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"Rat" bikes.

  • Thread starter Thread starter alstensby
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This be a rat!!Cheers,Simon.;)
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This is the general idea behind what most rat bikes look like. It really has become an "art" form with some.
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look up George The Painter of "The Horse" mag fame. its an HD, but, that is a ratbike to me.
 
How do you know you have a rat bike ?

How do you know you have a rat bike ?

I got a clue that my bike looked kinda ratty when the friendly officer that was running my papers check asked me:
"Is that bungie cord holding your gas tank onto the frame? Thats a safety violation and won't pass inspection."
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Uhm, no officer, its for holding maps in place so I can read them when I ride. (It really is, I'm too cheap to get a proper tankbag with a map pocket)
 
unearthing

unearthing

Sorry for the unearthing, but this one comes from the grave anyhow...
Oh man this single GS1000 is nailing it!

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The theory is, you can't MAKE a ratbike, you have to wear it until it's like old boots you wear feeding pigs.
... It's always a little odd to me when the poor folks well-worn stuff becomes a fashion statement.
I suppose burying or soaking a bike for a year could be a new industry like stonewashed, pre-faded jeans are but you really can't fake a ratbike... same as how some antique dealers can beat furniture with chains to age it-but an expert can tell.
Whatever, it sounds like bad news for me if more people are out there putting the price up on the rusty old junkers I want.
 
flyanimator said:
but what mkes it a rat is it's low cost and "beat up" appearance. A rat bike usually looks like someone took a bunch of parts from a junkyard, slapped them together and put two wheels on it and called it a rat bike.
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This is a pretty good example of a rat bike, low budget (usually less than $1000 in total) and junkyard dog appearance.
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I always thought of my bikes as rat bikes because they're so old, and I do believe my 1000 qualified as it was a real ratty bike when I got it.
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