime a dozen, cafe, bob, rat 'em out all you want. But a commando at least in the states is hard to come by, I wouldn't touch it. As far as cafe, bob, and rat projects go, what a lot of people don't understand is a lot of times it's easier and a lot cheaper to do one of those conversions than it is to even halfway restore it.
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front wing flexing posted:As far as cafe, bob, and rat projects go, what a lot of people don't understand is a lot of times it's easier and a lot cheaper to do one of those conversions than it is to even halfway restore it. I saw that Commando though and I was  , probably because (like you said) Commandos are pretty rare in the US.
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Sagebrush posted:You call THAT a rat rod? There are a bunch of little nitpicky details about that bike (the end of the chain guard, the seat/tank gap, the carbon fiber, the squished boots on the forks, the lack of taillight and fenders) that bug me, but a dingy metal tank does not a rat rod make, dude. That's pretty bold of him to park it in the grass. I can't imagine that thing is easy to pick up.
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Olde Weird Tip posted:Purpose built rat bikes are the dumbest things   As much as I enjoy the rat style, I tend to agree with you a good
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Olde Weird Tip posted:Purpose built rat bikes are the dumbest things What falls under this definition for you? I agree that taking a bike in good or average condition and immediately pouring bleach on all the steel and taking a ball-peen to the tank and welding anchor chains all over it is retarded. But does it count as a "purpose-built" rat bike if you start with something in terrible condition, get it running again, don't bother cleaning it up, and then make an effort to use only old rusty junkyard parts when you make repairs to keep the rat-bike effect? Cause that doesn't seem so objectionable to me.
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Sagebrush posted:What falls under this definition for you? I agree that taking a bike in good or average condition and immediately pouring bleach on all the steel and taking a ball-peen to the tank and welding anchor chains all over it is retarded. But does it count as a "purpose-built" rat bike if you start with something in terrible condition, get it running again, don't bother cleaning it up, and then make an effort to use only old rusty junkyard parts when you make repairs to keep the rat-bike effect? Cause that doesn't seem so objectionable to me. 
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ReggieCelsius posted:while we are on small v8 engines.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3VVI6Auvys
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Sagebrush posted:What falls under this definition for you? I agree that taking a bike in good or average condition and immediately pouring bleach on all the steel and taking a ball-peen to the tank and welding anchor chains all over it is retarded. But does it count as a "purpose-built" rat bike if you start with something in terrible condition, get it running again, don't bother cleaning it up, and then make an effort to use only old rusty junkyard parts when you make repairs to keep the rat-bike effect? Cause that doesn't seem so objectionable to me. If you take a lovely bike and ride it around in lovely form, thats fine. Plenty of people do it, I wouldnt start some genre of bikes over it, but you can call it a rat bike if you want. Taking a bike (in any condition), and purposefully making it shittier in an attempt to cosplay some weird mad max fantasy you have is about the douchiest thing you can do.
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Why is it douchey for people to do what they enjoy? Who cares if they like making terrible looking bikes, it's not like they're causing any harm to anyone. 
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I would HATE to have that case: it'd be completely clogged with fur & dust within 5 minutes.
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Riding baggers with stereos louder than a jetplane and tearing up and down a residential street is THE douchiest thing you can do on a bike. It beats stunting, rat bikes, hipsters on cafe bikes, HOG riders, and anything else.
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One of those guys went by my house and the song he was blasting was that Bon Joni 'ON A STEEL HORSE I RIDE' song. I just assume he had that one song on infinite repeat.
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vorhese posted:Riding baggers with stereos louder than a jetplane and tearing up and down a residential street is THE douchiest thing you can do on a bike. It beats stunting, rat bikes, hipsters on cafe bikes, HOG riders, and anything else. I'm under the assumption that your bike must be super boring if you need a stereo on it hayden. posted:Why is it douchey for people to do what they enjoy? Who cares if they like making terrible looking bikes, it's not like they're causing any harm to anyone. Sometimes people like to do douchey things? Why is it impossible that a thing someone likes may also be douchey?
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