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| A wow bike. [message #764623] |
Sun, 04 June 2006 23:09 |
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What a strange thing this is...
http://ratbike.org/docs/2006winner.php
Doesn't stop me from wanting one though. :)
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #764654 ] |
Sun, 04 June 2006 23:40 |
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Muck wrote:
> What a strange thing this is...
>
> http://ratbike.org/docs/2006winner.php
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> Doesn't stop me from wanting one though. :)
I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to corner on...
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and there's nothing I can do
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #764853 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 13:25 |
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platypus wrote:
> Muck wrote:
> > What a strange thing this is...
> >
> > http://ratbike.org/docs/2006winner.php
> >
> > Doesn't stop me from wanting one though. :)
>
> I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to corner on...
I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
P.
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #764958 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 18:02 |
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<zymurgy [at] technologist.com> wrote:
> platypus wrote:
> > Muck wrote:
> > > What a strange thing this is...
> > >
> > > http://ratbike.org/docs/2006winner.php
> > >
> > > Doesn't stop me from wanting one though. :)
> >
> > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to corner on...
>
> I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
>
Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
something original.
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #764967 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 18:10 |
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Muck said...
> <zymurgy [at] technologist.com> wrote:
>
> > platypus wrote:
> > > Muck wrote:
> > > > What a strange thing this is...
> > > >
> > > > http://ratbike.org/docs/2006winner.php
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't stop me from wanting one though. :)
> > >
> > > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to corner on...
> >
> > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
> >
>
> Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
> GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
> something original.
And pretty much unrideable.
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Lozzo
GSX-R1000 K1
GSF600SW
"Loz has a god, and this god of his has 16 valves" (tm) Pip, May '06
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #764986 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 19:00 |
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Lozzo <lozzo [at] speedyspic.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
> > >
> >
> > Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
> > GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
> > something original.
>
> And pretty much unrideable.
The maker must be a good rider then, or a brave soul. I'd like to ride a
bike with a car rear tyre, it must be interesting and quirky.
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #764992 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 19:10 |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:00:45 GMT, muck [at] _TEETH_rulex.net (Muck) wrote:
>> > > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
>> >
>> > Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
>> > GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
>> > something original.
>>
>> And pretty much unrideable.
>
>The maker must be a good rider then, or a brave soul. I'd like to ride a
>bike with a car rear tyre, it must be interesting and quirky.
I think it's got two front tyres so the bike isn't going to do any
leaning at the front, I don't see that a car rear tyre is going to
cause much of a problem if leaning isn't going to happen.
But I know nothing :)
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #764996 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 19:21 |
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BGN <nickmooney [at] spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:00:45 GMT, muck [at] _TEETH_rulex.net (Muck) wrote:
>
> >> > > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
> >> >
> >> > Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
> >> > GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
> >> > something original.
> >>
> >> And pretty much unrideable.
> >
> >The maker must be a good rider then, or a brave soul. I'd like to ride a
> >bike with a car rear tyre, it must be interesting and quirky.
>
> I think it's got two front tyres so the bike isn't going to do any
> leaning at the front, I don't see that a car rear tyre is going to
> cause much of a problem if leaning isn't going to happen.
>
I've seen car rear / bike front tyre machines go round corners, they do
indeed lean. The thing is, that the rear tyre corners on one edge, which
must get quite lively if the rider tries to push it too hard.
> But I know nothing :)
I dunno, you know how to ride a bike and, like me, mostly stay out of
the ditches.
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #765002 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 19:30 |
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Muck said...
> BGN <nickmooney [at] spamcop.net> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:00:45 GMT, muck [at] _TEETH_rulex.net (Muck) wrote:
> >
> > >> > > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
> > >> >
> > >> > Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
> > >> > GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
> > >> > something original.
> > >>
> > >> And pretty much unrideable.
> > >
> > >The maker must be a good rider then, or a brave soul. I'd like to ride a
> > >bike with a car rear tyre, it must be interesting and quirky.
> >
> > I think it's got two front tyres so the bike isn't going to do any
> > leaning at the front, I don't see that a car rear tyre is going to
> > cause much of a problem if leaning isn't going to happen.
> >
>
> I've seen car rear / bike front tyre machines go round corners, they do
> indeed lean. The thing is, that the rear tyre corners on one edge, which
> must get quite lively if the rider tries to push it too hard.
>
> > But I know nothing :)
>
> I dunno, you know how to ride a bike and, like me, mostly stay out of
> the ditches.
It's pretty simple really. Tyre manufacturers make certain types of tyre
for certain applications. Only some kind of cunt tries to think he's
clever by fitting a car tyre to a two wheeled machine. It's not big,
it's not clever and it doesn't make you look hard, even if you do shave
your head and grow a beard, it just makes you look like a wanker.
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Lozzo
GSX-R1000 K1
GSF600SW
"Loz has a god, and this god of his has 16 valves" (tm) Pip, May '06
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #765083 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 23:33 |
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Lozzo <lozzo [at] speedyspic.co.uk> wrote:
> > I dunno, you know how to ride a bike and, like me, mostly stay out of
> > the ditches.
>
> It's pretty simple really. Tyre manufacturers make certain types of tyre
> for certain applications. Only some kind of cunt tries to think he's
> clever by fitting a car tyre to a two wheeled machine. It's not big,
> it's not clever and it doesn't make you look hard, even if you do shave
> your head and grow a beard, it just makes you look like a wanker.
Well, that's a huge assumption you made there, unless you know the
individual who built the bike and his motives. I will suppose though,
that if you want to look hard, that's you're bussiness.
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #772098 ] |
Tue, 06 June 2006 18:04 |
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Muck wrote:
> Lozzo <lozzo [at] speedyspic.co.uk> wrote:
>
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>>>I dunno, you know how to ride a bike and, like me, mostly stay out of
>>>the ditches.
>>
>>It's pretty simple really. Tyre manufacturers make certain types of tyre
>>for certain applications. Only some kind of cunt tries to think he's
>>clever by fitting a car tyre to a two wheeled machine. It's not big,
>>it's not clever and it doesn't make you look hard, even if you do shave
>>your head and grow a beard, it just makes you look like a wanker.
>
>
> Well, that's a huge assumption you made there, unless you know the
> individual who built the bike and his motives. I will suppose though,
> that if you want to look hard, that's you're bussiness.
>
Just being picky a coat of mat black does not make it a rat. Rat bikes
evolve ish
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #772185 ] |
Tue, 06 June 2006 21:57 |
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AJ Peters <ajp [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Muck wrote:
> > Lozzo <lozzo [at] speedyspic.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>I dunno, you know how to ride a bike and, like me, mostly stay out of
> >>>the ditches.
> >>
> >>It's pretty simple really. Tyre manufacturers make certain types of tyre
> >>for certain applications. Only some kind of cunt tries to think he's
> >>clever by fitting a car tyre to a two wheeled machine. It's not big,
> >>it's not clever and it doesn't make you look hard, even if you do shave
> >>your head and grow a beard, it just makes you look like a wanker.
> >
> >
> > Well, that's a huge assumption you made there, unless you know the
> > individual who built the bike and his motives. I will suppose though,
> > that if you want to look hard, that's you're bussiness.
> >
> Just being picky a coat of mat black does not make it a rat. Rat bikes
> evolve ish
True.. but, what if it's been put together from bits of rat. :) In that
case, is my B6 a rat? It's evolved, but it isn't mat black.
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #772245 ] |
Wed, 07 June 2006 03:34 |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:00:45 GMT, muck [at] _TEETH_rulex.net (Muck) wrote:
>Lozzo <lozzo [at] speedyspic.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
>> > GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
>> > something original.
>>
>> And pretty much unrideable.
>
>The maker must be a good rider then, or a brave soul. I'd like to ride a
>bike with a car rear tyre, it must be interesting and quirky.
Only at pedestrian speeds. I wouldn't like to trust my neck to that
front end, it looks way too flimsy - I think this "bike" should be
regarded more as an 'engineering' exercise, or a piece of art than as
a functioning motorcycle.
I'll grant you a car /rear/ tyre, having seen more than one Harley
with ludicrously wide rear wheel, fitted with a car tyre - but this
"rat" has car tyres front and rear. This would make it largely
unrideable in any sense of motorcyling with which I am familiar.
Granted, it has single-sided front and rear wheels, which is very
clever, but I think the constructor has gone too far by fitting car
tyres to it.
Unique it undoubtably is - but a usable bike? I doubt it.
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #772270 ] |
Wed, 07 June 2006 09:40 |
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Pip <gingerblokeNOSPAM [at] NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> Only at pedestrian speeds. I wouldn't like to trust my neck to that
> front end, it looks way too flimsy - I think this "bike" should be
> regarded more as an 'engineering' exercise, or a piece of art than as
> a functioning motorcycle.
I'd not want to try to do some of the stuff I've made my B6 do, it may
well put a crimp on your day. :)
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> I'll grant you a car /rear/ tyre, having seen more than one Harley
> with ludicrously wide rear wheel, fitted with a car tyre - but this
> "rat" has car tyres front and rear. This would make it largely
Look closely, it's a bike front tyre. Granted, it may actually be a rear
tyre off a bike, but it's a bike one.
> unrideable in any sense of motorcyling with which I am familiar.
> Granted, it has single-sided front and rear wheels, which is very
> clever, but I think the constructor has gone too far by fitting car
> tyres to it.
>
> Unique it undoubtably is - but a usable bike? I doubt it.
Usable like an OCC chopper? (maybe less so), I don't think a motorcycle
has to be friendly, fast or even user friendly. As an object of interest
though, yes, it's one of the most interesting I've seen so far.
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #772280 ] |
Wed, 07 June 2006 10:00 |
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AJ Peters wrote:
> Just being picky a coat of mat black does not make it a rat. Rat bikes
> evolve ish
s/evolve/mutate
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #773941 ] |
Sun, 11 June 2006 09:17 |
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Muck scribbled:
> <zymurgy [at] technologist.com> wrote:
>
> > platypus wrote:
> > > Muck wrote:
> > > > What a strange thing this is...
> > > >
> > > > http://ratbike.org/docs/2006winner.php
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't stop me from wanting one though. :)
> > >
> > > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to corner on...
> >
> > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
> >
>
> Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
> GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
> something original.
I make something original everytime I goto the loo and sit on my bum.
And its about as attractive as that.
FFS, why don't they use their talents (for they obviously are talented)
to make something, well, not so daft?
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Suzuki VStrom 1000 K2, Honda XRV750, BOTAFOT#6, DS#5
exKoTBOTAFOT, DFV#3, BOD#7, MKA&E#1 (Oak Leaf Cluster)
UKRMHRC#11 UK-R-M FAQ : http://www.ukrm.net/faq
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #773955 ] |
Sun, 11 June 2006 09:43 |
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http://ratbike.org/docs/359.php
!!!!
"frag" <news2 [at] ukrm.co.uk> wrote in message
news:e6gg2f$34v$1 [at] server.localdomain...
> Muck scribbled:
>
>> <zymurgy [at] technologist.com> wrote:
>>
>> > platypus wrote:
>> > > Muck wrote:
>> > > > What a strange thing this is...
>> > > >
>> > > > http://ratbike.org/docs/2006winner.php
>> > > >
>> > > > Doesn't stop me from wanting one though. :)
>> > >
>> > > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to corner on...
>> >
>> > I reckon it'll be a complete bastard to sit on...
>> >
>>
>> Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
>> GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
>> something original.
>
> I make something original everytime I goto the loo and sit on my bum.
>
> And its about as attractive as that.
>
> FFS, why don't they use their talents (for they obviously are talented)
> to make something, well, not so daft?
>
>
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> frag
> Suzuki VStrom 1000 K2, Honda XRV750, BOTAFOT#6, DS#5
> exKoTBOTAFOT, DFV#3, BOD#7, MKA&E#1 (Oak Leaf Cluster)
> UKRMHRC#11 UK-R-M FAQ : http://www.ukrm.net/faq
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #774147 ] |
Sun, 11 June 2006 17:08 |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Sven The Berserk"
<flyingvee [at] btopenworld.com> saying something like:
>http://ratbike.org/docs/359.php
Bottom post, numbnuts.
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GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
Teeth of the Jungle.
Folding [at] Home Team UKRM http://www.tinyurl.com/jkxwv
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| Re: A wow bike. [message #774429 ] |
Sun, 11 June 2006 21:36 |
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frag <news2 [at] ukrm.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hmm.. still more desirable in my eyes than the latest YamahondaSuki
> > GXRRR-RRRRR1000R. This person has gotten off their bum and made
> > something original.
>
> I make something original everytime I goto the loo and sit on my bum.
>
Send it in to ratbike.org then, so we can all have a look. Or do what WC
did, if you think you're a botty artist.
> And its about as attractive as that.
>
> FFS, why don't they use their talents (for they obviously are talented)
> to make something, well, not so daft?
That's the human condition, that's the way of the world. Whatever can be
built, will be built and liked by someone for some reason or other.
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