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Originally Posted by BanningFT
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Maybe American Chopper but definitely not Cafe and definitely not my cup of tea regardless of it originated from motorcycles! Show that to any Brit and they'll laugh! Cafe Racers cut or removed any uncessary parts to make it go faster hence the name (race around the coffee shop until the record stops playing).
Here is an example
'69 Triumph Bonneville
'55 Norton Manx
Bōsōzoku are known to modify their motorcycles in peculiar and often showy ways. A typical customized bosozoku bike usually consists of an average Japanese road bike that appears to combine elements of an American
chopper style bike and a British
café racer, for example: over-sized
fairings like those found on café racers, raised handle bars like those on a chopper. Loud paint jobs on the fenders or the gas tanks with motifs such as flames or kamikaze style "
rising sun" designs are also quite common. The bikes will often be adorned with stickers and/or flags depicting the gang's symbol or logo. There are also marked regional differences in motorcycle modifications. For example,
Ibaraki bōsōzoku are known to modify their motorcycles in an extensively colorful, flashy way. They will often have three or four oversized fairings in a tower like way in a motorcycle painted in bright yellow or pink with
Christmas light–like adornments. Their motorcycles were often cobbled together from stolen motorcycle parts and thus suffered from numerous break downs and maintenance problems.
Bosozoku also have a distinct style of car modification, eponymously called "bosozoku style".
[4] These cars are often modified with large exhaust pipes, bright paint, and large aero kits, the latter modelled on
Group 5 “Special Production Cars” of the 1970s.
[5] Also popular are oil coolers or less commonly large turbo or supercharger intercoolers with highly polished tubing, usually mounted in a prominent position in the front bumper.
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Originally Posted by blur
Just ignore RRnold. He has absolutely no clue as to what he's talkin about.
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I ain't gonna lie, you might think it's nostalgic but they are ugly! I know a good thing when I see it!
U-G-L-Y
