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« on: April 19, 2011, 08:45:33 PM » |
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Why?...Why?  I'll tell you why...because 'someone' thinks it looks cool  (I apologize if you actually like this bike, its just not my taste). http://guelph.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-motorcycles-street-cruisers-choppers-Custom-Honda-Nighthawk-W0QQAdIdZ241164551 |
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2011, 08:50:43 PM » |
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I've seen worse.
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2011, 09:00:56 PM » |
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2011, 09:01:41 PM » |
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If it had good flowing hardbags it would look semicool- for a cruiser wannabee.
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2011, 10:57:52 PM » |
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If it had good flowing hardbags it would look semicool- for a cruiser wannabee.
Yeah...it looks like he swiped the saddlebags off of some kid's Powerwheels Harley.  |
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What is good Phaedrus, what is not good? Need we ask anyone this?
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2011, 10:59:08 PM » |
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People will do some strange things to their bikes just so they can pretend it's the harley they actually wanted . Thanks to the bobber craze one day it'll be hard to find a stock nighthawk ....only the flat blacked, rea bar strutted bobber projects will remain . Just wait , when all the xs650's are gone something has to be next .
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« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 06:35:52 AM » |
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I threw up a little.  |
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« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2011, 06:49:01 AM » |
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as long as he or she likes it who cares
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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2011, 07:01:59 AM » |
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as long as he or she likes it who cares
The 'critics' = us  P.S. Apparently he doesn't like it...cause he's selling it  |
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« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2011, 07:03:31 AM » |
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Maybe he's getting "real" bike!  |
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« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2011, 07:31:18 AM » |
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If you want a harley, just buy one. Posing a honda up to vaguely look like a harley won't fool anyone and will make both sides talk behind your back. Then again, his friends are probably jealous since he can show up at the local harley bar every single weekend without fail while his buddies are sitting at home waiting for their barley's to come out of the shop for the 35th time this year..and it's only April.  Despicable, yes, but there's a fair amount of respect for honda by someone who does that that. Think about it. Thanks to the bobber craze one day it'll be hard to find a stock nighthawk ....only the flat blacked, rea bar strutted bobber projects will remain . You have to admit that the harley honda is at least easily converted back to stock. Rip off a few pieces of despicable plastic, stick a few more on, move the foot controls back to where they're supposed to be, (anyone else catch they cruiser feet forward pegs and controls?) sand blast off 30lbs of chrome and get out some paint and it's a honda again. The same can't be said for the destroyed bopper alterations that look like someone cut the tail off a dog and swatted it hard with a 2x4 in the rear to get it to scamper away funny. <--- Not a hard core classical purist however close enough to make you sit there with a manual in your hands wondering for a long time before you can figure out the differences. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2011, 08:01:22 AM » |
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$3K for a very unusual looking NH....he'll probably be keeping it.
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« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2011, 08:05:02 AM » |
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I like it.
I wouldn't own it, but I like it. Looks like it was well thought out and executed.
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« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2011, 10:59:02 AM » |
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It is what it is... a CUSTOM Nighthawk... very nice body work, and great conversion to forward foot controls... very clean lines... but it sure looks to me like he has completely covered up the oil cooler (so it is NOT KEWLing the oil!)... and if he made it hard tail with no rear shocks, it sure wouldn't be a comfortable ride...
He probably has enough custom work in that bike to have bought a used Harley crusier if that is what he wanted... of course he wouldn't have the dependability of the NH engine if he went that route...
not my cup of tea for sure... Give me a stock Nighthawk anyday... about the only change I would make to mine is the spin-on oil filter conversion, and an improved charging system... and that will come with time...
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« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2011, 12:38:11 PM » |
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Nice execution. I can't say that I like it, but I can appreciate the work that went into it and the workmanship. It looks like a fairly older NH, maybe an early 750? Did they even have oil coolers?
I'm not a purist by any means, mod as you will and enjoy.
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« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2011, 02:36:43 PM » |
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as long as he or she likes it who cares
The 'critics' = us P.S. Apparently he doesn't like it...cause he's selling it maybe they got a " new " vision of what a bike should look like and need a blank canvas so that one is for sale so you can be the first on your block to have a unique motorcycle |
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« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2011, 03:08:10 PM » |
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Very nice, clean workmanship. Just not for me. Oh well, to each their own.
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« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2011, 05:10:54 PM » |
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I don't usually like those types of bikes, but honestly, this one's not terrible. Not great, but not terrible.
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« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2011, 05:25:06 PM » |
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A possibility:
In a few years after that one is grabbed and forgotten, a small motorcycle company starts buying new CB750's by the thousands and they all vanish. Six months later Harley announced the new line of super cruiser 750's that never needs a trip to the shop and is at least as reliable as those crappy low life pond scum inferior Hondas.
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« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2011, 05:30:35 PM » |
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Posing a honda up to vaguely look like a harley won't fool anyone... Non-riders have almost no idea to distinguish between different types, let alone brands, of motorcycles. A lime green Ninja is a Harley to the average cager. There is a glimmer of a good idea in the bike shown. I get the smooth clean lines. The color, flames, handlebars and bags don't work for me. |
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« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2011, 06:28:41 PM » |
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We might remember that the original Nighthawk (650) was designed to touch both the sport and "custom" (as cruisers were then known) design cues. Hence CB650SC (CB650 Sport Custom).
To me, the bike shown merely takes existing design lines (example: the very nice curve from tank to sidepanel, that we all enjoy on our svelte 83-85 650s), and exaggerates it towards a pure cruiser style. In other words, to me this looks like a pretty organic development of existing style-lines on the bike.
I typically do not care for cruisers, but this example is nicely done, to my eye. I'd still rather have my own bike, but heck, why denigrate the creativity of others?
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« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2011, 07:24:53 AM » |
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I also just noticed that the fork brace just above the front fender has been eliminated... bad move!  |
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« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2011, 07:28:04 AM » |
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that rear fender is pretty awkward
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« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2011, 06:56:52 PM » |
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I like it...not my style of ride, but I mos def appreciate the artistry that went into it. Someone is expressing themselves with great creativity in a unique way. That gets a  in my book... |
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« Reply #24 on: April 21, 2011, 11:48:51 PM » |
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biometrics is right , whoever built this decided the goofy and out of place looking harley styled front fender was more important than the fork brace.....good thinking |
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