Saw this on another forum and thought it could be interesting to see/ hear about some of the worst things you guys have ever seen done to a motorbike?
Pics are even better
Here's something to start......
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What? yellow spotlight lenses? Not great but not that bad.
playing cards, held on by pegs on the spokes. for the clicking sound.
sent from my carafan in tenby,
(19-03-17, 10:17 PM) taylor link Wrote: playing cards, held on by pegs on the spokes. for the clicking sound. Showing your age (again )
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
Personally, any bike that has the factory standard rear mudguard area cut away, I think it looks naff at best, but mostly as though the bike has been rear ended and not repaired properly.
is it clean enough?
The mudguard/numberplate has always,to my mind, been the section to spoil the look of a bike. Even back in the 60's building cafe racers,the numberplate/rear light would usually be a lashup, to be done properly later on, but "later on" never happened.Personally I'd rather chop the back end to within an inch of its life,then fit the smallest numberplate you think you'd get away with.Not from the point of trying to fool speed cameras, but having a numberplate the size of a plasterers hawk just looks crap.
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
Don't start me with modified back ends.....
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(20-03-17, 11:50 AM) Dudeofrude link Wrote: Don't start me with modified back ends.....Now you're talkin'. :lol
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
Why do this to a perfectly good fireblade?
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(20-03-17, 07:21 PM) iamthearrison link Wrote: Why do this to a perfectly good fireblade?
1. it helps the rider from sliding off the back
2. it was probably far from a good fireblade having been written off prior to the conversion work starting
Another ex-Fazer rider that is a foccer again
If you think the tails bad, you should see how the Germans paint their engines
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!
Purple anodized bar weights and bolts on Kawasaki's
It maybe green but its not a focin Xmas tree
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!
Taking the bits off a Fazer that make it comfy and easy to ride fast and far, to make it a Streetfighter :evil
Crash bobbins fixed to the weakest bracket on the bike (saw some bolted to the lower radiator bracket on an R6)
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!
(20-03-17, 08:52 PM) joebloggs link Wrote: Purple anodized bar weights and bolts on Kawasaki's
It maybe green but its not a focin Xmas tree
I always hated the purple and green kawak colour scheme, never though if it as a Xmas tree before now though haha
Gold Wings and the like with so many LEDs and neons stuck on them that they look like something from Close Encounters!
Maltese cross anything.
Skulls with led eyes on custom bike front mudguards
Rim tapes (sorry)
Fur seat covers
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!
(21-03-17, 08:40 AM) joebloggs link Wrote: Maltese cross anything.
Skulls with led eyes on custom bike front mudguards
Rim tapes (sorry)
Fur seat covers :agree
Yes, I'd also add sissy bars and leather satchels- in fact any kind of leather accessory on a bike. I'm not a fan of too much chrome.
Treat everything in life the way a dog would- if you can't eat it or foc it, forget it.
Anything 'cafe racer' - Remove fairing, add clamp on handlebars and ridiculously thin seat (comfort gone), remove tail and underseat section (practical storage and pillion carrying capability gone), remove airbox (engine performance and smooth running gone), fit radial tyres (handling gone). Looks good though...
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(21-03-17, 10:15 AM) Bretty link Wrote: Anything 'cafe racer' - Remove fairing, add clamp on handlebars and ridiculously thin seat (comfort gone), remove tail and underseat section (practical storage and pillion carrying capability gone), remove airbox (engine performance and smooth running gone), fit radial tyres (handling gone). Looks good though...
If you want practical buy a car................
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!