Pink Ribbon Ride (Melbourne)

Good cause, good ride, good day


Pics here:

http://tinyurl.com/se21



cheers
tm

XL250 => VF750S => VF1000 => CBR1000 (stolen) => VFR750

 

why don't you just post a link directly to the photo album in question ?

and why do you need to shorten http://www.ozvfr.net/gallery/album91 ??

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

Weredef uckarthey? (bloody V4 fanatics ...)

----sharks

 

Sorry maaaaaaaaaate (for the stoofed link not for the superiority of V4's

Here is the correct one:

http://tinyurl.com/sg79

Click on thumbnails to view image full size.

adios
tm

Funniest sticker seen all week "Chrome Don't Get You Home".

 

I did it just to annoy you Nev

See above.

 

i agree, i'm always dubious about clicking tinyurl url's

 

I think it suits the XLV ... see: http://www.ratbike.org/

-----sharks

 

From: http://www.ratbike.org

[snip]

What is a Rat Bike?

This argument has been going on nearly as long as the "What's a Biker?" one.
Well, to add my 0.02 worth, a Rat Bike is a motorcycle which is ridden instead
of cleaned, maintained at the lowest possible cost with whichever parts are at
hand, and which is usually painted matt black. There's no room on a Rat Bike for
things like Chrome or, horror of horrors, bolt on plastic pretending to be
chrome Live To Ride (TM) accessories. Some motorcycles just "grow" into rats
during years of hard riding, others are turned into survival bikes as a personal
style statement. Loved by their owners and hated by the police, Rat Bikes are a
way of life. Have a look around and decide for yourself!


[snip]


sharks,

My bike gets washed when I ride it in the rain, hardly gets maintained (it is a
Honda after all) and has quite a bit of black on it.

How close for it to qualify?


tm
XL250 => VF750S => VF1000 => CBR1000 (stolen) => VFR750

 

Nah - this is a ratbike VFR:
http://www.imagine-it.com.au/ausmoto/basky/stevewheelie.jpg

And it looks a lot tireder than that up close

Cheers

-------------
Kevin Gleeson
Technical Director
Blue Rocket Productions
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.blue-rocket.com.au

 

I'd home in on your "maintained at the lowest possible cost with whichever parts are at hand" sentence and say
that this, above appearance or condition, is the essence of a Rat Bike.
If it's got a bit that just doesn't belong but is functioning perfectly in it's new role then that's rat to
me!

The base of a Fanta bottle for an indicator lens, waterpipe (or urinal-pipe) exhausts, jerry-can fuel-tanks,
seats made from god-knows what, a 'gearsack-rack made from a chair-frame [this actually looked quite
professional].
Extra points are awarded for using pre-HK Holden parts too.

 

} Funniest sticker seen all week "Chrome Don't Get You Home".

Actually, it does. Piston rings tend to contain a fair amount of it.

--
// Rik Steenwinkel '85 R80ST Skippy bike
// Enschede '91 R100GS/PD The Great Unwashed
// Netherlands ('76 Honda CB250G Bouwpakketje)
// "Far away is only far away '90 K75C Kommutabike
// if you don't go there" '81 MZ TS250/1+LSW Badkuip