Top 10 Hipster Motorcycles!!!

troybilt and VonYinzer - well freaking said.

I work my ass off at nights behind a bartop and have a vintage car, two bikes and an aeroplane to show for it. If somone wants to forsake me for that I couldn't give a flying f***.

If anyone wants to have a go at somone for liking something or being interested in something then thats solely their problem, not anyone elses. People who want to hop from trend to trend for the sole purpose of 'appearing cool' is what irks me, but its not generally brought up since I have nothing to do with any such people and could really care less what they do.

Are they enjoying themselves? Yeah? Well good on them then - I have no further input.

- boingk
 
I deserve no accolade Boink. I. Just as guilty as everyone else here. The statement was self damning.
 
Fashion be damned, I dress for comfort most of the time. When I finish my half day at my computer job, I step out of the house onto the family's working farm. 400+ pecan trees and a few areas of produce fields. Or I'm trimming trees from 20 of the acres that have reverted to native timber (I'm on 54 acres). Or I'm at the coal fired forge, on a tractor, spinning wrenches on the toys or broken equipment.

Yep, I said toys. My daily driver is a fuel infested 5 speed 4 cyl 94 Ranger with 204+ thousand miles on it. My toys are the rest of the fleet: 72 Super Beetle, 69 Dodge D100, 49 Dodge 1/2 ton, 85 C10 short/wide, 1963 Honda Scrambler, 1971 Honda Scrambler, 1996 VS800 Intruder, 1998 Savage bar hopper.

I only go to town when I absolutely have to, so I'm usually covered in mud, grease, stinking of bunrt metal, coated in saw dust or paint overspray...

Each of my toys serves a purpose.
 
I could give a shit less if you pulled it out of a dumpster and put it back together yourself, or, if Daddy bought it for you. It's what happens later that counts. By later I mean what happens after you grow up. Did you learn somthing about yourself? About riding? About motorcycles? Do you still ride 10, 20, or 30 yrs down the road? Or, were you going through a phase? People go through phases, it's cool. Most of the people I rode with in high school in the 80's no longer ride. Some quit when they had kids, some sooner then that, some later. I quit in my early 20's and picked back up again. My point is the condition known as being a Hipster, is usually temporary. Most will grow out of it. Some don't. That's fine. All I can hope is that for whatever reason they get into it, hopfully they have a good time, and maybe learn a little somthing. Try not to be too judgmental.We all got into this for different reasons. If that reason is to accesorize a type of lifestyle, great! Maybe, just maybe it will turn into something a little more substantial later on.
My .02$
Ray
 
Motorized Bicycle recently sold on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1914-Indian-excelsior-replica-boardtrack-racer-cafe-racer-steampunk-racer-/321068122695?_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&forcev4exp=true

No, owning a particular inanimate object does not make you a hipster, a point which most people whining about this article missed. But notice in the description on this auction how the selling points are "draws a lot of attention", which is oxygen for Hipsters, also the emphasis on "style", can't get attention without that huh? And lastly how some pathetic ass paid $3600 for a $100 bicycle with a $100 2-stroke engine kit in it that has never been tested.

If the seller had this POS on display in his "studio", then we know exactly why he knew the key words that suckered in his target demographic.
Owning or spending ridiculous sums of money on pieces of shit like this to get "attention" is pathetic.

"THIS IS MY VINTAGE EXCELSIOR,INDIAN BOARDTRACK RACER REPLICA I HAVE FOR AUCTION - THE BIKE WAS USED AS A DISPLAY IN MY STUDIO - AS WERE OTHERS I HAVE HAD - THIS REPLICA HAS A NEW 80CC TWO STROKE MOTOR -DRIVE TRAIN , THAT HAS BEEN STARTED BUT NEVER RIDDEN - SOME ANTIQUE PARTS AND NEWER PARTS COMPRISE THE BIKE. AWSOME BARNFIND PATINA DRAWS ALOT OF ATTENTION -VERY MUCH THE SAME FINISH AS 100 YEAR OLD AUTOS AND BIKES FOUND AT HENRY FORD MUSEAUM. IT IS A BUMP GP START BIKE WITH COASTER BRAKES. - BOARDTRACK STEAMPUNK STYLE - DISPLAY OR RIDE. SHIPPING UP TO BUYER - HOWEVER I HAVE SOLD AND SHIPPED BIKES IN BICYCLE BOXS WITH NO ISSUES AT SMALL EXTRA COST. WE WILL CONTRIBUTE $75.00 TOWARDS SHIPPING. LAST PIC OF EXCELSIOR WAS MODEL USED TO REPLICATE. THANKS MS "
 
I'm trying to remember the last time a GP was a bump start. 1981 or so was the last time I bump started a bike in competition.
 
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That video was painfully awful. I get why it should be funny, but....not really
 
SONICJK said:
.....................I get why it should be funny, but....not really
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Exactly, hence the "kinda" :)

and, I think you'll agree, this topic again.........
 

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troybilt said:
The minute I start to worry about what someone else is wearing and their reasoning behind it, or what they are driving or riding and their reason to do so, would someone please shoot me? I figure at that point my life has gotten to be pretty pitiful and I might as well end it right then and there.
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Amen to that brother. A lot of people think that the LIFESTYLE is created by the bikes they build or ride,but in reality the bikes they build or ride is created by their Lifestyle they already had.
 
This is an absolutely true story.
My old boss (retired 3 yrs ago now) Had the long gray hair, goatee, leather jacket, chaps, no helmet, beer belly and 2 $25,000 Harleys. and the I dont give a fuck what anybody thinks of me attitude...to match the whole bad ass Harley image.
I came into the shop one morning a said I saw wild hogs last night...
He screamed out of the office...I hate that stupid fuckin movie.
Then just to have a little fun w him I said...But Jeff look at you...YOU are a wild hog. you sit in this air conditioned office and PAY someone to change the air in your bike tires....THAT IS A WILD HOG...a POSER!
THE DUDES FACE TURNED PURPLE!!! I DONT GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU GUYS SAY!!!
I swear to god...the dude stormed out of the shop, slammed the door, and ROARED out of the parking lot...gone for the entire day!!!
The next morning he walks in...clean shaven, hair cut. Still has the bikes...thank god,
nobody said a word to him.
Apparently he DID give a fuck what others thought of him. LOL how do you get more Hipster than that. Mention one little teasing thing...WOW

NOW, the thing that separates MOST of us from the hipsters.

This whole old bike thing has seen a huge resurgence since the economy is poor and jobs are scarce, or shitty pay.
EITHER we dont have the money OR we are not stupid enough to FINANCE a new machine...like A LOT of people do. Its just ridiculous what Harley and all the other companies charges for Bikes these days. A regular guy simply can not afford a bike. (thats why I got my CB360, I would have never financed a bike.)

So up comes the tossed aside forgotten little machines...for next to nothing...and pretty easy to work on. (I built my own engine w help from the guys on DTT ) and yes that means most anyone can do it.
Parts are pretty easy to get. and they are a bunch of fun.

This makes us NOT hipsters...

Hipsters are guys like my old boss...who just sold their Harleys and bought a fully restored cafe CB400four. nice shiny, turn key. they got the hair cut and the $500 jackets and skinny jeans.

Thats the difference...the hipsters are doing their best...to BE YOU! but they will always be a step behind...and the last to figure it out.
 
DrJ said:
Bwahahahahah! Most excellent story.
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Thanks...I know it got kinda looong.

LOL and actually Im not done yet...
Hipsters show up in here constantly. They may be a little hard to recognize at first, until they come out w 10 questions that could have been easily answered using the SEARCH button. Then after ALPHA chews them a new one. (ABOUT DOING A SEARCH) they disappear never to come back.

ALPHA DOES A GREAT JOB OF THIS!

cause if they have to put any effort in at all...they give up. Apparently they cant pay anyone to do a search on here, for them

I personally get three PMs all the time...
Who did you order the stretched swing arm from ...was it easy to install?
Who did you hire to stretch the swing arm ?
and my fave...
If I ship my bike to you...will you stretch the swing? How much will it cost?
My answer "read my thread"
they never come back...

Over the past year or so I have like 50+ 360 builds bookmarked...only 8 or 10 get regular posts showing actual work.
Fresh Hipsters will always be around...but they wont last long. The first problem w the bike they bought finished...they will be selling it to FINANCE a new fuel injected SPORTSTER, and spider web tattoos and jeans w PRE WORN HOLES and a skull gas cap...etc,etc.

HA makes me laugh...my daughter BUYS jeans w holes in em...I have never bought a pair of jeans w holes...yet all of my jeans HAVE holes.
 
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