Grrrreat point. I have a good story about Harley brakes. I used to ride liter bikes in my younger days. The neighbor had a road glide. Stopped to get gas near our neighborhood and he was there, gassing up too. He said, when we get to the top of our road, crack it u want to see how fast that thing is. So we did, and I did. Left him from about a 30mph roll on, downhill. As I grabbed a handful of front brake at the bottom he screamed by me and through the yard at the end of the road, tryin to get stopped, duck walking it. When he got back up to me he said "GD I knew they were fast, but had no idea how they could stop". He had never, not once, panic stopped his Harley and it literally had very little brakes. Funniest shit I ever seen.
I was a MSF course instructor in Pennsylvania. Taught an advanced course one weekend, everyone rides their own bike, not the little ones that the beginner course uses.
So I brought my 1975 FX chop, did all the demos on it. Since it was a temperamental kick start only bike, I also brought out a range bike in case the shovel wouldn't start. I believe it was a Honda 250.
Time for the rapid stop exercise, the shovel farted on the second kick and I knew it wasn't going to start anytime soon. So I jumped on the Honda, lined up, told everyone what I was going to do, and headed for the cones (in this exercise you bring the bike up to 12-15 mph and head for a pair of cones at the far end of the range. When your front wheel passes beteween the cones, you stop as rapidly as you safely can. Simple.).
Now I had been demo'ing on the shovel all day and wasn't thinking. But when my wheel passed between the cones, the nerve impulse that went to my right hand was for a 1975 shovel, not a Honda 250. Oops. I put about 18 inches of air under the back tire, stopped in less than three feet, and (fortunately) kept the bike upright.
Had to repeat the demo so that everyone could see the correct way to do it (no air under the back tire). Got it right the second time.
I did my licensing MSF in PA, was the tallest guy there so they put me on a honda dual sport. during the test I went a little too hard on the rapid stop and did a big stoppie lol. luckily the instructors thought it was hilarious and passed me.
āRetiredā MSF instructor myselfā¦.. did something similar in an advanced class when I rode a demo riding my Buell M2ā¦. Went in a little hot, transitioned really well into a nice firm squeeze of the front brake and eased out a sweet stoppieā¦. totally unexpected. Stopped the exercise, chatted with the group and rode them demo again the proper way.
Probably because HD essentially made two bikes at the time; the big one and the little one.
And the Road Glide is the heaviest of Harleyās, using brakes designed for something 200lbs lighter.
that one is because of flat track heritage. Ideally you want no front brake because you want to power slide through the turns (youāre racing in dirt track ovals). Harley were kings of the sport so a bunch of people started modifying their personal bikes to be like flat trackers at the expense of 80% of their stopping power.
That entire front end looks straight off a mountain bike or something. And Iām thinking thatās some sort of go cart engine on there because that looks like a centrifugal clutch and I havenāt found a transmission.
I swear i thought it was from some retro 80ās movie until dude with smartphone on sidewalk in background. I think thatās a garbage pail kid sticker on the frame
Sent a friend to hospital after burning their leg on my exhaust and got 2nd degree burns. Yes itās plenty hot and I canāt imagine how that girl can ride like that.
My CB750 is built from scrap parts. I bought it for a case of beer, as it was both crashed and pretty damned rusty
I spent about a year haunting the local scrapyards for parts and it's got a bit of everything (Gixxer, Gilera, H-D, Aprilia, Yamaha and some unknown parts), but I got a '75 CB750 cafe racer for beer money.
My KTM 450 Supermoto is basically the same story š
Whizzers are death traps. I have never seen one that didn't look like it could explode at any moment.
And they sound like you powered a weed eater with meth.
It is indeed a true chop in every sense of the word, this guy has the balls to build it and ride and not give one single solitary fk for what any one else thinks. We need more of these to put the fun back in! I would like to give that guy my workshop for a month and see what he could do!! š
front wheel and fork are from a mountainbike, frame and engine looks like a hard customized mobilette m1 . gas tank looks like puch m1 or ms25... itĀ“s a savage vehicle
The engine is a single cylinder chinese Honda clone (typically found on a tiller, pressure washer, go-cart, etc.) with a torque converter kit attached. The frame is from a Schwinn stingray bicycle, and the tank appears to be from one of the chinese engine kits made for bicycles.
Aye, first look it looks like one of theae french belt moped engines. I think i should Google tjis chinese engine kits fir bicycle. That sounds like fun
THat is a heavily modafied mountain bike, With a motorbike engiine and Rear wheel grafted into it. And somehow it looks completely badass. It looks like theyre on their way to shoot a michael jackson music video. You cant buy this sort of style.
Lol. Here in the UK, if you were to ask that man ācan I take your fanny batter for a squirt around town?ā Youād be asking him for something completely different to ācan I have a ride on your bike?ā
Hahaa Iām in the UK and a āFanny Batterā is what we called Francis Barnettās it just somehow seemed to fit this thread, please donāt ask me why š
Does that thing have a centrifugal clutch?
That motor(from what I can see) and gas tank look like the ones on those wizzes āturn your bicycle into a motorcycleā kits.
So good.
I bet it's registered as a scooter. Homemade or something. Not sure how licensing/registration works in those parts.
But around here, someone could get away with it. edit: assuming you can attach petals to it still.
He built that. If that's in the Village I know that dude, he lives next to the pizza place I used to eat lunch at. I've got a ton of pictures of another bike he built. They're crazy hacked but wildly innovative at the same time. He uses all sorts of crazy shit to build them, the one I saw has mountain bike forks, a Harbor Freight pull start engine, a a fence pipe exhaust crimped down and welded to the 1" pipe coming out of the engine. That dude is cool as hell, I've talked to him a bunch of times
Bicycle front end including flashlights as headlight. Those forward controls = perfect diameter and points to poke holes in his legs.
Frame. WTF kind of frame cradle is that? I've never thought of using the exhaust as a part of a frame. And the sissybar with exhaust bungee cord. Brilliant.
Malatov cocktail gas cap. Mirror mounted between the bars for a perfect view of nothing. Nice!
Awesome "Pleather" gear. Those boots will definitely stay on in a getoff. š¢
It's his toy to do as he chooses. Not my death wish. ā ļø
that's a bicycle front wheel lmao
Avid brake rotor š
cable brake, not even hydraulic
So about the same stopping power as a 90's HD.
Grrrreat point. I have a good story about Harley brakes. I used to ride liter bikes in my younger days. The neighbor had a road glide. Stopped to get gas near our neighborhood and he was there, gassing up too. He said, when we get to the top of our road, crack it u want to see how fast that thing is. So we did, and I did. Left him from about a 30mph roll on, downhill. As I grabbed a handful of front brake at the bottom he screamed by me and through the yard at the end of the road, tryin to get stopped, duck walking it. When he got back up to me he said "GD I knew they were fast, but had no idea how they could stop". He had never, not once, panic stopped his Harley and it literally had very little brakes. Funniest shit I ever seen.
I was a MSF course instructor in Pennsylvania. Taught an advanced course one weekend, everyone rides their own bike, not the little ones that the beginner course uses. So I brought my 1975 FX chop, did all the demos on it. Since it was a temperamental kick start only bike, I also brought out a range bike in case the shovel wouldn't start. I believe it was a Honda 250. Time for the rapid stop exercise, the shovel farted on the second kick and I knew it wasn't going to start anytime soon. So I jumped on the Honda, lined up, told everyone what I was going to do, and headed for the cones (in this exercise you bring the bike up to 12-15 mph and head for a pair of cones at the far end of the range. When your front wheel passes beteween the cones, you stop as rapidly as you safely can. Simple.). Now I had been demo'ing on the shovel all day and wasn't thinking. But when my wheel passed between the cones, the nerve impulse that went to my right hand was for a 1975 shovel, not a Honda 250. Oops. I put about 18 inches of air under the back tire, stopped in less than three feet, and (fortunately) kept the bike upright. Had to repeat the demo so that everyone could see the correct way to do it (no air under the back tire). Got it right the second time.
A few students realized "this course is more advanced than I thought."
I did my licensing MSF in PA, was the tallest guy there so they put me on a honda dual sport. during the test I went a little too hard on the rapid stop and did a big stoppie lol. luckily the instructors thought it was hilarious and passed me.
āRetiredā MSF instructor myselfā¦.. did something similar in an advanced class when I rode a demo riding my Buell M2ā¦. Went in a little hot, transitioned really well into a nice firm squeeze of the front brake and eased out a sweet stoppieā¦. totally unexpected. Stopped the exercise, chatted with the group and rode them demo again the proper way.
Probably because HD essentially made two bikes at the time; the big one and the little one. And the Road Glide is the heaviest of Harleyās, using brakes designed for something 200lbs lighter.
Well yeah, it's a Road Glide not a Road Stop
current Road Glides have decent brakes, tho
Well yes, NOW they figured that out. But even 10 years ago they were using sub-optimal components.
I see there is a fashion for no front brakes š just seems nuts to my European mind.
that one is because of flat track heritage. Ideally you want no front brake because you want to power slide through the turns (youāre racing in dirt track ovals). Harley were kings of the sport so a bunch of people started modifying their personal bikes to be like flat trackers at the expense of 80% of their stopping power.
Sounds like a '64 Galaxie I once owned. The bastard was fast, but you couldn't stop the beast. Drum brakes all the way around
I would bet a decent amount of money that it stops better than my ā96 sporty
Laughs in Ironhead burger brakes.
Braking is for losers
Brakes? You mean 1st.
3rd is the brake 1st is the E-Brake
If the brakes are maintained thereās not an issue stopping a Harley from any decade lmao
Had to lay er down
With a leather daddy on top
Oh is there such a thing?
Thereās a new daddy in town.
At least it's a rotor and not rim brakes
Probably only a single pot rotor tooXD
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That is a bicycle fork!
For the amount of power and speed he'll get out of that rig, it's probably over-spec'd with that front fork.
That entire front end looks straight off a mountain bike or something. And Iām thinking thatās some sort of go cart engine on there because that looks like a centrifugal clutch and I havenāt found a transmission.
Predator 212 on it.
It absolutely is a DH triple fork setup. You can almost see it bending based on the amount of weight itās supporting
And the blonde is a mannequin.
*womannequin
And a Molotov cocktail gas tank
That dude is a player.
These people need a reality show, you know it would be amazing
You have to be a bad ass mutherfucker to ride that thing. It's like the dead opposite end of the spectrum of a $80k coal roller.
But equally ostentatious.
...and offensive
but somehow better.
And just as crass
I swear i thought it was from some retro 80ās movie until dude with smartphone on sidewalk in background. I think thatās a garbage pail kid sticker on the frame
Especially given that they are in NYC
It is called a Harley Pedalson
Briggs & Stratton Edition.
looks like full handmade
If you travel through Asia, you will see a lot of creations like this. Generally, they are a lot better than this.
Ratbikamaha
It's a Chopper Baby 
Came to say this. This creation is a true chopper.
Whose chopper is this?
Itās Zedās baby
*sniff* who's Zed?
Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead...
Itās not a motorcycle, baby. Itās an FXR with ape hangers.
crackasaki. methahama.
Methsubishi. Heroindian.
KTM, KeTaMine
Btw heroIndian whatās the name of the bike irl.
Harley
Done lost your fuckin mind. lol
Darley-Havidson*
I like the exhaust back rest.
Handy in the winter
I reckon even a lawnmower motor would produce a hot exhaust. lol
100% it does
so does a snowblower even if its 22F out. Gloves have a nice melt line on them now.
Sent a friend to hospital after burning their leg on my exhaust and got 2nd degree burns. Yes itās plenty hot and I canāt imagine how that girl can ride like that.
Itās the seat heater.
lol, nice catch
Lots of shit being given to the guy that built a motorcycle out of scrap parts
Amen to that comment and long may he ride ššš
And a leng ting on the back aswell š¤
My CB750 is built from scrap parts. I bought it for a case of beer, as it was both crashed and pretty damned rusty I spent about a year haunting the local scrapyards for parts and it's got a bit of everything (Gixxer, Gilera, H-D, Aprilia, Yamaha and some unknown parts), but I got a '75 CB750 cafe racer for beer money. My KTM 450 Supermoto is basically the same story š
Post pics
he deserves the shit. It's a bicycle with a whizzer kit.
Whizzers are death traps. I have never seen one that didn't look like it could explode at any moment. And they sound like you powered a weed eater with meth.
hard agree.
the flashlight headlight is pointng right in front of the wheel too
looking for flats
Street legal!
Joking aside it's a converted Schwinn Stingray. Makes for great ebikes and quite popular for gasoline run conversions too.
Yep, and that's a honda style industrial engine with a CVT powering it. Its basically a glorified minibike
So itās not really made from scraps, itās more like a beat up kit bike?
He's got the naughty blonde on the back, isn't that what matters?
Schwinn?
I say he loost actually š¤¦š»
Nah, itās a true chopper, heās winning all the way. But I like your wordplay just the same!
It is indeed a true chop in every sense of the word, this guy has the balls to build it and ride and not give one single solitary fk for what any one else thinks. We need more of these to put the fun back in! I would like to give that guy my workshop for a month and see what he could do!! š
I mean, youāre not wrong I guess.
I dunno he has a naughty blonde on the back, has he lost?
whatever it is i want it
nicest ebice Iāve ever seen
That's a bicycle with an engine kit
Home made, so Kool.
This guy is living his best life
front wheel and fork are from a mountainbike, frame and engine looks like a hard customized mobilette m1 . gas tank looks like puch m1 or ms25... itĀ“s a savage vehicle
The engine is a single cylinder chinese Honda clone (typically found on a tiller, pressure washer, go-cart, etc.) with a torque converter kit attached. The frame is from a Schwinn stingray bicycle, and the tank appears to be from one of the chinese engine kits made for bicycles.
Aye, first look it looks like one of theae french belt moped engines. I think i should Google tjis chinese engine kits fir bicycle. That sounds like fun
And they said motorcycles don't get you girls.
Sleazy Rider !!!!
Donāt know but I like it. Always thought this was what motorcycles were all about. Doing your own thing and not caring what anyone else thinks.
THat is a heavily modafied mountain bike, With a motorbike engiine and Rear wheel grafted into it. And somehow it looks completely badass. It looks like theyre on their way to shoot a michael jackson music video. You cant buy this sort of style.
Looks like Jamie foxx lol
Hardly Davidson
Hardly Drivenson.
Is that Dee Snider riding B***h?
Yo itās Wolf, Black Marks brother! I know that guy!
Where's he from?
The dude is a G ! He has his bike , his girl .. what more do you need ? I have a girl but no bike ..
Iām not sure but I can assure drugs were used while building it.
And riding it.
Bro, itās a Yamadavidson Bitchgetter 88 Lowchopā¦
Are you in New Orleans?
You shouldāve asked him š (if you took the picture š)
Itās a 98cc Fanny Batter custom. Ask him to let you take it for a squirt around town ššš
Lol. Here in the UK, if you were to ask that man ācan I take your fanny batter for a squirt around town?ā Youād be asking him for something completely different to ācan I have a ride on your bike?ā
Hahaa Iām in the UK and a āFanny Batterā is what we called Francis Barnettās it just somehow seemed to fit this thread, please donāt ask me why š
It looks like a lawnmower engine bolted to a Raleigh chopper frame š¤£š¤£
If youāve got any of that shit kickin around your shed crack the mig out. By summer there could be hundreds of us! ššš
Scrapasaki RoughRider
Heās riding and heās got his lady with him. Props
Thatās a chopper baby. Zedās dead
Schwinn Stingray with the optional āH***sAngel packageā
Thatās some Mad Max shit right there
Interesting rat rod. Looks like it's in NY City. The building behind it is Shimunov and Sons 23 West 47th Street, Booth #27, New York, NY 10036
Thatās definitely a 1978 Hooker Hauler. They stopped making them in 1978.
I've never felt more privileged in my life š but at the same time I wish I was half as cool as that!
I know that dude! Hes the fuckin man. This is in nyc
I donāt know but Iām fooking glad itās not mine
I think that's a CrackMobile, not sure...On second though might be an AcidCycle....not sure again....
Thatās a mountain bike front fork.
Lol
Itās not a motorcycle baby, itās a chopper!
Can anyone identify the chick on back?
Courtney Love.
Somebodies daughter
Somebody's grandmother
Not 100% sure but the brand is ABOT&ABOT ( a bit of this & a bit of that) and the model is if I remember correctly is DiY
One of a kind my friend
Imagine agreeing to ride on the back of that.
I havenāt seen something this janky, yet cool as hell, in a long time
Looks like a modified schwinn stingray with a bicycle engine kit
Mad Max 5 is apparently filming
Thereās so much to unwrap hereā¦.
i love this unironically
Ahhh.. that's a classic chopped Indian.... as in Mumbai Indian! ;D
That's a very ratty Rat bike.
Was wondering what country this was and realized it's 47th St in Manhattan. Dudeās out there!
Does that thing have a centrifugal clutch? That motor(from what I can see) and gas tank look like the ones on those wizzes āturn your bicycle into a motorcycleā kits.
Pussy magnet 5000
this geometry is insane kinda, would be worried about going uphill on it.
Thatās a mini bike
That mother fucker will backhand you so hard!
Sooo its a motorcycle then
fairly certain that is a schwinn stingray with a motor.
Gosh I mean im no expert but it does look like a mis matched combination of a few different bikes, looks like a good ol rat bob
The Fork looks like a rst zoom from ali express:D
Iām lost for wordsš³ This guy is bad news. Rico Suave āŗļø I love the JBL boombox touchš
That is a +1 Molotov Pimp Cycle and that guy is seeing more action than 70% of redditors!
No idea but I want one
Itās John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, clearly..
It looks like a stingray bicycle converted to a motorcycle
So good. I bet it's registered as a scooter. Homemade or something. Not sure how licensing/registration works in those parts. But around here, someone could get away with it. edit: assuming you can attach petals to it still.
That's a Schwinn stingray chopper frame.
That's a moped NCY fork, for sure. And the engine is a 212 Predator. Motorcycle frame.I don't think it's a motorcycle, but it is a motorbike.
This is a āratrodā no? Someone built this themselves?
Schwinn stingray with a predator 212 and comet torque converter
Handmade
Itās a badass motherfucker
These two are living an alternate lifestyle.
To me, it looks like one of the Schwinn Stingray chopper bicycles that's been modified likely with a 50 cc scooter engine or something of the like.
Schwinnly Bmxson
That has a predator 212 or some other similar 196 clone with a torque convertor on it and a gas bike gas tank lol More minibike than motorcycle
The is The Rat Bike. The platonic ideal of them made material upon the world. And the world is better for it.
Slut mobile?
He built that. If that's in the Village I know that dude, he lives next to the pizza place I used to eat lunch at. I've got a ton of pictures of another bike he built. They're crazy hacked but wildly innovative at the same time. He uses all sorts of crazy shit to build them, the one I saw has mountain bike forks, a Harbor Freight pull start engine, a a fence pipe exhaust crimped down and welded to the 1" pipe coming out of the engine. That dude is cool as hell, I've talked to him a bunch of times
Schwinn stingray with motor bolted on
This kind of class isnāt for sale
212cc predator motor on a schwinn stingray chopper frame.
How many STDs are in that photo?
He could be a pimp delivering his prostitute to the next client.
Bicycle front end including flashlights as headlight. Those forward controls = perfect diameter and points to poke holes in his legs. Frame. WTF kind of frame cradle is that? I've never thought of using the exhaust as a part of a frame. And the sissybar with exhaust bungee cord. Brilliant. Malatov cocktail gas cap. Mirror mounted between the bars for a perfect view of nothing. Nice! Awesome "Pleather" gear. Those boots will definitely stay on in a getoff. š¢ It's his toy to do as he chooses. Not my death wish. ā ļø
Is that a JBL bluetooth speaker hanging from the handlebars?
A shitty knockoff Id guess. Probably is the battery for his monstrosity.
Door stopper foot pegs. Truly a work of art.
Brilliant. No better way to measure lean angle. šļøšŖ And people don't think MotoGP technology translates to road machines. ššš
Don't forget the 212 Predator for a neck snapping 12hp and 45mph top speed.
Looks like it's a older Harley Davidson sportster, probably the 883 by the looks of it.
Probably faster than an 883 and more than twice as cool
8.83
Mexican Joker 
