moshe_levy Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Just have him, or her, watch this.... -MKL Link to comment
Silver Surfer/AKAButters Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 That's just awful. Link to comment
JayW Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Those BMW badges definitely look out of place. Isn't there some kind of law being broken here? Jay Link to comment
upflying Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Isn't that an early prototype of the R1200C Montauk? Link to comment
Silver Surfer/AKAButters Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 If that guy just happened to roll into one of our gatherings, he could get a real ass woopin'! Link to comment
Boone60 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Yep, they sure let that nice bike sit at idle for a long time. Link to comment
sardineone Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Not my interpretation of good use of a classic BMW but, it doesn't sound bad! Link to comment
SageRider Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I'm surprised that 1BMWFan allowed anyone to film his new motorcycle..... Link to comment
bobbybob Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 It can potato(e) with the best! Link to comment
Linz Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 It gets worse: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2iqII-PNo&NR=1 Linz Link to comment
skinny_tom (aka boney) Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I'm not one to knock what other people see as art. The common factor in both cases is that they're not being ridden. Link to comment
Bullett Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I guess I am a traditionalist. I like this one, all the way down to the red generator light and the stall. Link to comment
Silver Surfer/AKAButters Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I guess I am a traditionalist. I like this one, all the way down to the red generator light and the stall. Now that's sweet! Link to comment
smiller Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Yeah, I think it's cool being able to hear each cylinder fire. I wonder if I can get my 1100 to do that... Link to comment
HappyMan Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Sounds like a lawn mower with loud pipes! I wouldn't have to worry about running over my dog with the lawn mower either. Link to comment
HappyMan Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Now THIS is a good use of a Boxer! Classic!! Link to comment
CT_Rider Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 That rig may be stock. Any NE Tech Daze attendees remember the guy that showed up with a bike just like that in tow? This, courtesy or Roy Temple Link to comment
Junkman3353 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Just because a thing can be done doesn't mean it should be done. This pains me. Link to comment
Bill Fowler Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Say and think what you will, somebody knows how to fabricate. Link to comment
FLTRI Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It gets worse: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2iqII-PNo&NR=1 Linz Now that, is good looking ride. The creativity in design, while keeping the shaft and rear suspension set up is just cool. Not just another S&S motor and Baker transmission stuck in a rigid aftermarket frame... Link to comment
marty2 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Now THIS is a good use of a Boxer! Classic!! That's a good one. Reminds me of an old snow blower I had. Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It gets worse: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2iqII-PNo&NR=1 Linz Now that, is good looking ride. The creativity in design, while keeping the shaft and rear suspension set up is just cool. Not just another S&S motor and Baker transmission stuck in a rigid aftermarket frame... You might like this. Link to comment
ollka Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Russian evo BMW There You have something to look and discuss Link to comment
pjamesb80 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I like it. Not a big fan of the first one, but I like the lines on this one ( from Linz). Link to comment
VinnyR11 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I like it. Not a big fan of the first one, but I like the lines on this one ( from Linz). That's actually pretty nice. Not a bike I'd ever own, but looks good. Regarding kettles and the color black.. IMHO, BMW isn't doing all that great with design of late. How "good" do the new RT's look and sound exactly?? Link to comment
Polo Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It took me a while to recover. If anybody shows someone drinking Macallan with coke I'm out of here!!! Link to comment
4wheeldog Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It gets worse: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2iqII-PNo&NR=1 Linz Now, it is not anywhere near my style, but I can actually appreciate that one. It looks as functional as any custom, actually has cornering clearance and likely functional brakes. And it is as pretty as most of those unridable customs. I like it........I wouldn't own it or ride it, but I like it. Link to comment
FLTRI Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 It gets worse: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2iqII-PNo&NR=1 Linz Now that, is good looking ride. The creativity in design, while keeping the shaft and rear suspension set up is just cool. Not just another S&S motor and Baker transmission stuck in a rigid aftermarket frame... You might like this. That is cool! Kind of a street fighter look... Link to comment
leikam Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 If these bikes are causing anybody distress, maybe they should let up on the kool-aid. Once a bike is sold, it belongs to the owner to do with as s/he pleases. Ass woopin'? Yeah right! Link to comment
Chris H. Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I'd be sad if it were an operable machine that had been gutted, but from what I've seen there are plenty of (nearly) abandonded ones that need to be broken out to find useable parts. The one thing I'd find impressive is if someone did something like this and used the engine as a structural member, instead of like a v-twin where it is resting inside the frame... To each their own! Link to comment
Pilgrim Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 It can potato(e) with the best! Well, no. BMW exhausts sound like baby farts. Take the mufflers off and they sound like LOUD baby farts. Sound is not something BMW does well. But that's okay; they look funky. Pilgrim Link to comment
edge51 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 truthfully - cooooLLL !! Link to comment
lvnvbiker Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 There is a guy in New York that built a realy nice cafe racer out of a airhead and he uses the motor as a stressed member, if I find his site I'll link to it. This guys custom is one of the best I have seen, and being a cafe makes it more "functional" than a chopper in terms of handling. The guys in eastern Europe will chop ANYTHING, from dirtbikes to Guzzi nothing is safe from the torch and welder. I think it is pretty cool myself based just on the imagination and skill used by these guys to make something thier own. Being a rider is realy a practice of individualism with some amount of desire for personal expression at it base level, the chopper guys just take it up a few notches. Link to comment
mikeR1100R Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I was there for that one. Apart from the anesthesiolgist who showed up on the Goldwing, this one won the prize for the most attention-getting machine in attendance. Link to comment
R80RTKen Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 The beauty of multiple bikes... Choppers for fun-with-welders / garage hero / Bar hopping madness Tourers for big miles to far away places Rice-Rockets for making far away places not-as far away :-) Cruisers for looking cool at The Spot... Ive not met many a bike that I didnt like.. Link to comment
Mike Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I don't quite get the righteous indignation. I'd rather see a pristine restoration, but sometimes an owner's financial circumstances and/or the bike's condition make that difficult, perhaps impossible. In that case, why not innovate? Link to comment
Stir Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 It gets worse: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2iqII-PNo&NR=1 Linz Now that, is good looking ride. The creativity in design, while keeping the shaft and rear suspension set up is just cool. Not just another S&S motor and Baker transmission stuck in a rigid aftermarket frame... I agree with you 100%!! And I had the same thoughts about the rear suspension and shaft as well. I'd ride that bike. The only issue I have with it is the handle bar. There's gotta be something better than cafe racer bars. (Never liked them) Link to comment
WURTY Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I wouldnt know to waive or flip him off Link to comment
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