Badass ATC!

#2
Yeah that's a bad motor scooter right there by God, I'd love to give it a rip in the dunes or up a trail. Looks quite capable and perfect for the sandy lake roads near where I hope to move eventually. I have Heakd Super Tryke but it wouldn't be near as fun nor as brutally fast as this monster. Thanks for posting, nice to see a well executed piece like this.
 
#4
Yeah that's a bad motor scooter right there by God, I'd love to give it a rip in the dunes or up a trail. Looks quite capable and perfect for the sandy lake roads near where I hope to move eventually. I have Heakd Super Tryke but it wouldn't be near as fun nor as brutally fast as this monster. Thanks for posting, nice to see a well executed piece like this.
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#5
I always wanted a 250SX Honda 2 wheeler with a two wheel conversion done right and I always though it would be a monster but it would not compare to this 650cc monster for sheer brute power and that can be a fine thing in the right spot where you can take it to it's or your limit whichever comes first. A finely built rig there, probably asking a small fortune but custom stuff is not for everyone. We have a member here that could duplicate this bike for almost no money if he got a good deal on a big wheel and a big single cylinder thumper but he could use near anything and make it work. The young man from New York is an insanely talented fabricator who builds some truly amazing stuff from junk or scratch but he mostly uses junk he modifies into finely made parts.
 
#8
Being a custom build, I'm not surprised. It looks like it's very well designed and engineered, at least from what you can see in photos. Not in my budget mind you, but I'm sure theirs an audience for that bike who has the disposable income for such a toy.


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#10
I always wanted a 250SX Honda 2 wheeler with a two wheel conversion done right and I always though it would be a monster but it would not compare to this 650cc monster for sheer brute power and that can be a fine thing in the right spot where you can take it to it's or your limit whichever comes first. A finely built rig there, probably asking a small fortune but custom stuff is not for everyone. We have a member here that could duplicate this bike for almost no money if he got a good deal on a big wheel and a big single cylinder thumper but he could use near anything and make it work. The young man from New York is an insanely talented fabricator who builds some truly amazing stuff from junk or scratch but he mostly uses junk he modifies into finely made parts.
Youve got that right :) Iv been looking out for a 3 wheeler to convert aswell. Id like to keep it small and light as I can Im not a big guy 150lb or so and i dont like wrestling heavy bikes. I have a kawasaki klt 250 for example i think would be too big and heavy. Mine is too nice to cut up anyway but a smaller honda would fit the bill better I think. It would be nice to not have to build the whole bike from scratch
 
#11
I consider this bike a boutique item. Consider that their customers include AMC (The Walking Dead); when a shop achieves enough prestige, their time and talent become quite valuable. The best thing about this bike, IMO, is the inspiration it could provide for someone to build something similar. Personally, I don't like any of the other bikes shown on their site, but I love this one.
 

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#12
For that much money one would think that they would use a tubing bender to make a nice exhaust instead of welding up 20 or so pieces.
 
#13
A great machine but not a 40k machine even if they stuffed the seat with 30k in hundred dollar bills, could be built for a fraction just as well. Like the Keaunnu Reaves bikes that go for 100k plus, built for the elitist that doesn't have one of everything yet.
 
#14
Exactly.
I consider this bike a boutique item. Consider that their customers include AMC (The Walking Dead); when a shop achieves enough prestige, their time and talent become quite valuable. The best thing about this bike, IMO, is the inspiration it could provide for someone to build something similar. Personally, I don't like any of the other bikes shown on their site, but I love this one.
 
#16
...Personally, I don't like any of the other bikes shown on their site, but I love this one.
I'm with you on that. It's pretty adorable. But the general theme of rock-hard seats and too-big tires? BFD. It just proves that you can spend a ton of money on something that doesn't ride worth heck, that will appear dated faster than you can imagine (I think that look is already dated) and will lose value even faster than that. Whatever happened to the chopper craze from a decade ago ( crickets )? :doah:

A great machine but not a 40k machine even if they stuffed the seat with 30k in hundred dollar bills, could be built for a fraction just as well. Like the Keaunnu Reaves bikes that go for 100k plus, built for the elitist that doesn't have one of everything yet.
I went on a organized ride last year in California. K. Reeves and a couple of his pals were there, riding KRGT bikes. Pretty much looked like H-D clone engines wrapped in fancy trim and awkward to ride.

 
#18
Whatever happened to the chopper craze from a decade ago (�� crickets ��)? :doah:

Like so many fad items, they cancelled the show that caused the fad... Glad its gone too....
I've never been into choppers, but I'll provide a reality check, here. The bobbers of the forties and fifties begat the choppers of the sixties and onward; the "fad" is still going strong. There are factory choppers (H-D Breakout, for example) and there are plenty of shops and individuals still building choppers. Same goes for bobbers. Personally, I prefer cafe racers, a less popular (in the USA) "fad" that isn't dead, either.

"American Chopper", the Teutuls and their cartoonish bikes sucked.
 
#19
"American Chopper", the Teutuls and their cartoonish bikes sucked.
This is the point I was making Charles.......

No reference meant to the true bikes. Chopper came on and the bikes exploded onto the scene. Chopper faded into oblivion and the same "fad" bikes seem to have as well. Give me an Arlen Ness Cruizer and I would be fat and happy... The only thing worth watching on Chopper was Rick Petco doing his thing.

And like you I think its sad that the Café Racers are not more popular in the US.
 
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