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Check out these custom bikes, pretty extreme in some cases.

I'd like to see the BMW with the giant fairing ridden down the street...

http://www.pipeburn.com/home/2018/05/08 ... hazan.html
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I'm a function over form kinda guy..
But I do like Craig Smith's builds.
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I am all for reworking a motorcycle to make it perform better,
but to mutilate one and sacrifice rideability just for the aesthetics is something I'm never gonna get.

Motorcycles may be art, but when they become pieces of garage jewelry, I believe the point has been missed.
Bikes were designed to function, and there in lies their true beauty.

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A motorcycle is a dynamic machine, made for motion. When customization impedes a rider's ability to ride, the bike becomes something else, something less like a motorcycle and more like a paperweight.
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Whether they can be ridden or not, I still enjoy looking at them.
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One if has to wonder about some of these things. That BMW with the big fairing in particular would be impossible to steer because there isn't room to turn the handlebars and that fairing is too close to the ground to let it lean.

I like custom bikes but if you want something that's just for looking at there's something intrinsically wrong with wasting a bike that someone could actually use for what it was made for to base the sculpture on.
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I like all of them for a simple reason. The designers were thinking outside of the box and provide a basis for other builders to dream up ideas. Art does not have to be functional. If it provokes thought, it is enough.

Too much emphasis on chrome and steel for my tastes as far as the overall show goes though. I would have liked to see some more paint schemes.
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BikeMaine wrote:Whether they can be ridden or not, I still enjoy looking at them.
If I had a nickle (American) for every bike, car, truck, boat I've looked at over the years and went.."man I would love to own that"..I could retire. :mrgreen:
Well..up here where a US nickle is worth $10 Canadian.
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sunnbobb wrote:I like all of them for a simple reason. The designers were thinking outside of the box and provide a basis for other builders to dream up ideas. Art does not have to be functional. If it provokes thought, it is enough.

Too much emphasis on chrome and steel for my tastes as far as the overall show goes though. I would have liked to see some more paint schemes.
You nailed it when you said they provide a basis for others to dream.....
Right there brother, that works for me.
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5speed wrote:
BikeMaine wrote:Whether they can be ridden or not, I still enjoy looking at them.
If I had a nickle (American) for every bike, car, truck, boat I've looked at over the years and went.."man I would love to own that"..I could retire. :mrgreen:
Well..up here where a US nickle is worth $10 Canadian.
Hahaha!. I hear you man!
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BikeMaine wrote:Whether they can be ridden or not, I still enjoy looking at them.
I agree, as I get older, I know there will come a day when I can’t ride anymore and that terrifies me.
I will always love to look at and enjoy another’s motorcycle. A rider or hanging on a wall.
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dontwantapickle wrote:I am all for reworking a motorcycle to make it perform better,
but to mutilate one and sacrifice rideability just for the aesthetics is something I'm never gonna get.

Motorcycles may be art, but when they become pieces of garage jewelry, I believe the point has been missed.
Bikes were designed to function, and there in lies their true beauty.

build it - ride it - break it - repeat.
I missed this comment last month. Well said. I couldn't agree more.
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Gowing wrote:
BikeMaine wrote:Whether they can be ridden or not, I still enjoy looking at them.
I agree, as I get older, I know there will come a day when I can’t ride anymore and that terrifies me.
I will always love to look at and enjoy another’s motorcycle. A rider or hanging on a wall.
Very true, at least if they're turned into art, they are preserved to some extent and possibly someday, some one will turn it back into a rider.
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sunnbobb wrote:...Too much emphasis on chrome and steel for my tastes as far as the overall show goes though. I would have liked to see some more paint schemes....
Yeah it seems like polished aluminum is 'this years' black' Hazan,Rodsmith, Revival, etc are all on the Shinya alloy train.
I like it. It just seems there is a lot of it right now IMHO.

BTW here is one on my side of the map...
http://www.haasmotomuseum.com/the-museum

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BikeMaine wrote:
Gowing wrote:
BikeMaine wrote:Whether they can be ridden or not, I still enjoy looking at them.
I agree, as I get older, I know there will come a day when I can’t ride anymore and that terrifies me.
I will always love to look at and enjoy another’s motorcycle. A rider or hanging on a wall.
Very true, at least if they're turned into art, they are preserved to some extent and possibly someday, some one will turn it back into a rider.
If it has been transformed into "art" and is now unrideable, is it still a motorcycle or just a collection of motorcycle parts arranged into an appealing design?

I come across a lot of bikes now that have the frames all chopped up because the owner was gonna make a bobber and
either got in over their heads, or they realized that they have destroyed the practicality of their motorcycle.

I guess the perspective all lies in whether you think of a motorcycle as a practical piece of machinery,
or a fashion accessory.
Good thing there is room enough on this planet for both!
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