07-01-2013, 04:55 AM
It all comes down to personal taste. Bar end mirrors just look plain wrong to me on the CB1100. Definitely not attractive to my eye. I actually dig the stock mirrors on the CB1100, both for the way they look and for the way they work.
To be totally honest, I'm more concerned with how "I" look on the bike as I could stand to lose a few pounds. Until that happens, no matter what I do to my CB, I'm going to be the most out of place part of the bike's look.
Come on Bonafide, no one here called you out in particular. Everyone, including yourself, is entitled to their own opinion. In general, blacked out bikes aren't my thing either. But I would hope that if that is what someone chooses to do with their bike, they're doing so because they themselves prefer it and not because they are trying to impress others or are overly worried about what anyone else thinks.
Here in Portland, you almost couldn't throw a rock without hitting a hipster riding around on a 70's UJM that been ratted out and spray painted flat black. Sadly, those bikes are what defines the genre for me. In my eye, those bikes are totally cookie cutter (to use a phrase that you yourself used earlier in this thread).
I know that there are other examples out there that are executed in a way where, with even a quick glance, you can see that a considerable amount of time and effort were invested in the bike. Unfortunately they are few and far between where I live, so I hope that you might understand where some of us are coming from.
There is a section on this forum for other bikes, I hope when you're finished with your project you'll post it up there. I've been surprised before, and will surely be surprised many more times down the road (if I'm lucky) by the work of others. So please do share when you get a chance. Because here's the thing: even if a custom bike isn't to my taste, I can still appreciate a job well done.
To be totally honest, I'm more concerned with how "I" look on the bike as I could stand to lose a few pounds. Until that happens, no matter what I do to my CB, I'm going to be the most out of place part of the bike's look.
(06-30-2013, 12:54 AM)Bonafide_imp Wrote:(06-30-2013, 12:08 AM)Flynbulldog_imp Wrote:(06-29-2013, 11:04 PM)Bonafide_imp Wrote: I have CRG LS as well. The stockers are TOO big mickey mouse ear looking (imo) .. and caused me blindspots when diving into the switchbacks. The bar ends open up your field of view and it's a beaut. I'm a cafe racer fan not an OEM cookie cutter fan.
I've been a cafe racer guy since well before cafe bikes were a fad but it can be said that cafe bikes, choppers, and customs all follow a cookie cutter formula too.
How many guys are building flat blacked out bikes these days? Shesh! talk about no imagination...
So you're a brit from the pre-60s?whatever rockstar.
ANY modified bike by an individual no matter what 'formula' format chosen is NOT a cookie cutter.
I'm currently building a blacked out bike. I prefer blacked out pieces to chrome. Guess I have no shiny imagination.
I swear .. it sure is coming across here like some of you guys are just huddling over this forum so you can push your personal opinion as what's right and everyone else is wrong. Go ride your bike ... or polish your headlight .. or whatever trips your trigger.
Come on Bonafide, no one here called you out in particular. Everyone, including yourself, is entitled to their own opinion. In general, blacked out bikes aren't my thing either. But I would hope that if that is what someone chooses to do with their bike, they're doing so because they themselves prefer it and not because they are trying to impress others or are overly worried about what anyone else thinks.
Here in Portland, you almost couldn't throw a rock without hitting a hipster riding around on a 70's UJM that been ratted out and spray painted flat black. Sadly, those bikes are what defines the genre for me. In my eye, those bikes are totally cookie cutter (to use a phrase that you yourself used earlier in this thread).
I know that there are other examples out there that are executed in a way where, with even a quick glance, you can see that a considerable amount of time and effort were invested in the bike. Unfortunately they are few and far between where I live, so I hope that you might understand where some of us are coming from.
There is a section on this forum for other bikes, I hope when you're finished with your project you'll post it up there. I've been surprised before, and will surely be surprised many more times down the road (if I'm lucky) by the work of others. So please do share when you get a chance. Because here's the thing: even if a custom bike isn't to my taste, I can still appreciate a job well done.