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Melch · Oct 30, 2011

I do like this chaps Road King!
http://www.threepercenters.it/wp/?p=1129
He gets about on it as well. Unfortunately the blog thingy is in Eyetalian but there's pretty pictures to look at.
I love that well used patina. That's the problem with the newer stuff (mine included) too much glitz. A trip to the powdercoaters on the cards methinks.

twizzle · Oct 30, 2011

Me likey

Den · Oct 30, 2011

Spray your entire bike?.. sorry, harleywith 'holts tyreweld foam' , drive about in the dust before it dries, and you will have the 'patina' you desire forever.

You see ... there is always good ideas to be had from adversity.

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

My solution:-

Very little chrome.

Lots of black powder coat.

Bare Alloy (unpolished).

Spray all with Duck oil.

Leave, and admire

Never wash it with anything soapy.

It just gets better & better with age :thumb2

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

xzgkhlnnnnfffffffffffffffffft said:
I do like this chaps Road King!

That's a good looking bike alright :thumb2

Melch · Oct 30, 2011

Whilst I accept, achieving this look with my own 'BIKE!' (thanks Den) would be simplicity itself. The thought of quartering the value of it overnight I can't really bring myself to do. Also it's all a bit contrived then aint it. A bit like having a sprayed effect rusty 'rat rod'...or something.
Maybe I sell mine and buy an old shitter instead, but not many of them about really in Hardly world.

(RIP) Bobble · Oct 30, 2011

I really like that :thumb2

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

xzgkhlnnnnfffffffffffffffffft said:
The thought of quartering the value of it overnight I can't really bring myself to do...

You won't quarter its value...

Halve it maybe

But if it's 'your bike' then it shouldn't matter.

Because you'll never sell it, right..?

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

xzgkhlnnnnfffffffffffffffffft said:
Also it's all a bit contrived then aint it...

Like Fender 'reliced' guitars...

The easiest way to spot a prat :blast

Re. the bike...

There's a world of difference between turning it into a practical and durable (for our crappy climate) ride.

And the sort of ultra fashion victim 'bobber' (most over used word in some HD riders vocabulary) that is designed to look '1950's'.

Anyone remember those dummy (they really did nothing) bolt on kickstarts for Evo's..?

Used to get fitted to Heritage's :blast

Melch · Oct 30, 2011

David Nimrod said:
You won't quarter its value...

Halve it maybe

But if it's 'your bike' then it shouldn't matter.

Because you'll never sell it, right..?

Yep! Been there before!
Anyway, pack it in, giving it all the "Go on do it, do it, you know you want to!"

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

xzgkhlnnnnfffffffffffffffffft said:
Yep! Been there before!
Anyway, pack it in, giving it all the "Go on do it, do it, you know you want to!"

You know it makes sense :clap

Melch · Oct 30, 2011

David Nimrod said:
Like Fender 'reliced' guitars...

The easiest way to spot a prat

Re. the bike...

There's a world of difference between turning it into a practical and durable (for our crappy climate) ride.

And the sort of ultra fashion victim 'bobber' (most over used word in some HD riders vocabulary) that is designed to look '1950's'.

Anyone remember those dummy (they really did nothing) bolt on kickstarts for Evo's..?

Used to get fitted to Heritage's

Well, I'm not entirely in agreement there as I quite like fifties styled custom bikes. I still have a soft spot for (some) custom bikes. Admittedly more as a work of art and less as a bike that I could live with personally. But I still like to see and appreciate them.
I had a mate who put a (real) kickstart on a Evo Softail custom when they first came out. Poxy thing never worked properly but he'd spent so much time and money (converting to points I think) trying to sort it he would keep trying to get it going in grim defiance until we all got pissed off waiting and yelled at him to hit the friggin button. He was a Brit bike man and hadn't really got his head around only having an electric boot only. Happy days.

Melch · Oct 30, 2011

David Nimrod said:
You know it makes sense

I can almost hear the conversation now with my girlfriend (who, incidentally paid half for the bike).
"Look darling, look what I've done to our bike. I've piss-canned it and sandblasted the chrome off. Doesn't it look fab? Ouch... Jesus what was that for?"

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

xzgkhlnnnnfffffffffffffffffft said:
...my girlfriend (who, incidentally paid half for the bike)

Blimey, that puts you 'under the thumb' somewhat :blast

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

xzgkhlnnnnfffffffffffffffffft said:
I had a mate who put a (real) kickstart on a Evo Softail custom when they first came out. Poxy thing never worked properly but he'd spent so much time and money (converting to points I think) trying to sort it he would keep trying to get it going in grim defiance until we all got pissed off waiting and yelled at him to hit the friggin button.

Perfect example of fashion leading function... :augie

Melch · Oct 30, 2011

David Nimrod said:
Perfect example of fashion leading function...

Not in his case really. He did it with all the right intentions (if being paranoid about new fangled electric start packing up are the right intentions).

Melch · Oct 30, 2011

David Nimrod said:
Blimey, that puts you 'under the thumb' somewhat

Are you a 'Lone Wolf' then? Answerable to no one? Free as the wind?......and stuff!

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

xzgkhlnnnnfffffffffffffffffft said:
Free as the wind?......and stuff!

My flatulence is legendary :pullface

David Nimrod · Oct 30, 2011

xzgkhlnnnnfffffffffffffffffft said:
Not in his case really. He did it with all the right intentions (if being paranoid about new fangled electric start packing up are the right intentions).

Lucky he wasn't riding a GS 1200...

He'd have been a nervous wreck

Alex B · Oct 30, 2011

Brilliant story (for those of you who don't understand Italian). :augie

Harleys seem a lot tougher for these kind of journeys than one might first believe. I go off-road on mine and it's b.brilliant. :hide

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