Why do you bother to build a bike
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:32 pm
SOme body said to me, Why do you bother to build a bike, Why dont I just go out and buy a GIXER thou and ride it, its easier, less of a head ache, and really I could be riding not wrenching, and I have the idea in my head how it will end up, but someone who directly isnt involved maythink what Im doing is a waste of time,
but for me Ive allways like to ride something, thats unique, something that you wont see every day ,
but for me, when I build something like this, I know alot about the machine, from the tear down, and the build up, which I enjoy as much as the riding.
and the project really hasnt deviated too much from my first Idea's. when I have the bike to a stage where Im riding it, then I may find, that cirtain Ideas arnt practical or just dont work.
theres allso alot of the build of this machine that was technical dificault stuff that I didnt have a clue about when I started, but when you do build a bike like this, you expect problems along the way, the fun part is finding a way to get over the hurdles.
When its done, I wont have a machine thats worth as much as a standard GIXER, more than likely. but I will have something thats mine, from the ground up.
Allso, Im in Canada, the IDEA Canadians & Americans have of custom bikes and STREETFIGHTERS, is CROME and Paint, I dont see people fabricating stuff in a garage with a angle grinder, and a HOPE...what do these people know any how.
Fukers
Cheers.
but for me Ive allways like to ride something, thats unique, something that you wont see every day ,
but for me, when I build something like this, I know alot about the machine, from the tear down, and the build up, which I enjoy as much as the riding.
and the project really hasnt deviated too much from my first Idea's. when I have the bike to a stage where Im riding it, then I may find, that cirtain Ideas arnt practical or just dont work.
theres allso alot of the build of this machine that was technical dificault stuff that I didnt have a clue about when I started, but when you do build a bike like this, you expect problems along the way, the fun part is finding a way to get over the hurdles.
When its done, I wont have a machine thats worth as much as a standard GIXER, more than likely. but I will have something thats mine, from the ground up.
Allso, Im in Canada, the IDEA Canadians & Americans have of custom bikes and STREETFIGHTERS, is CROME and Paint, I dont see people fabricating stuff in a garage with a angle grinder, and a HOPE...what do these people know any how.
Fukers
Cheers.
