H-D sportster cafe.. i think we need a new emoji

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:sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:

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I mean that's bloody awful isn't it ?
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Is the bat so that you can beat the bike (or perhaps the rider?) into some sense of order?!
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If it was orange....

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Can't say its significantly worse looking than most cafe racers to be honest and would say its quite some way better looking than most Harley's.

Damned by faint praise I know but there it is.
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Yorick wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:20 pm If it was orange....

:D
Ummmmm no... really really really no.
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weeksy wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:13 pm :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:

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I mean that's bloody awful isn't it ?
The real one looks normal in comparison

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Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
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IS that bat for beating the ugly out of the bike or trying to knock sense into the potential buyer?
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There's so much wrong I believe it may be inspirational.
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That is truly repulsive, and that's being kind
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The only Harley sportster I've even ridden had a slabby GSXR front end on it, with clip ons. a homemade rear swinger and GSXR rear wheel. the motor had been " liberated" as the owner described it. Deffo one of the weirdest things I've ridden, but oddly enjoyable. The most lasting memory of it is how skinny it was.
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Cant say i'm a fan but I don't dislike it as much as most of you do. Still prefer bikes i can see the engine on...
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I'm definitely not a fan of Harleys but to my eyes its less ugly than most Harleys.

Again, damned by faint praise but theres not many Harleys I can think of that look better.
Most of em just look heavy and lumpen to me. That ones less so

The baseball bat beside it looks a bit ferkin 11 year old charva to me, I assume its supposed to look rufty but it just looks a bit lame.
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weeksy wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:11 pm Image

I bet underneath that superhero beard he's got no chin.
Got a mate who after years of a goatie he shaved it off only for us to realise why he'd grown it in the first place. From the nose down his face looked like Timmy Mallet.
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It’s not a looker - and once it has all the stuff bolted on that it actually needs ...
But it’s not the worst HD by a long way ....
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Obviously intended as a base for a dragster. They even have a space in the frame for the second engine
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My guess is it's designed by someone that doesn't have a long history of owning motorcycles and they think that this is what passes for west coast cool in America.
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weeksy wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:11 pm Image
That's Aaron from Gas Monkey Garage.

Built it, raced it. Top bloke, very funny, in a dry wit sort of way. :thumbup:
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crust wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:54 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:11 pm Image
That's Aaron from Gas Monkey Garage.

Built it, raced it. Top bloke, very funny, in a dry wit sort of way. :thumbup:

Lol you think I didn't know? I do love that bike in a weird way, it's very much what a Harley is and should be to me.
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weeksy wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:11 pm Image
Reminds me of lawnmower racing

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mmBw3uzPnJI/T ... ing_01.jpg

Only Harley worth owning is this

https://www.americanflattrack.com/news/ ... -part-i-iv