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NorthernPete
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#1 Unread post by NorthernPete »

This would be a slightly scairy ride I would think. R6 with Ape hangers...and cruiser seating.

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what do you think?

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#2 Unread post by celt »

not my cuppa,

but IMHO it would look better with one of those all metal seatpan-type seats and black apes and headlight.

the chrome makes it too cartoonish, like one of those OCC chopper bicycles from wal-mart..

i've never ridden with apes, so i can't comment on handling.
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#3 Unread post by Big B »

yeah, i saw that in roadbike magazine, looks like an instant wheelie machine
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#4 Unread post by Sev »

Someone should belt him in the head for doing that to a perfectly good bike.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#5 Unread post by celt »

Sev wrote:Someone should belt him in the head for doing that to a perfectly good bike.
wait, wouldn't it be a chain, not a belt? :twisted:
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#6 Unread post by Sev »

celt wrote:
Sev wrote:Someone should belt him in the head for doing that to a perfectly good bike.
wait, wouldn't it be a chain, not a belt? :twisted:
If you wanted to use that I wouldn't stop you.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#7 Unread post by Nalian »

Yikes. Definitely not something I'd wanna ride.
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#8 Unread post by KingRobb »

IMHO butt ugly.

I will give the man props for originality tho. Not enough of that around.
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#9 Unread post by storysunfolding »

it looks to be setup like the tricycle i had in preschool. It looks so tiny too. wonder what it looks like when you are on it.

Hmmm. fwd controls on a sporty? So strange!
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#10 Unread post by flynrider »

storysunfolding wrote:it looks to be setup like the tricycle i had in preschool.
It's missing the tassels on the bar ends :laughing:
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