Motorcycling Japanese style

[green96]

I just got back home and I thought I might share some photos to give you an idea of what is popular over there at the moment.
Even though the fastest sportsbikes in the world come out of Japan, nobody seems to ride them over there. Retro is King.
Here are a few examples










Also you see some pretty pimped out scooters



The most insane comuter I saw was what apeared to be a 50cc GP style race bike


My favorite bike on the streets was this very cool SR 400 cafe racer. It had Ohlins shocks,a stupidly loud pipe, lumpy cam and from the amount of time and effort it took the rider to kick it over, I'm guessing pretty bloody high compression ratio

[gregs656]

that moped is a fizzy, I had one very similar, though not quite as extreme.

[phuk72]

all horrid

[devlin]

I'd like an SR400 and turn it into something like this.......

http://www.deus.com.au/includes/sr400_cat.pdf Grievous Angel

or

do something like this with a W650.....

http://www.deus.com.au/#/bikes/ W650 Swing Bobber

[Max]

Sad, isn't it...

[Greg]

I like the second one down - the black Yam 'Cafe Racer' ish thing ...and the scooter's a tractively wierd too... luvvem!

Greg

[idl1975]

I like the second one down - the black Yam 'Cafe Racer' ish thing ...and the scooter's a tractively wierd too... luvvem!

Greg

That black cafe racer is indeed "well wikkid"... wonder what it is?

SR400?

[Tarwetijger]

I like the second one down - the black Yam 'Cafe Racer' ish thing ...and the scooter's a tractively wierd too... luvvem!

Greg

That black cafe racer is indeed "well wikkid"... wonder what it is?

SR400?

To me all singles shown are SR's. Must be very popular over there!

Have you guys noticed the almost horizontal way of mounting the license plates (third pic and the weird scooter)? Definitely gets you a fine here in NL!

[Max]

Have you guys noticed the almost horizontal way of mounting the license plates (third pic and the weird scooter)? Definitely gets you a fine here in NL!

Supposed to be a fine here too, but you're not "cool" unless you bend the license plate out of shape.

Cops don't do much about it...



The only thing this brainless idiot needs is his drink holder and ashtry to go along with his "I'm da man" look they all try to show.

On the subject of "brainless", for the past 10 years or so, the "fashion" has been to fit the smallest "brain bucket" (police use to collect the globs of gray matter) on your head as possible. Chin straps are not an option, they must blow in the breeze...

This guy is obviously trying to buck the trend.

[Kayla]

There's some cool stuff on here

http://moveon-garage.com/motor/index.html

I love that old school bobber/flat track look

[Quan-Time]

I'd like an SR400 and turn it into something like this.......

http://www.deus.com.au/includes/sr400_cat.pdf Grievous Angel

or

do something like this with a W650.....

http://www.deus.com.au/#/bikes/ W650 Swing Bobber

I heard somewhere that the guy who invented Deus was the old designer at Mambo clothing.
But that Grievous Angle is hot... Im a sucker for cafe racers.

[Max]

I've heard somewhere that clothing designers are all fags.

BTW, the words SR400 and Racer do not settle with me. However a breathed on SR500 can be fairly quick around a tight track.

[devlin]

I'd like an SR400 and turn it into something like this.......

http://www.deus.com.au/includes/sr400_cat.pdf Grievous Angel

or

do something like this with a W650.....

http://www.deus.com.au/#/bikes/ W650 Swing Bobber

I heard somewhere that the guy who invented Deus was the old designer at Mambo clothing.
But that Grievous Angle is hot... Im a sucker for cafe racers.

Yes, one and the same. Also another founding member of Deus is a guy I used to race MTB against back in the day. He kind of carried that retro look even back then. Pity Deus ask a premium for their bikes.

[Wombat]

Another one of the founding members of Deus is my brother's old boss, the guy who owns Action.
His previous venture, that my brother was involved in was the Hunwick Hallam , and later Hunwick Harrop motorcycle project. Google it. Or if I'm feeling energetic I'll find the link later and post it up.

Bob

[Wombat]

This was the race bike. I saw it in the flesh at Eastern Creek quite a few years ago. 'Bout the size of a 250. There was also a cruiser and a street rod.

Bob