How to be a hipster biker

Mailman · Aug 11, 2021

First buy a used beautiful classic like this,

Shitcan all the factory parts, paint everything flat black and throw a set of knobby tires on it, then post an ad on Craigslist saying how much you “improved the bike and how it turns heads everywhere you go!”
And oh…..don’t forget to ask a ridiculous price for the unridable piece of crap you created!

“So you became part of the new breed
Been smokin' only the best weed
Been hangin' out on the so-called hippest set
Being seen at all the right places
Being seen with just the right faces
You should be satisfied
Still it ain't quite right
What is hip?
Tell me, tell me if you think you know
What is hip?
You into a hip trip
Maybe hipper than hip
But what is hip?”

lukeXS · Aug 11, 2021

Mailman said:
First buy a used beautiful classic like this,
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Shitcan all the factory parts, paint everything flat black and throw a set of knobby tires on it, then post an ad on Craigslist saying how much you “improved the bike and how it turns heads everywhere you go!”
And oh…..don’t forget to ask a ridiculous price for the unridable piece of crap you created!
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Hah, love the "too much work done to list" statement in the craiglist add.

Jim · Aug 11, 2021

Mailman said:
And oh…..don’t forget to ask a ridiculous price for the unridable piece of crap you created!

Good grief.

Raymond · Aug 11, 2021

Did he forget to heat wrap the downpipes? Surely not . . .

DogBunny · Aug 11, 2021

Great song, and great transcript of the lyrics. I could only ever understand about 5-10% of the lyrics, so it was interesting to learn what was being sung after all these years.

RustiePyles · Aug 11, 2021

Mailman · Aug 11, 2021

DogBunny said:
Great song, and great transcript of the lyrics. I could only ever understand about 5-10% of the lyrics, so it was interesting to learn what was being sung after all these years.

I was a big fan of Tower of Power back in the 70’s. I had an old 8-Track tape of Bump City that I wore out while driving around in my old 67 Mustang!

Grimly · Aug 11, 2021

I'm always amused by the big stripe of mud and shit up the back of the guard-less riders.

Mailman · Aug 11, 2021

Grimly said:
I'm always amused by the big stripe of mud and shit up the back of the guard-less riders.

They’re only meant to be ridden two miles / kilometers to Starbucks on sunny days for coffee and posing. :whistle:

lukeXS · Aug 11, 2021

Gotta say that Blue BMW sure is nice. I get everyone has their own tastes to mod, and to each their own, but dang.

gggGary · Aug 11, 2021

Had to show this to y'all

FB ad, asking 3200 tole seller it needs expansion chambers, he was all YUP!

Mailman · Aug 11, 2021

gggGary said:
Had to show this to y'all
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FB ad, asking 3200 tole seller it needs expansion chambers, he was all YUP!

Now that I like. Always loves me a Titan! Although I wouldn’t survive those handlebars for long. :laugh2:

member28833 · Aug 11, 2021

Left side kicker?
Who put that tail light on looking up at the lifted 4×4's?
No taste in that build actually, just a nice engine

timbeck · Aug 11, 2021

My vote for the hipster would be that crazy guy from NY with the fancy pants and shoes........remember him ??

tim

gggGary · Aug 11, 2021

timbeck said:
My vote for the hipster would be that crazy guy from NY with the fancy pants and shoes........remember him ??

tim

nnnnnnnnnnNO!!!!!

nj1639 · Aug 11, 2021

Mailman · Aug 11, 2021

timbeck said:
My vote for the hipster would be that crazy guy from NY with the fancy pants and shoes........remember him ??

tim

But of course! :sneaky:

Signal · Aug 11, 2021

The brown seat thing get me. Maybe its to help disguise that the riders are often terrified to actually ride the things.

YamadudeXS650C · Aug 11, 2021

Mailman said:
But of course!
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I was at a stop light on the '75 a couple weeks ago in Syracuse, and spied a sharp-dressed fellow on a two cylinder bike in the oncoming lane, and he had on these bright red shoes. ( !! ) My heart skipped a beat. Was he actually riding my old '77 ? How many guys ride with red shoes?

....but it was a Triumph. Wasn't him.
Come to think of it, we've never seen his face.......
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Jan_P · Aug 11, 2021

What can you say that is Golf Shoes and mummy's knitted socks or grandmas .
But why not be open minded times are Changing.
After a while getting the wind on the ankle he will fold the jeans back down.
First pair of jeans he has owned.
I remember the fashion with bell bottom jeans .. and jeans jacket ... no helmet
It happened more than once that the riders pants stuck in the fotpeg at a traffic stop
trying to set the foot down.
and down he goes .. The exhaust frying the leg.
I them days a man could not wear red trousers unless he was playing golf.
All kind of jokes about that and talk about sexual preferences.
And bullying.
Its about freedom so why not ...?

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