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Author Topic: Jeeeez! Look at this!  (Read 1855 times)


Offline Justin B.

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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2007, 04:12:21 PM »
It's not as hideous as most BMW chopper/cruiser attempts I've seen.
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thrang

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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2007, 07:51:44 PM »
Its a better job than most BM chops I've seen but still not my cup of tea.

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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2007, 08:12:41 PM »
Interesting styling exercise, but what a complete waste of an R65 ! In my not so humble opinion !
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I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline Justin B.

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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2007, 08:27:03 PM »
The model posing with it in the magazine pics might have been interesting if the pics were a bit larger!  ;D
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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2007, 09:51:59 PM »
I agree - I have seen some much much worse chops of airheads.
Why any self respecting biker would want to keep a 2 wheeled vehicle without
a sidecar that needed such wide, block section tires as to fit on a jaguar wheel
is beyond me - it must be very stable at its top speed of about 85mph, and probably
turns as well as those creations that the boys at Orange County Choppers make
with 8 foot wheelbases.

Poor little R65 never know what hit it..
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Jon_P

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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2007, 10:01:11 PM »
well i like it! not because its something i want but something he made different. i do have a problem with wanting to sell something like that. i wont sell mine, i built it for me, i feel it loses part of the soul that you give it building it, riding and maintaining it.

SCJJR65

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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2007, 12:35:20 PM »
I agree with Justin.  That blonde rocks!!!  [size=14]Woof!!! [/size]  :P

(The bike, on the other hand, I can take or leave...)
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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2007, 07:53:13 AM »
I do like the looks - for what it is.  I could touch the ground really well on that one!  Less brakes, less handling, good styling....  

I sometimes wonder about wider, more stable tires for my R65 (although this one goes way too far for me).  I'm spoiled with the stability (& braking) on my Laverda...

I don't think much of the blonde, myself.  :P
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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2007, 07:37:11 PM »
Aïda,

It gladdens my heart to find out that Blondie doesn't do anything for you!  ;)  Personally, I would like her better with brown hair...
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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2007, 09:36:39 PM »
Just remember, that somewhere, someone is tired of her sh#t. ( # would you like to but a vowel.)
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scottyintex

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Re: Jeeeez! Look at this!
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2007, 10:58:53 AM »
Sort of looks like a Harley Soft tail to me. If you wanted the Harley look.........why not buy one? I do like the way it looks better than some of the new BMW’s they have come out with. I think the old airheads had a cool style, smooth lines....some grace to them. These new ones seem to be strictly ............form follow function with no thought given to style. They are about as ugly as a Tiger tank. But admit I maybe stuck in the past. :o