Cool /2 via Blitz Bikes

[Matt]

I thought this was pretty cool...

http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r60-2?utm_s ... ke+EXIF%29

[SteveD]

Hmmm. Needs a gold pinstripe

[dwerbil]

Would hate to hit a cow pie on the trail with that thing.

[Major Softie]

As a few argue about on that page, it brings up a real question: is removing the rear fender, putting on a very stock-like exhaust, painting the entire bike flat black, and putting different tires on it, really live up to the title of creating a unique "custom" motorcycle? Factually, it doesn't seem like it should, but, when you look at the bike, it certainly seems unique. I'm not sure I know the answer myself.

[Chuey]

In my eyes, it is not a custom bike. It is a primer job.

The point for me is that it lacks substance and originality. Mostly substance. So they painted it flat black. In the bicycle world, we have had a recent fad of "fixies". I like them, I like the people who have them. A lot of them are "murdered out". It shows absolutely no imagination in my opinion. For me, it shows the opposite of imagination.

Chuey

[Major Softie]

In my eyes, it is not a custom bike. It is a primer job.
The point for me is that it lacks substance and originality. Mostly substance. So they painted it flat black. In the bicycle world, we have had a recent fad of "fixies". I like them, I like the people who have them. A lot of them are "murdered out". It shows absolutely no imagination in my opinion. For me, it shows the opposite of imagination.
Chuey

Yeah, I'll admit, the only thing that makes it look "unique" is the fact that this treatment that gets done to all sorts of current bikes has now been done to one you wouldn't expect. That doesn't really rate very high on the imagination meter.

[Deleted User 287]

But it's still nicely done.
And it's not a conversion!

[dwerbil]

That /2 was a Krylon Polytechnic first year student's project, instructed under the brilliant tutelage
of none other than Krylon International artist/educator extrordinaire, Dr. Joe Doe....

[Deleted User 287]

I'd like to see a raked and extended Earles front end. Now that would be an accomplishment!

[dwerbil]

I'd like to see a raked and extended Earles front end. Now that would be an accomplishment!

Ha, that would be some"thing" to see!