Creating A Hardtail.... Why Would You?

Erm, I had a Bobber and loved it

 

Where is that picture taken Mr B?

 

St Giles Church, Medbourne, Market Harborough

 

I must be the same miserable Old School biker too then Jez!
Other than the ‘odd’ one I can’t stand the office workers first attempt to create a ‘ crap new ploughing a field’ look with new tools bought for them by their spouses!

 

Personally i love the hardtail look spent most of my riding life on a hardtail...well up until my mid 40s and then had a couple of swing arms and i would think nothing of riding 300miles unfortunately i have never experienced a softail like the bobber but love the look still very much like the form over function approach but like to have the best of both worlds...only started riding again due to inheriting my mates hardtail and rebuilding it but didn't want to change the overall look too much due to it being a true survivor custom from the 70s.

Shame the custom look has been adopted by the white collar high disposable income trendy's as that's not what custom is about its true individuality and creativity and you cant by that so DD here is a pic of my dog taking a shit.

My grandson likes it!

 

I knew there was something odd about you when you didn't eat your tomatoes and mushrooms which came with your "full English" in that cafe in Chipping Norton.

 

Don't get the idea that hardtails/chops/lowriders dont handle as some do and just as well as the older swing arm frame designs granted its no contest with modern geometry and shocks etc but comfort is definitely not on the menu.

 

That pub where @MadMrB has marked gets pretty busy with bikes when the suns out on weekends!
Great food too but sit outside though!

 

I like the bobber look when done proper (as in not gaudy). I like the hard tail look, but don't think I'd like riding one. I like the soft tail look and my 2001 V Star 1100 had that look. It did look and ride great -up to about 60 mph. After that, the ride was crap -it would vibrate your fillings out. Had nothing to do with it being a soft tail.

 

I've built and ridden a few hardtaiks in my younger days.
But honestly they're pretty horrible and impractical.
I'm not a fan of the bibber either nor the new Rocket..both look To my eye as though someone's stuck a sofa castor on the back of the bike rather than a rear end.Each to their own I know ...but that's my view.

 

I'm another who doesn't like the bobber look. To me it's a bike for fashion victims, the design arguably makes the bike less practical, and doesn't improve it in any way apart from the looks (Even that's debatable) I can understand that the Daytonas aren't the most practical, but the form follows the function of going fast. The Sprints are a compromise between speed, comfort and luggage carrying ability, the Trophy was all about carrying the most as comfortably as possible, and the others had some practicality, but when you get to the bobber and cruisers you're making a bike less practical just for aesthetics and I don't like that.

 

Never ridden a hard tail, but got a photo of one o mi dogs havin a shit.....

 

I was beaten over the quarter mile by a 70 year old hardtail last weekend. John Hobbs ran 10.72 to my Street Triple's 10.80.

 

They were all "Hard Tail's" originally !! My 1942 BSA M20 handled like it was on rails ! This was on 20 inch by 1 & 1/4 inch wide tyre's ! It all depends on the geometry , weight and speeds ! Up to 70 MPH it was awesome ! I could lock the throttle on and steer by butt hands OFF !