WTF did I do now? The Ersatz Indian

[JRP01]

Ah ha..finally i understand the references to the ersatz indian..man there alot of fake stuff on that..but it is a pretty bike in its own way...The PC800s were known as "plastic fantastic". All that tupperware was a beeotch to remove and replace when working on anything...A good friend of mine in NJ has had one for many yrs. They look similar to the ST1100s..kissin cousins...

I hate taking all of the "tupperware" off of my ST1300

 

[madmax-im]

I hate taking all of the "tupperware" off of my ST1300

I owned 2 ST1100s and the tupperware was a tupper-war every damn time...

 

[MaxPete]

I owned 2 ST1100s and the tupperware was a tupper-war every damn time...

Yup - bit of nightmare...

 

[madmax-im]

I love naked bikes and seeing the motor..but a naked ST1100 or ST1300 is BUTT UGLY without the tupperware...

 

[gggGary]

And with barely a whimper it's been scattered far and wide, the pieces shall rise again.

RIP.

 

[Jim]

More or less just a "drugstore indian" now huh...

 

[Jim]

More or less just a "drugstore indian" now huh...

.... consigned to the ash heap of history...

 

[gggGary]

.... consigned to the ash heap of history...

Me too!

 

[Downeaster]

More or less just a "drugstore indian" now huh...

Yup, looks like it's been "drug" through a knothole.

I stand by my original statement.

 

[Mailman]

I don’t know man. I’m thinking that leaf spring suspension for motorcycles is poised to make a comeback!

 

[gggGary]

Dragging a corpse through the streets is OK, right?

 

[2XSive]

That rear suspension setup must've bounced like a pogo stick going down the road. ..

 

[grizld1]

Oh yeah, that leaf spring rear end would make a fast and nasty "comeback" on every bump! Good call to part it out, Gary--you won't have a dead or wounded buyer on your conscience. Looks like a few good parts are left.

 

[gggGary]

Phoenix.

The frame is back, in fighting form.
Saw its latest incarnation when i went to pick up the 750 motor from Chuck.

 

[MaxPete]

I sense the next ride from Wisconsin to the Iron Horse Lodge.......

.....can I come along and watch?

.....and let's be sure to do it in the dark on a rainy stormy night so that Greg feels at home too....

 

[gggGary]

No hardrail rides in MY future!

 

[jpdevol]

Shame; would have made an excellent restaurant display whole - perhaps a Ripley's Believe It.....

 

[grizld1]

Just when you think you've seen every way there is to abuse a motorcycle....

 

[MaxPete]

Just when you think you've seen every was there is to abuse a motorcycle....

Indeed....the only thing worse that comes to mind is that photo of an XS650 with a tree grown all around it somewhere in the tropics (maybe the Philippines?).