Choppers, bobbers and other observations

The way I ride a motorcycle, even with best handling motorcycle I can be a danger to myself, let alone with a bloody bobber.
 
acotrel said:
The way I ride a motorcycle, even with best handling motorcycle I can be a danger to myself, let alone with a bloody bobber.
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Bobbers are not typically unsafe.

Choppers, yes. Bobbers, not so much unless they are built by idiots.
 
Whenever I change the steering geometry on my bike, I proceed very carefully. If you get it wrong a problem can come from nowhere and grab you by the throat. I do not often get it wrong, but I once braked into a right hand bend and the bike stood up , I got chucked over to the left. I turned it on again to crash the bike on the grass, and it came out of it;s problem.
 
acotrel said:
Whenever I change the steering geometry on my bike, I proceed very carefully. If you get it wrong a problem can come from nowhere and grab you by the throat. I do not often get it wrong, but I once braked into a right hand bend and the bike stood up , I got chucked over to the left. I turned it on again to crash the bike on the grass, and it came out of it;s problem.
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maybe give this yoke offset a try Al ? :D
 
baz said:
maybe give this yoke offset a try Al ? :D
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'Because I can' is never a good reason for doing anything. I once built a 650 cc Tribsa. It had a Tiger 110 motor and gearbox, and a BSA Gold Flash frame. The frame rake was 60 degrees and I used fork yokes from a 1963 Bonneville. It handled and went superbly. I sold it to buy my 500cc short stroke Triton racer. The Tribsa was better than the Triton. What you do not know cannot hurt you. - MUCH.
 
Obviously those boys are not the slightest bit interested in performance or handling.

So critiquing there work from that perspective is just pointless.

Not my cup of tea at all, but as artwork / personal statements I think it’s just a case of ‘unto each his own’.
 
acotrel said:
'Because I can' is never a good reason for doing anything. I once built a 650 cc Tribsa. It had a Tiger 110 motor and gearbox, and a BSA Gold Flash frame. The frame rake was 60 degrees and I used fork yokes from a 1963 Bonneville. It handled and went superbly. I sold it to buy my 500cc short stroke Triton racer. The Tribsa was better than the Triton. What you do not know cannot hurt you. - MUCH.
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these bikes are built just for fun Al
Nothing more nothing less that's the bit you don't get
And 'because I can' is always the best reason to do anything
I wouldn't want one but I'd love to have a go
Looks like fun
 
baz said:
maybe give this yoke offset a try Al ? :D
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Some outrages creations but they all seem to be well ridden and the owners seem to be enjoying their builds, not my cuppa tea but then everyone has their own thoughts and ideas and looks like most have done some travels with gear strapped on the back of their sissy bars and good luck to them, at lease they are getting out there on their creations and riding them on the road.
Al you can talk about your track days and what you done and all, but when has the last time you been out on your bike, choppers are not Bobbers and look at the Triumph Bobbers, 1200, they look old school but they have good brakes, handle pretty good and are comfortable to ride, I know a few people who own them and what my Triumph dealer have told me they can't get enough of them and soon as they come in they are straight out the door, they sell more bobbers than most other Triumph models, that's when they can get them.
 
ashman said:
Some outrages creations but they all seem to be well ridden and the owners seem to be enjoying their builds, not my cuppa tea but then everyone has their own thoughts and ideas and looks like most have done some travels with gear strapped on the back of their sissy bars and good luck to them, at lease they are getting out there on their creations and riding them on the road.
Al you can talk about your track days and what you done and all, but when has the last time you been out on your bike, choppers are not Bobbers and look at the Triumph Bobbers, 1200, they look old school but they have good brakes, handle pretty good and are comfortable to ride, I know a few people who own them and what my Triumph dealer have told me they can't get enough of them and soon as they come in they are straight out the door, they sell more bobbers than most other Triumph models, that's when they can get them.
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Those triumph bobbers sell extremely well over here too
I wouldn't have one if you paid me but I can appreciate that people like them
It's their choice and good on them for it
 
baz said:
Those triumph bobbers sell extremely well over here too
I wouldn't have one if you paid me but I can appreciate that people like them
It's their choice and good on them for it
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I wouldn't have one myself but have ridden one and really they aren't that bad, I am happy with my old Norton and my Triumph Thruxton 1200S, still waiting to take my mate's new Rocket 111 for a blast, for such a big motorcycle it handle pretty good and it gets up and go when in sports mode.
I had a old mate ask me if I build a old school Triumph chopper a while back he had all the bits for it but at the time I had my old Manxman project bike on hold and was building a 79 Harley Superglide for my wife's uncle, another mate ended up starting to build it, but the owner is still waiting for it, should have done it for him as it would have been done by now if I built it and it would have been fun to do.
 
Yesterday sat having a coffee in Danby village, looking down the dale over to the North Yorkshire Moors, I heard the rumble of a Harley, nothing strange but soon followed by another, and another, and another. 28 in all, mostly baggers with a couple of Sportsters but all looked like they had just been wheeled out of the showroom, not a chopped or bobbed one among them. What's the world coming too?
 
Al's#5 said:
Yesterday sat having a coffee in Danby village, looking down the dale over to the North Yorkshire Moors, I heard the rumble of a Harley, nothing strange but soon followed by another, and another, and another. 28 in all, mostly baggers with a couple of Sportsters but all looked like they had just been wheeled out of the showroom, not a chopped or bobbed one among them. What's the world coming too?
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We have become a nation of conformists !!
 
Al's#5 said:
Yesterday sat having a coffee in Danby village, looking down the dale over to the North Yorkshire Moors, I heard the rumble of a Harley, nothing strange but soon followed by another, and another, and another. 28 in all, mostly baggers with a couple of Sportsters but all looked like they had just been wheeled out of the showroom, not a chopped or bobbed one among them. What's the world coming too?
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If they were all crawling along at 30mph it would be the local HOG ride out.
 
Fast Eddie said:
Don’t think that’ll be a problem for them !
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I do find it funny when I see their hi Vis with "hog leader" at the front and "tail end hog" or something like that at the back
Always ride 10mph under the speed limit
What's that about?
 
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