mpls|cafe|racer
01-10-2009, 04:55 PM
I see that jap bikes aren't allowed because they aren't traditional per Ryans decision, which is obviously fine.
Some members are posting bikes on here that have a modern US based mill with a ton of japanese sportbike parts all over them, and that seems to fly, even though it's obviously not traditional.
I'm not bashing these bikes... I dig the ingenuity.
I just think it's a little ridiculous that the line is so blurred that no one really knows what flys and what doesn't and why?
I already sent Ryan a PM asking his thoughts about it, but I figured that I would post up and see if anyone else had thoughts?
I'm not saying JAP bikes SHOULD be allowed mind you, just that maybe it would be beneficial if there were clearer ideas of what the lines are?
Would definitely save people getting reamed by certain moderators for even mentioning the policy, even in jest, let alone breaking it.
I agree that a TON OF PEOPLE posting up their japense bikes with drag bars and a cut tail and talking about how they are bobbers is annoying, but the idea that just because something is Japanese that it's not traditional seems strange to me, especially when guys DID build CB based chops. So what slides?
What if someone takes a Paughco frame, builds a leafer, does a nice wheelset, etc. and just happens to put a jap engine in it? Can that be posted?
What if a real nice cafe were built based on a Japanese bike but it was super worked over so it's literally a street legal vintage race replica (which is what cafe's really were). Is that traditional enough?
There seems to be confusion on this....
Some members are posting bikes on here that have a modern US based mill with a ton of japanese sportbike parts all over them, and that seems to fly, even though it's obviously not traditional.
I'm not bashing these bikes... I dig the ingenuity.
I just think it's a little ridiculous that the line is so blurred that no one really knows what flys and what doesn't and why?
I already sent Ryan a PM asking his thoughts about it, but I figured that I would post up and see if anyone else had thoughts?
I'm not saying JAP bikes SHOULD be allowed mind you, just that maybe it would be beneficial if there were clearer ideas of what the lines are?
Would definitely save people getting reamed by certain moderators for even mentioning the policy, even in jest, let alone breaking it.
I agree that a TON OF PEOPLE posting up their japense bikes with drag bars and a cut tail and talking about how they are bobbers is annoying, but the idea that just because something is Japanese that it's not traditional seems strange to me, especially when guys DID build CB based chops. So what slides?
What if someone takes a Paughco frame, builds a leafer, does a nice wheelset, etc. and just happens to put a jap engine in it? Can that be posted?
What if a real nice cafe were built based on a Japanese bike but it was super worked over so it's literally a street legal vintage race replica (which is what cafe's really were). Is that traditional enough?
There seems to be confusion on this....