The best "cafe racer" video blog on the ENTIRE WEBERNETS.
- Thread starter mlinder
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Cool videos! Is this for real? Is this a joke? Whoever put this blog together needs to fucking get over it...who cares what people, hipsters, who the fuck ever is doing with bikes. Seems like this person has had their feelings hurt way too many times or isn't allowed to be a part of the cool kids club and is now just a bitter I'm cooler than everyone else DB. What bike does this guy ride, wrench, repeat on? Always gonna be haters I guess...Ride and let ride!
carnivorous chicken
Over 1,000 Posts
While there are certainly plenty of entertaining aspects to the recent "café racer" phenom worthy of ridicule, there is also apparently a lot of room for bitter haters. Unfortunately the guy doesn't have his facts straight -- in the first post he claims all British café racers in the 60s were Brit bikes, but that simply isn't true, and photos prove otherwise.
SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
Well at least I'm not the only one who feels that way.
I like this:
"it’s really a doozy, the typical hipster fetishizing of authenticity without actually understanding it."
Every. single. one. of these videos is identical.
They are visually appealing, but to me they look like instagram raped a documentary.
I like this:
"it’s really a doozy, the typical hipster fetishizing of authenticity without actually understanding it."
Every. single. one. of these videos is identical.
They are visually appealing, but to me they look like instagram raped a documentary.
I enjoy this blog too...it's entertaining for sure. My thing is if you are gonna take the time to create this blog and call people out, I wish they would show us a video of what they are all about. Show us a video of you "modding up your GT1000". Its so easy to be a bad ass on the interweb. If you are gonna put yourself out there like that, then you need to back it up. Maybe these guys are bad asses, but I will assume they are all wannabe hipsters who are to fat to fit in skinny jeans and are pissed they can't get laid because they still live in their parents basements. The whole blog is based on their assumptions...
i never new there was so many of the same mind .......borg?
most of the "cafe racers" and whatnot with their stock peg location and stupid low seats .... :
to me any of the silly fellers riding them like that just look like a drunk chick at a river kegger out in the woods squatting and pissing ;D ;D
most of the "cafe racers" and whatnot with their stock peg location and stupid low seats .... :
to me any of the silly fellers riding them like that just look like a drunk chick at a river kegger out in the woods squatting and pissing ;D ;D
nicebikemate
New Member
I really frigging detest this elitist us and them mentality. I would have thought that having more people riding bikes is enough to offset any hatred toward 'hipsters' you might have.
My grandad was a motorcyclist with the British army in the second world war, my dad worked for BMW during the 70s and as such i've always been encouraged to embrace motorcyclists no matter what bikes they ride... and just because someone wants to be seen as 'cool' doesn't mean that they're an arrogant twat hipster not worth having a conversation with.
For the record, i'm 30 y'old, been riding bikes since I was a toddler and before that was in a side car. My bikes have included everything from an XR75 to a RZ250 to a CB1300 and currently a zephyr 750. I own the same motorcycle jacket I bought when I was 18 and my lid doesn't match my bike OR the rest of my gear.
Perhaps I just don't 'get it'...
My grandad was a motorcyclist with the British army in the second world war, my dad worked for BMW during the 70s and as such i've always been encouraged to embrace motorcyclists no matter what bikes they ride... and just because someone wants to be seen as 'cool' doesn't mean that they're an arrogant twat hipster not worth having a conversation with.
For the record, i'm 30 y'old, been riding bikes since I was a toddler and before that was in a side car. My bikes have included everything from an XR75 to a RZ250 to a CB1300 and currently a zephyr 750. I own the same motorcycle jacket I bought when I was 18 and my lid doesn't match my bike OR the rest of my gear.
Perhaps I just don't 'get it'...
The blog guy is really negative but also funny and gets it right some of the time. I wasted an hour this morning chuckling at the site and video comments. Most of these videos are just compilations of bad music, too many Mac video filters and new fashion styles that a certain crowd is into. The really funny part is that they all do exactly the same thing to be unique.
People getting into bikes of any kind is a good thing. That part I like. And they are having fun.
People getting into bikes of any kind is a good thing. That part I like. And they are having fun.
SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
nicebikemate said:
So why exactly are your panties in a wad?
You sound exactly the opposite of a hipster to me....
For the record, I'm young, my pants are probably tighter than they should be, I didn't grow up around motorcycles, and I generally have a scruffy beard.
My issue is all of this exactly the same bullshit. The dude is spot on when he talks about everyone saying "soul" and "at one with the bike" and all that other stupid fluff bullshit. Get the fuck over yourself.
If I walked around telling people about my bikes soul, and how I build to be at one with my inner tranquility, and that a bike is an extension of my inner being, etc etc I sure as fuck hope someone would punch me in the face and tell me to man the fuck up.
I get it all the time, I build "artistic" furniture for a living. So often I have people asking me why I do what I do, and expect some long drawn out fantastic story about how much it means to me and why my feelings are paramount in what I build, when the truth is I like what I do and I like working with my hands, thats about it, and I think anyone who says otherwise is full of shit. People have come to expect this kind of bullshit feel good fluff in everything from their goddamn coffee to consumer products.
nicebikemate
New Member
my 'panties are in a wad' because, as I said in the first bloody sentence, I detest the elitist us and them mentality. More people riding is all for good - if people want to carry on about artistic fluff that's their call, who am I to judge a bloke just cause he chooses to pose. Certainly some of the original cafe racer crowd sounded as if they were doing a lot of posing and looking cool and damned if i wouldn't have love to have hung out with them... it's just that these days there's a lot of marketing creating a more stylised look.
ApriliaBill
Yeah...I'm old school.
I think what he was trying to say, is there are those of us who rode when all bikers were trash, before it was fashion. I have two Japanese, one American and one European bike in my garage, and it's funny the looks or cold shoulder I get depending on what I'm riding. And those of us who've been riding longer than most have been alive, will laugh when the next trend takes these bandwagoners on to shaving poodles or what ever the next "Artist/hipster" trend is.
Like other trends, we see people jump in, plunder stock and balloon prices to the point of saturation, then wonder why their 70k artist rendition sits in the garage because they can't recoup their "investment". Most of these café shops (like chopper shops of last decade) will fold, and those of us that ride for more than fashion, still won't give a shit.....
I like cafe's, I like standards, heck, I like most anything with two wheels and a set of bars. I even like that young people are building vintage bikes. I hate the marketers that suck the soul from the sport. I don't need your $100 "riding" fleece that isn't going to protect anybody from any hit over a 1/2 mph.
I have to say, I ride every day and I very seldom see any of these bikes on the road. Even on the weekends where I see hundreds of bikes, I seldom see any. I can't wait till Nov 3rd for the big Norton ride at Hansen Dam, where I'll see hundreds of bikes. But on a daily basis, I see very few. I think people would take these people more seriously if they actually rode...
Like other trends, we see people jump in, plunder stock and balloon prices to the point of saturation, then wonder why their 70k artist rendition sits in the garage because they can't recoup their "investment". Most of these café shops (like chopper shops of last decade) will fold, and those of us that ride for more than fashion, still won't give a shit.....
I like cafe's, I like standards, heck, I like most anything with two wheels and a set of bars. I even like that young people are building vintage bikes. I hate the marketers that suck the soul from the sport. I don't need your $100 "riding" fleece that isn't going to protect anybody from any hit over a 1/2 mph.
I have to say, I ride every day and I very seldom see any of these bikes on the road. Even on the weekends where I see hundreds of bikes, I seldom see any. I can't wait till Nov 3rd for the big Norton ride at Hansen Dam, where I'll see hundreds of bikes. But on a daily basis, I see very few. I think people would take these people more seriously if they actually rode...
xb33bsa said:to me there is us and them
as far as i am concerned,they are the enemy, fuk em all with a flaming pineapple up the ass
DON'T THREATEN ME WITH A GOOD TIME!
carnivorous chicken
Over 1,000 Posts
xb33bsa said:to me there is us and them
as far as i am concerned,they are the enemy, fuk em all with a flaming pineapple up the ass
Seriously dude? Are you infatuated with gay sex? Don't repress that shit, bro, act on it; you'll feel better about yourself and less uptight.
SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
The best "cafe racer" video blog on the ENTIRE WEBERNETS.
I think you're rather confused here.
I have never seen a hipster "stunt" anything.
xb33bsa said:to me there is us and them
as far as i am concerned,they are the enemy, fuk em all with a flaming pineapple up the ass
I think you're rather confused here.
I have never seen a hipster "stunt" anything.
