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Posted: 7/1/2012 8:20:40 PM EDT
Yes? No?







Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:23:20 PM EDT
[#1]


What. The. Fuck.

Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:24:37 PM EDT
[#2]
Just glue some gears on it.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:25:17 PM EDT
[#3]
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:26:33 PM EDT
[#4]
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:26:35 PM EDT
[#5]
No idea what the fuck is going on here.

But your steampunk motorcycle lacks, well...steampunk. And a hot steampunk bitch.

5 points for the attempt
2 points for a sidecar
-5 points for no hot steampunk chick
-2 points because you look like youre trying to take a shit while riding
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:27:13 PM EDT
[#6]
I like. Ural body? It also looks alot like a DMC.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:28:47 PM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
I like. Ural body? It also looks alot like a DMC.


Ural that's been rhino-lined on a  BMW R100GS.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:29:09 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
No idea what the fuck is going on here.

But your steampunk motorcycle lacks, well...steampunk. And a hot steampunk bitch.

5 points for the attempt
2 points for a sidecar
-5 points for no hot steampunk chick
-2 points because you look like youre trying to take a shit while riding


Hot steampunk chick photoshoot happens next month.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:30:07 PM EDT
[#9]


Can't you see?  I'm cutting the German off and racing in to pick up Indy's father!
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:31:34 PM EDT
[#10]
Remove the luggage rack from the front end of the sidecar. Install a gun mount for a light machinegun.

Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:33:14 PM EDT
[#11]
Steampunk? Not even close. Just old looking. In plastic.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:33:44 PM EDT
[#12]



Quoted:


Remove the luggage rack from the front end of the sidecar. Install a gun mount for a light machinegun.





Many was the time that I wished for a gun of some sort on the front of my bike to give a little gift to idiots that pull out in front of bikes.



 
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:34:41 PM EDT
[#13]
Quoted:
Quoted:
No idea what the fuck is going on here.

But your steampunk motorcycle lacks, well...steampunk. And a hot steampunk bitch.

5 points for the attempt
2 points for a sidecar
-5 points for no hot steampunk chick
-2 points because you look like youre trying to take a shit while riding


Hot steampunk chick photoshoot happens next month.


Than next month you will have 5 points.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:35:39 PM EDT
[#14]
Quoted:
Remove the luggage rack from the front end of the sidecar. Install a gun mount for a light machinegun.



Good call!  or I can take the .50 off the back of my CT90!

Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:37:11 PM EDT
[#15]
Ural sidecar with some homebrew racks?



An old Steib would fit the bill a little better, I suppose its doable though, if you toss a bunch of metal trinkets all over that have no purpose or function...
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:37:27 PM EDT
[#16]
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:37:54 PM EDT
[#17]
Terribly sorry, old man, but if you wish to go steampunk with your hack, the Steib bullet (preferably a nice replica) is the only way to fly:







H/T to Isenhelm, great minds, etc.

Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:38:23 PM EDT
[#18]
Quoted:
Terribly sorry, old man, but if you wish to go steampunk with your hack, the Steib bullet (preferably a nice replica) is the only way to fly:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TFxXNDGV1MI/AAAAAAABQI4/BTaPnvlj3rc/s1600/DSCN2013.JPG


That, sir, is all sex appeal.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:38:24 PM EDT
[#19]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Remove the luggage rack from the front end of the sidecar. Install a gun mount for a light machinegun.



Good call!  or I can take the .50 off the back of my CT90!

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1104/5103931928_d72558b7c6_b.jpg




Is that you?!
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:39:37 PM EDT
[#20]


This!

Are the only ones you can find ow Chinese made replicas? I heard mixed reviews, assuming you can get them stateside.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:40:34 PM EDT
[#21]
Appropriate theme music
To the Apocalypse in Daddy's sidecar
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:40:56 PM EDT
[#22]



Quoted:


Terribly sorry, old man, but if you wish to go steampunk with your hack, the Steib bullet (preferably a nice replica) is the only way to fly:



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TFxXNDGV1MI/AAAAAAABQI4/BTaPnvlj3rc/s1600/DSCN2013.JPG



H/T to Isenhelm, great minds, etc.



Smashing.



 
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:41:28 PM EDT
[#23]




Quoted:



Quoted:

Terribly sorry, old man, but if you wish to go steampunk with your hack, the Steib bullet (preferably a nice replica) is the only way to fly:



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TFxXNDGV1MI/AAAAAAABQI4/BTaPnvlj3rc/s1600/DSCN2013.JPG




That, sir, is all sex appeal.







Just one little facet of the futility and sad legacy of war is how many of those fine examples of cycle hardware were destroyed during WWII.



Sorry to be Capt. Bringdown! Actually, I love your setup, but your Bimmer is WAAAAY to shiny to look right with the finish on the rest of the rig . . .
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:43:10 PM EDT
[#24]




Quoted:

Ural sidecar with some homebrew racks?



An old Steib would fit the bill a little better, I suppose its doable though, if you toss a bunch of metal trinkets all over that have no purpose or function...




Goggles. The whole of the steamdork genre revolves around superfluous goggles.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:43:35 PM EDT
[#25]




Quoted:







This!



Are the only ones you can find ow Chinese made replicas? I heard mixed reviews, assuming you can get them stateside.




Bike/sidecar in the pic is a Ural.



Chang-jiangs are actually much closer to the pre-war German design, including the details of the bike and motor. I'd love to have a C-J!





Woo-hoo, post # 3000!



Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:44:29 PM EDT
[#26]
That jacket.. uhh... well it looks like it belongs in a 3rd rate gay porn flick.

Like the bike though.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:48:34 PM EDT
[#27]




Quoted:



That jacket.. uhh... well it looks like it belongs in a 3rd rate gay porn flick.



Like the bike though.







Voice of experience? Something you care to tell us??









J/K, LOL!

Link Posted: 7/1/2012 8:53:46 PM EDT
[#28]
Quoted:

Quoted:


This!

Are the only ones you can find ow Chinese made replicas? I heard mixed reviews, assuming you can get them stateside.


Bike/sidecar in the pic is a Ural.

Chang-jiangs are actually much closer to the pre-war German design, including the details of the bike and motor. I'd love to have a C-J!


Woo-hoo, post # 3000!



Are they actually good bikes or are they made in china crap? I remember looking at them and would love a Wehrmacht replica version, but was unsure if its one of those things that after you drive it once, you leave parts laying on the road.
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 9:03:36 PM EDT
[#29]




Quoted:



Quoted:





Quoted:







This!



Are the only ones you can find ow Chinese made replicas? I heard mixed reviews, assuming you can get them stateside.




Bike/sidecar in the pic is a Ural.



Chang-jiangs are actually much closer to the pre-war German design, including the details of the bike and motor. I'd love to have a C-J!





Woo-hoo, post # 3000!







Are they actually good bikes or are they made in china crap? I remember looking at them and would love a Wehrmacht replica version, but was unsure if its one of those things that after you drive it once, you leave parts laying on the road.




My own experience is with a single-wheel drive Dnepr (Model 11), which is the no-frills version of the Ural, basically just EXACTLY what was used in Soviet service. Word was that there were two paint schemes at the Dnepr plant: black, for the cops, and green for the army. "Export" models got "pinstriping", if you want to be kind . That being said, the Dnepr was tough. I think my best friend and I would have broken it, if possible. He still has it, unbroken, and is quite an authority on the russian sidecar bikes. BTW, riding in the sidecar is surprisingly comfortable; this is from personal experience, and I'm 6'1" tall and weigh 265.



As for the Chinese version, again, it was basically an army bike, and there is no incentive to make a flimsy piece of crap for the Chicom army; can you say re-education camp, Fong? The one C-J I had the opportunity to examine was hell-for-stout. If you can find one reasonable, and it runs (test-ride is mandatory), grab it. Will it be as reliable and comfortable as a new Yamaha? Shit, no! Will it be a bucket of fun everytime you take it out for a spin? Damn right!

Link Posted: 7/1/2012 9:14:18 PM EDT
[#30]
Since when did gasoline powered ANYTHING become steampunk?
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 9:21:11 PM EDT
[#31]



Quoted:


Terribly sorry, old man, but if you wish to go steampunk with your hack, the Steib bullet (preferably a nice replica) is the only way to fly:



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TFxXNDGV1MI/AAAAAAABQI4/BTaPnvlj3rc/s1600/DSCN2013.JPG



H/T to Isenhelm, great minds, etc.



I want one



 
Link Posted: 7/1/2012 9:24:43 PM EDT
[#32]




Quoted:





Quoted:

Terribly sorry, old man, but if you wish to go steampunk with your hack, the Steib bullet (preferably a nice replica) is the only way to fly:



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TFxXNDGV1MI/AAAAAAABQI4/BTaPnvlj3rc/s1600/DSCN2013.JPG



H/T to Isenhelm, great minds, etc.



I want one







They're out there, but original Steibs, either the bullet-nose or canoe style aren't cheap.



Of course, they are an appreciating collectible as well.



Link Posted: 7/2/2012 2:56:13 AM EDT
[#33]
Sidecar needs rivets, brass rails, a hand crank attached to the front, and a sooty smokestack somewhere with some brass valves on it.  THEN it will be steampunk.
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 3:07:13 AM EDT
[#34]
Needs more bewbies in leather corsets
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 3:44:46 AM EDT
[#35]
"Son, you are a grown ass man! Start acting like one"
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 3:49:54 AM EDT
[#36]
I like a more classic look as opposed to steam punk.


Here is my ural.






(mods - I am the copyright holder and give my permission to reproduce this photo)
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 3:52:54 AM EDT
[#37]
Quoted:
Needs more bewbies in leather corsets



<snort> Agreed, its the only thing that'll save this mess ....

jus sayin

ETA  Well the post above is a start...
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 4:59:12 AM EDT
[#38]
A little old for dress up arn't you ?
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 5:02:18 AM EDT
[#39]
You drank my milkshake, didn't you?
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 5:11:42 AM EDT
[#40]
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 8:58:49 PM EDT
[#41]


Everyone posts that picture  :(  Do I really look like him?





Link Posted: 7/2/2012 9:06:59 PM EDT
[#42]
It sort of has to be steam powered to count.



Nice sidecar, though.
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 9:07:39 PM EDT
[#43]


Yes.  You are disappoint, with sunglasses.

Sorry to disappoint, Mr. Disappoint.
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 9:15:36 PM EDT
[#44]
Quoted:


Yes.  You are disappoint, with sunglasses.

Sorry to disappoint, Mr. Disappoint.


Shit.  I was thinking more like Vanilla Ice...

Link Posted: 7/2/2012 9:22:45 PM EDT
[#45]
Side car needs a belt-fed MG of some kind.
Link Posted: 7/2/2012 9:26:32 PM EDT
[#46]



Quoted:



Quoted:






Yes.  You are disappoint, with sunglasses.



Sorry to disappoint, Mr. Disappoint.




Shit.  I was thinking more like Vanilla Ice...



http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5059/5406151252_f7c1eca7c2.jpg


more like Simon Cowell for that particular picture



 
Link Posted: 7/3/2012 2:20:38 PM EDT
[#49]
Nice chair.  
 
Link Posted: 7/3/2012 4:41:21 PM EDT
[#50]
More brass trim, wood panels, lewis gun, lot's of gauge faces.  Mock up headlight to look like old train conductors lamp.  Oh, and stick on a bunch of brass plated propane cylinders too.   I'm just sayin'

Imagine sidecar panels all wood grain (stick on tile works ), the rails all brass painted, with teh wheel spokes too, an some imagination.
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