Why waste money ion bike gear?

Even Brad Pitt wears $5 Rigger's gloves:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/25/article-1222833-06F4A534000005DC-286_468x627.jpg

 

Hi Gerry! <waves>

regards,
CrazyCam

 

I was thinking of getting some new gloves with knuckle protectors but
now I've decided I want to look cool like Brad Pitt instead. I will
have a soft cotton top instead of ballistic armour fitted into a
Kevlar jacket. I also intend to remove the ugly front mudguard and a
wing mirror from my bike so they wont get in between me and the lens
and I can look like I love myself when the photographers gather around
me, passing me compliments on my looks. Later, I will get off my
1950's replica cafe racer and back into my Hummer where I feel safe -
LA can be a dangerous place!

 

You can look cool like me,
I have been using riggers gloves for many years as they are cheaper and
stronger than most motorcycle gloves
They are not as comfortable as the kid gloves I wore when racing, but they
last longer I will

The "missing wing mirror" is there,
on the left hand side as they tend to use the right hand side of the road
over there

There were no cafe racers in the 1950's
they didn't come into vogue till the early 1970's when the Japanese bikes
hit the market

 

You seem to think fatboy plonking as a bad thing ?

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:27:22 GMT

Umm... eh?

The term is late 50s early 60s in the UK (hint, why cafe?), and the
import of the lighter faster Brit bikes were what prompted HD to
create the Sportster in the early 50s.

I dunno if the US riders used the clipon style when they customised
their bikes, I bet a few did. Most I think tended to the more US
style of street racing so tended towards higher wider bars for drags
and desert racing.

I think one of the first "factory cafe racers" was the Enfield
Continental GT which was a 250 from the mid 60s. As the name notes
though it was more about emulating the Italian sportbikes than the
Brit ton-up boys.

Zebee

 

I think the first "factory cafe racer" I saw was a Ducati 350 around 1968
then the British came out with a cafe racer Triumph, BSA and others followed
Thought the Enfield had more of an upright position with their bars
Clip-ons were popular here, but not in the USA, they went more for the
high-rise ape hangers
popular here from around 1958 on

 

With respect - Cobblers!

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:09:23 GMT

Nope, see http://www.realclassic.co.uk/continental05081900.html
that's the Continental. Hardly upright bars.

The long forks and apehangers is a later custom, in the 50s they
weremaking their bikes more like brit ones with cruft removed and
lower bars.

They also modified for desert racing and drags as I said.


Zebee

 

More like an "American-Stupid" interpretation of 1950s racer!
I can't understand this passion for dumb-looking, barely functional,
barely rideable "show bikes".
He's lucky he didn't crash it at any higher speed too; you can only
imagine what those spring-thingies would've done to his guts (or
nuts!) not to mention all the exposed whirring things (chains, cogs,
tyres, clutch etc) that would act like mincers.

 

mmmm
irony ?

 

I know the expression 'café racer' was first used in the 1950's and a
big part of the cafe racer style is derived from post-war lack of
money (hand made parts etc). I agree that the term was in use for
over a decade and probably was more popular in the 60's, by which time
the financial effects of WWII must have faded.

Also, I spotted the handlebar mounter mirror - that's why I said
"removed a mirror." However, I feel you are missing my point a bit,
George.

It was not intended to be a serious post, so I didn't expect the
details to be disected to the extent they have been. If I had
realised that was going to happen, I would have taken more care over
the minutiae and probably not posted anything at all.

At least Brad's gloves are new... your's were probably new in 1928 -
you old goat!

BTW - The bike looks very different from the side. Here are some more
pics:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...d-Pitt-knocked-motorbike-Hollywood-crash.html

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Perhaps this is what I should've put:
Cotton top $75 by Giovanni, Tracey Ross Clothing Boutique, 8595
Sunset Blvd. (www.traceyross.com)
Shoes $270 from Carwashkim: Vintage & Designer
Rigger's gloves $19 from Mitre 10
Plastic surgery $47K by the same guy that did Michael Jackson

 

http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1//2009/01/pitt-helmet/brad-pitt-motorcycle-helmet-02.jpg
(I'm betting the "Rigger's gloves" are genuine organic Italian
calf-foreskin Delucapelli Milano designer-gloves.....)

 

How veru niave after all this IS aus.moto

 

I know the expression 'café racer' was first used in the 1950's and a
big part of the cafe racer style is derived from post-war lack of
money (hand made parts etc). I agree that the term was in use for
over a decade and probably was more popular in the 60's, by which time
the financial effects of WWII must have faded.

Also, I spotted the handlebar mounter mirror - that's why I said
"removed a mirror." However, I feel you are missing my point a bit,
George.

It was not intended to be a serious post,

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Since when has any post in this newsgroup been serious??


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Post anything in this or any newsgroup and expect it to be di-sected


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If I had
realised that was going to happen, I would have taken more care over
the minutiae and probably not posted anything at all.

At least Brad's gloves are new... your's were probably new in 1928 -
you old goat!

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But, but, but, but, what are you saying ??
besides, my riggers gloves are better than his, they only cost me $2


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BTW - The bike looks very different from the side. Here are some more
pics:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...d-Pitt-knocked-motorbike-Hollywood-crash.html

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Saw that video two days ago and and came to the conclusion that Mister Pitt
can't ride a bike for shit




Perhaps this is what I should've put:
Cotton top $75 by Giovanni, Tracey Ross Clothing Boutique, 8595
Sunset Blvd. (www.traceyross.com)
Shoes $270 from Carwashkim: Vintage & Designer
Rigger's gloves $19 from Mitre 10
Plastic surgery $47K by the same guy that did Michael Jackson

 

So is it a Pan Shovel??

 

Looks a lot like an S&S pan replica

 

Looks like a standard Panhead to me.

 

It looks like a fashion statement to me
the lack of rear suspension limits handling
riding sprung hubs and rigid pommie bikes taught me that hard tails
slide to easily