As my finger descended upon the mouse button, I thought to myself, "I didn't enjoy looking at the Boso CB750. This purports to be worse, so why would I do this?"
But it was too late.
When I see motorcycles like that, I wonder what the owner was thinking..."I want to make this bike as uncomfortable as possible."
That whole 'tank perched on top of the frame' thing is called 'Frisco'. Not sure why it has that name but it's a big deal with some custom bike fabricators. Another example of 'Frisco':
I'm a 'function over form' kind of guy, but the Yamaha based bike has neither. It's ugly as homemade sin and the controls are just stupid.
alex, the clutch cable and lever are still in place. I'm guessing that the rods and crap attached to the shift pivot that then go sideways under the tank are there to make a right side hand shift lever ('jockey shift'). I guess that's so you can pull the clutch in with the left hand then shift with the right. If that's the case, it just sounds stupid to me.
Possibly, but I doubt it because the travel is pretty short. A lot of effort went into that paint job fo' sho'.
I have absolutely no issues with these "types" of bikes. Build whatever you please, to whatever style you want. I actually like the fact many builders choose an older "style" like Frisco, Brat etc., instead of just making super stretched out OCC choppers.
Some more interesting bikes of similar taste:
Curmudgeon wrote: alex, the clutch cable and lever are still in place. I'm guessing that the rods and crap attached to the shift pivot that then go sideways under the tank are there to make a right side hand shift lever ('jockey shift'). I guess that's so you can pull the clutch in with the left hand then shift with the right. If that's the case, it just sounds stupid to me.
Ohhh, right hand shift. I see it now. I guess I've only ever seen hand shift on the left side with a suicide clutch - you know, like real men
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