Steampunk ???

[crazypj]

Serious [ if dumb ] question. Can someone define "Steampunk" for me ? I'm assuming this is a North American term?

I've seen bikes described as such, but there seems to be a blurring of lines between several styles.

I don't think it's really North American although they may have invented the term (yanks just love to pigeon hole things ;D )
In Britain steampunk was just part of everyday life while I was growing up, we just didn't have a name for it
I started my Yamaha in one direction but it's now going in a different direction since I 'found' steampunk a few years ago (although I haven't done anything to it since before I was laid off)

 

[ronnie]

Here yall go.. To get some visual perspective from an animated short.

http://vimeo.com/m/4231220

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[CresentSon]

The key element is victorian based retro-futurism. To give a hard definition is impossible, because it is a living movement. Like any art movement, it can't be summarized until it is over. There is also a lot of other 'punk' movements that bleed over further blurring the lines. Dieselpunk, cyberpunk, biopunk, mechanicalpunk,

Might as well ask what is a cafe. Following this trend you could define the resurgence and 'updating' of cafe racer culture as cafepunk, as it is British cafe based with newer Japanese tech. Just another was to simplify something fluid and dynamic for mass consumption.

 

[TonUp]

Real Steampunk. No glued-on gears here...