#kustom bike

[danstoncul]

#bike babe #tattooed #redhead tattooed #inked #kustom bike

[thetwominuteshate]

A shot of the green Evo from a couple years ago.

#chopper #bobber #harley #harleydavidson #kustom #chopcult #kustom bike

[stanjames-world-3]

#caferacer #cafe racer #bikelife #kustom kulture #biker's #kustom #honda #honda four #vintage bike #vintage racing

[motocrunch]

Triumph Army,  Triumph Bonneville T100 transformed by Lord Drake Kustoms.

#Triumph special edition #Triumph Army #Triumph #Triumph Bonneville #Triumph T100 #Lord drake kustoms #Triumph cafe racer #military green motorcycle #moto love #motorcycle #motorbike #lifestyle #moto adventure #classic bike #moto life #motorcyclelove #cafe racer #custom motorcycle #scrambler

[boanerges20]

Yamaha XSR155 by Glanets Radical Kustom Motorsickles

#motorcycle #yamaha #xsr155 #glanets radical kustom motorsickles #cafe racer #caferacer #style #custom bike #moto love #lifestyle

[mikemaur]

Punta Bagna 2022

#chopper #choppertown #harleydavidson #harleychoppers #puntabagna #punta bagna #chopcult #kustom kulture #kustom #vintagemotorcycle #oldschool #motorcycle #Black and White #old bike #chopperporn #forevertwowheels #FTW #mikemaur #motorcyclephotography

[onlyhappyvibes]

#vintage #vintagebicycle #vintage bike #bike #bicyle #old bike #old bicycle #Elgin bicycle #skip tooth bike #barn find #good vibe kustoms

[the-spoken-wheel]

Sat down today and did some serious number-crunching.

I really like the Specialized Sirrus X 2.0. I like that it has a relaxed frame geometry, it's very comfortable. I like that it has larger tires that would provide better cushion to my lardy self on asphalt than a traditional 23-25c tyre would. And, delivered to my doorstep, it would be $720.

But holy shit is it boring looking. And it's crazy heavy.

I have also never been a fan of hydraulic disc brakes - unless you're going downhill at angles that gravity never intended you to ride a bike down in the first place, rim brakes have worked great for decades and require so much less maintenance. Great for downhill mtb, but I just want an around-town bike. I don't give a crap about disc brakes.

The parts I had picked out for the freewheel fixie I've been planning came out to a little more than that - closer to almost $900, assuming I can get an aluminum frame / carbon fork set for $300 or less - even though everything would be EXACTLY what I wanted. If you include media-blasting for whatever aluminum frame I got, we'll just call it a cool $1k.

So, I think the prudent thing to do here is get the sensible, more versatile, and already ready already cinder block Specialized and throw a couple hundy of personality at it right off the shelf. In the end, I think I'd end up with a better made bike that I can still make mostly my own.

As soon as my W2s show up I'll do the taxes and put it towards the new ride. Guess that gives me time to start a shopping list for the rest!

This will, of course, all change in the morning, but for now I think it's a solid plan.

#specialized #specialized bikes #specialized sirrus #fixed gear #fixie #it's hilarious that at least 40% of the reason i want to build a fixie is kustom canz glow in the dark paint

[toddington111]

#harleydavidson #low rider #custom bike #hot #chicago illinois #kustom

[renchlist]

#how to build a custom motorcycle #custom bikes #custom motorcycles #kustomkulture #motorcycles #motorbikes #kustom #kustom kulture #customized #motorcycle #custom

[hellkustom]

More pics here:

#custom motorcycle #custom bike #cafe racer #honda #motorcycle

[danstoncul]

#bike babe #kustom bike #West Coast Choppers

[bikebound]

Next weekend is @handbuiltshow 2023! Who’s bringing a bike? We’ve got racer / light wrangler @kodymelton shooting for us again this year. Can’t wait to see what’s in store! ——— #handbuiltshow #hbsatx2023 #chopper #bobber #caferacer #scrambler #tracker #streettracker #adv #ebike #moto #motorcycle #kustom #builtnotbought #handbuilt https://instagr.am/p/CqxsJjfO2Tg/

#IFTTT #Instagram

[stanjames-world-3]

#bmw bike #caferacer #cafe racer #bikelife #kustom kulture #biker's #kustom

[madredellelacrime]

BUT DON’T YOU PANIC, I’LL GIVE YOU A SATANIC MECHANIC : Shiny vehicles and pretty boys in Kenneth Anger’s cinema

Scorpio Rising (1963)

Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)

A month ago, cinema’s greatest magician left the physical realm and as an hommage to Kenneth Anger, I felt obligated to dig into his filmography again. Far from the occult work I’m usually drawn too, it felt like the right time to rediscover his classic film : Scorpio Rising.

My first encounter with this proto-documentary on a group of bikers happened back in 2019, during an experimental cinema course I took at university. While a classroom doesn’t seem like the proper place to fully enjoy, the power conveyed by the beautiful images still managed to take me away. Almost 5 years later, I found myself drawn to this film, moved by an urge to rediscover this experimental piece.

But what is Scorpio Rising about? Like most experimental films, it’s obviously guided by this fantastic quest to look for beauty in the ordinary, to transform simple things into shimmery jewels. Motorcycles shine and become accessories to the bikers. Far from the traditional straight hyper-masculine figures that usually inhabit the world of bikers, Anger follows the group through the prism of homoeroticism - a bedroom full of James Dean’s pictures, leather jackets customised with studs resembling glitters in the distance, men in drag to replace their actual girlfriends. Moving along with the group and the speed of their bikes, Scorpio Rising takes a step back from the polished images and explores an uglier side of those man-machines where torture and church trashing meet the use of Nazi imagery - act of subversion or real political affinity from its actors/characters ? To this day, the film still is an important part of queer cinema and a gay man’s point of view on a 1960’s New York.

To continue this “automobile double feature”, I picked a short film I hadn’t seen yet : Kustom Kar Kommandos. Abolish the KKK’s white supremacy, hail to the car’s supremacy! This 3-minute long film feels like one of David Cronenberg or Julia Ducournau’s fever dreams with its lush cinematography, full of pinks and reds. Here, the car is the true main character being carefully polished by a guy never seen as a whole. A vehicle almost presented as a woman with the pastel pink background and vulva-like car seats which contrast with the man’s blue outfit. To further this man-machine relationship, the car sports a magnificent shiny body in which the human figure can reflect. The intensive polishing of the metal shapes the machine into a mirror only to cast back the man’s own masculinity. More than in love with his car, he’s in love with the reflection of himself and everything related to a man’s image.

Mechanic has always been related to masculinity and Kenneth Anger uses the representation of vehicles in his film to define his own of idea of the man : reckless, narcissistic and deeply gay. A man in love with the image of himself reflecting in the body of his car and in love with other men which he keeps picture of in his bedroom.

#kenneth anger #scorpio rising #kustom kar kommandos #60s film #underground cinema #queer cinema

[boanerges20]

Yamaha XSR-155 by Glanets Radical Kustom Motorsickles

#motorcycle #yamaha #xsr155 #glanets radical kustom motorsickles #cafe killer #cafe fighter #style #custom bike #ride hard or go home #moto love #lifestyle