I think this use to be an XJ...

WOW does that rat bike really have no front brake?

http://www.bikerspost.com/photo/richard ... ntext=user

 

Whoever did that belongs in a gas chamber or on the end of a rope...... That is a travesty

 

I wouldn't expect much out of that guy....look who he hangs with!

 

It's like looking at a train wreck, it's so bad I can't believe it, but at the same time I find it quite fascinating, so that I can't quit looking at it.

 

So... Rat bikes are made to look bad/worn/decorated but how well are they typically maintained under the grime?

 

Idk, but I would guess in this case not so much, lol.

 

I'm with massimo on this one......I'm normally a purist, but have that latent part of me that has always toyed with doing a rat just to do one. Now THIS-------------looks like what I'd try to do. Yup, it's SO bad....BEYOND bad, that it's intriguing. I MAY just contemplate it even more

I'd also have to agree with Bob...... now really, do you think this guy would EVER let HIS bike be the one that breaks down? The rest of them would be UN-merciful!!!!! Nah, I bet it runs like a top.........and those back brakes are probably hopped up to 'compensate' for any frontal lobotomy (well, on the BIKE, I mean.....)

Didn't meant to offend you, OWNER, if you're one of us! LOL

dave Fox

 

Looking at that again..........

Dying laughing at the rat on top of the handlbars, and the 'airhorn'.

Obviously the guy put a lot of thought into it..... dvery square inch of it has something nasty on, in, or done, to it. I keep finding more the longer I stare at it........kind of like a dog returning to its own puke....

Maybe that bike should be called a X-Maxim (as in EX-Maxim) LOL

If I DO do that, I'd turn the front rim around, too, so the spokes swirl the opposite way

 

He overlooked one little detail though, the throttle grip is still shiny

 

That's to satisfy the harley-wannabe part of him. A small caveat........

dave

 

Bikes and drugs, nuff said!

 

Seeing more stuff on there...
... the indian face at the seat back
... looks like a beer tap at the top of the welded-chain 'backrest'
...nTHE ELECTRICAL OUTLET in place of the frame reflector!!!!!!
...nevery line a different color on the valve cover
... the gas mask
... flat-plate side cover
... the ubiquitous ammo-can
.... the hysterically broken headlight mount-- which, by the way, appears to have the mounting points on the sides of the lower triple clamp and that indicates that this is probably an XJ550 maxim. Thereby, that satisfies the chain-drive crowd........and the chain is probably painted some crazy color...let's say, uh, greasy rust color?!?!?!

--and I'm still studying it, as well as the other bikes.

Dave Fox

 

Yall DO know that this was Photoshopped right?
60% of it at least

 

With no front brakes, one would hope he checked the rears for delamination.

 

dont shit on my rainbow now...

 

SLKid, how do you know it was photoshopped?

Styling wise, it looks pretty much like a number of things I have seen people post here as projects ... the decorations are the only difference.

One does have to wonder about the lack of brake rotor on the front wheel ...
If it was photoshopped, does that mean that it a non-op bike or did someone just photoshop the decorations?

 

Looks like a lot of the Funky decor was photoshopped. I know, cause I was a graphic designer. Zoom in on some of the colors and take a look at the pixel resolution.
Who knows! She might be an operating motorcycle! Should ask the guy

 

I have no reason to doubt that it's a real bike. If the rotor was photoshoped out, for example, then caliper, lines, everything, would have to be cut, too. I can't find ANY thing there to indicate that anything has been digitally removed.

fwiw,

dave F

 

Well, he'll save on front brake maintenance.

 

Love it !! Would I build my bike like that? No... but I still love it....

 

From what I know of motorcycles and braking, he's dead meat in an emergency stop situation and in many hazardous road conditions. Front brake is 70% of your stopping power and forces the front of the bike down, keeping it stable and under control.. Rear brake, a mere 30% of your stopping power, lifts the front end and causes loss of control and stability.

 

I would differ on that, personally.

dave f

 

"WTF" Is The circus is in town? I think someone did too much acid.

 

i think the bike is real, however some of the highlights may be 'shopped.

who knows though

 

It's weird because you can see a lot of detailed effort in the bizarreness.

Look closely at the front wheel. Even though the tire was obviously just sprayed with the da-glo orange, the rim itself is sharply clean meaning it had to have been masked or cleaned carefully afterwards; and the alternating-color rim stripes on the spokes are very evenly applied; I don't think they're paint as some of the same tape was used for the peace sign overlaying the headlight.

And that's just the front wheel. There is a lot of similar craftsmanship in the other oddities.

Somebody put a lot of care into making it look like he doesn't.

 

That's what I said/still say..... and like I also said before, I bet the bike runs like a top.