STEEL DREAM: A SCRATCH-BUILT YAMAHA SR400 BOBBER

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Errr...

Kinda reminds me of the choppers and stuff of the 70s. Too much form over function for my tastes.
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I really like it :)
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I like it in a 'totally impractical, cartoon bike' sort of way. The length of the chain is a bit :shock: and I wouldn't want to go round any bends on it. But hey, if bobbers float anyone's boat then that's as bobber as they come.
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Ideal for going to 'The Bike Shed' on
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I'm not that keen on it as art.
And it will be horrible to ride, I don't need to explain the 1000 reaons why.

I suppose the SR motor will offend the purists who can't abide anything other than traditionally horrible bobbers - so I suppose it has that going for it.
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DefTrap wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:17 pm I'm not that keen on it as art.
And it will be horrible to ride, I don't need to explain the 1000 reaons why.

I suppose the SR motor will offend the purists who can't abide anything other than traditionally horrible bobbers - so I suppose it has that going for it.
Dunno about art but it wouldn't look out of place if Roger the Rabbit was riding it around Toontown. :thumbup:
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:34 pm
Dunno about art but it wouldn't look out of place if Roger the Rabbit was riding it around Toontown. :thumbup:
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Got some of this left over from Noggins monster!
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If you want it to look at and it's your taste then great. But that isn't a bike for riding !
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:59 am I wouldn't want to go round any bends on it
That's just on the straights.
Even bland can be a type of character :wave: