It's been a big trend for five years.
60/70 style bikes???
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The thing is every thing has been done. If you look at the hot rods/street rods . Every color sceme every part billit ect, ect.
The cool guys do it first then all the others jump on and hope they get in before it's over. At the end of the trail is the Wal-mart clothing line. By the time it hits there it's over folks. And by the way I hate the term Old School for every thing thats not BLING. Just my $0.02
The cool guys do it first then all the others jump on and hope they get in before it's over. At the end of the trail is the Wal-mart clothing line. By the time it hits there it's over folks. And by the way I hate the term Old School for every thing thats not BLING. Just my $0.02
damn, all these 'style' names make my head spin.
ill have to post a pic of my bike when its done so i can find out what style or era it looks like. i just thought i was building a neat old triumph custom. looks like i have lots to learn.
heres a brief description, maybe yall can tell me what it sounds like:
70 frame with a bolt on hardtail - 4" stretch, 2.5" drop
'bobbed' ribbed fender
custom battery tray & oil tank
single carb 650 rebuilt with hot cams, milled head, bored, etc.
stock bonnie pipes, no muffs
stock bonnie tank
drag bars
lowered (2") 71 front end
no signals, gauges, horn, front fender
black with off white scallops outlined with a gold stripe
i wasnt shooting for any particular era or theme or name or 'cool' status. i was just working my ass off building myself a fun old custom, making shit look the way i thought it should look.
over the past 5 or 6 years i basically looked thousands of pics of bikes from stock to wild from the 20s to the present & just picked out the stance & styles of each one i liked & rolled with it. by the time i got my project (hacked old junker) i knew exactly what i was going to build. i built it from the frame up in just over 3 months. pretty much every other day after work til i get too tired to pick up another wrench. ive had a real good time building it & i cant wait to start another.
ill have to post a pic of my bike when its done so i can find out what style or era it looks like. i just thought i was building a neat old triumph custom. looks like i have lots to learn.
heres a brief description, maybe yall can tell me what it sounds like:
70 frame with a bolt on hardtail - 4" stretch, 2.5" drop
'bobbed' ribbed fender
custom battery tray & oil tank
single carb 650 rebuilt with hot cams, milled head, bored, etc.
stock bonnie pipes, no muffs
stock bonnie tank
drag bars
lowered (2") 71 front end
no signals, gauges, horn, front fender
black with off white scallops outlined with a gold stripe
i wasnt shooting for any particular era or theme or name or 'cool' status. i was just working my ass off building myself a fun old custom, making shit look the way i thought it should look.
over the past 5 or 6 years i basically looked thousands of pics of bikes from stock to wild from the 20s to the present & just picked out the stance & styles of each one i liked & rolled with it. by the time i got my project (hacked old junker) i knew exactly what i was going to build. i built it from the frame up in just over 3 months. pretty much every other day after work til i get too tired to pick up another wrench. ive had a real good time building it & i cant wait to start another.
Give me 2 years and a knuck motorTony Bones said:
Oh shit......all this time I been buyin my dickies at wal-mart,...oh wellmick said:The thing is every thing has been done. If you look at the hot rods/street rods . Every color sceme every part billit ect, ect.
The cool guys do it first then all the others jump on and hope they get in before it's over. At the end of the trail is the Wal-mart clothing line. By the time it hits there it's over folks. And by the way I hate the term Old School for every thing thats not BLING. Just my $0.02
Hey Guys,
Every one Follows like Sheep These Days, it's a fact of life, Like Fat Tyre'd Ugly Harleys ETC,Then Everyone Rebels And Goes " Unit Trump with Hard tail is real old skool HuH! I,don't think There Was one self Respecting trump or beezer in the 60's or 70's that wore a stock tank! with trump or Beezer badges and a twin leader,the youngers pick up on somt'in and thats it, Do'nt Get me Wrong i Aint knocking Them , there Kool its the future of the old bike, But Just look At youre Roots Guys ,Our Live's are black 'n' white as it is ,with all the shit that is going on around the world Today , Now lets put some color and dreams back into an austere world, This Is Your Root's See Atachment! This is What it Was Like Show style Back in the Day ,Early 60's style!
Every one Follows like Sheep These Days, it's a fact of life, Like Fat Tyre'd Ugly Harleys ETC,Then Everyone Rebels And Goes " Unit Trump with Hard tail is real old skool HuH! I,don't think There Was one self Respecting trump or beezer in the 60's or 70's that wore a stock tank! with trump or Beezer badges and a twin leader,the youngers pick up on somt'in and thats it, Do'nt Get me Wrong i Aint knocking Them , there Kool its the future of the old bike, But Just look At youre Roots Guys ,Our Live's are black 'n' white as it is ,with all the shit that is going on around the world Today , Now lets put some color and dreams back into an austere world, This Is Your Root's See Atachment! This is What it Was Like Show style Back in the Day ,Early 60's style!
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I kind of went a different way too. Had Fred Frames build me a frame that would go with my harman girder... Performance machine invaders with the dual action caliper... Little over ten foot long with 19's... long and low, and if it wasn't for Nelson's article in the horse, i would of never saw that pic of Fred's "old School" frame in the background...
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You want seventies???...well...here ya go. 1970 triumph tr6. I got it from the original owner...he bought it new in 70, then chopped it. He worked at a gm plant in flint mich, and had some of the journeymen there help him with the fabrication. I really don't know what to do with it. I can't see myself riding it, but don't want to cut it up for another project...anybody want it??
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