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killa
Won't Shut Up
Joined: 18 Oct 2004
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| | Posted: 14:41 - 15 Jun 2018 Post subject: My road test and review of the Gladstone No.1 | | | |
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stinkwheel
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Joined: 12 Jul 2004
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fatjames
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Joined: 09 Jul 2011
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| | Posted: 16:10 - 15 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | Nice looking bike. No Jolk. |
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P.
Red RocketJoined: 14 Feb 2008
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| | Posted: 16:34 - 15 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | Didn't think the back wheel could be the furthest item of the bike at the back. C&U ji*zz?Looks alright, no doubt its absolutely useless on the roads other than pottering around and boy that is gonna be a dick to keep clean, but I think it looks decent. |
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Evil Hans
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| | Posted: 16:45 - 15 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | That left him with egg on his face
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Nobby the Bastard
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Joined: 16 Aug 2013
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| | Posted: 17:17 - 15 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | I thought that a bobber was supposed to be built by taking bits off a preexisting bike.That frame looks brand new bespoke. That makes it a custom, not a bobber.
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toby1
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WD Forte
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Joined: 17 Jun 2010
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| | Posted: 23:59 - 15 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | With no front mudguard you'd really need a rainpal to ride that
in wet weather
Impractical, overpriced, poseur crap anyway IMO, 9 is too many
Emma chisset?
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Rogerborg
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Joined: 26 Oct 2010
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| | Posted: 09:41 - 16 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | | toby1 wrote: | Bet Henry Cole stood around spouting and doing f*ck all |
He's nothing without his mate Gregor McEwan.
| Paddy. wrote: | Didn't think the back wheel could be the furthest item of the bike at the back. C&U ji*zz? |
Type approval.That'll be put through an MVSA test. I mean, maybe. Or that could be left as an exercise for the owner. No mudguard = C&U fail, but apparently not necessary for MSVA.
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wristjob
World Chat ChampionJoined: 30 Sep 2005
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| | Posted: 02:28 - 17 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | why do hipsters hate silencers on exhausts?is it because they never ride these terrible things? |
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wristjob
World Chat ChampionJoined: 30 Sep 2005
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| | Posted: 23:18 - 17 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | apparently my post was confusing to some.lest go into it a little more. its 2018 and in the name of fashion they make a bike that sounds like a poorly maintained bit of farm machinery.
looks like it was knocked up by a scrap man.
if the promo video is to be believed it cant be ridden in a straight line. some bikes are annoying to live near.
i think this bike would be annoying to own. |
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Jewlio Rides Again LLB
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Joined: 06 Oct 2015
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| | Posted: 23:27 - 17 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | | wristjob wrote: | apparently my post was confusing to some. lest go into it a little more. its 2018 and in the name of fashion they make a bike that sounds like a poorly maintained bit of farm machinery.
looks like it was knocked up by a scrap man.
if the promo video is to be believed it cant be ridden in a straight line. some bikes are annoying to live near.
i think this bike would be annoying to own. |
Sounds just like those what come out of Milwaukee.
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The Shaggy D.A.
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Joined: 12 Sep 2008
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| | Posted: 05:58 - 18 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | * its DNA
* pared
* carburettor
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DrDonnyBrago
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killa
Won't Shut Up
Joined: 18 Oct 2004
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| | Posted: 12:02 - 20 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | I think the guy who published it for me thought it was a mistake.
| wristjob wrote: | apparently my post was confusing to some. |
If you’d read the article it has no mentioned of hipsters involved in the build. No silencers means more noise, some people like that, like thousands of them, always have.
I’d personally never own a bike that made this much noise but then again this is for the kind of owner who has more than three or four bikes to choose from.
The build and quality is impressive, I’ve seen scrappy bobbers and this isn’t one of them.
| The Shaggy D.A. wrote: | * its DNA
* pared
* carburettor |
Ah fair play, I didn’t realise the spell check missed one T from that.
From the recorded call from Guy who built the bike, I heard it as paired down. I’d actually never heard the term “pared” until now
Not sure why everyone dislikes the bike and or article so much though
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stinkwheel
Bovine Proctologist
Joined: 12 Jul 2004
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| | Posted: 12:09 - 20 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | | killa wrote: | Not sure why everyone dislikes the bike and or article so much though |
Comeon, you've been on here long enough to know how these things go. It's because there's no subframe and the chain has a tensioner. A hardtail with a blueprinted T140 lump. I bet it can put power down in a way that would startle many and is probably more than capable of utterly overwhelming their choice of tyre.
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killa
Won't Shut Up
Joined: 18 Oct 2004
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| | Posted: 12:17 - 20 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | | stinkwheel wrote: | Comeon, you've been on here long enough to know how these things go. |
Yeah I guess I’ve spent too long away from the forum, it’s me that’s changed
| stinkwheel wrote: | A hardtail with a blueprinted T140 lump. I bet it can put power down in a way that would startle many and is probably more than capable of utterly overwhelming their choice of tyre. |
When I saw the photos before going to do the road test, I was more excited about the Ducati Sportclassic 1000S but it was this that I enjoyed more. Loads of grunt and really easy to ride.
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Rogerborg
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Joined: 26 Oct 2010
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| | Posted: 13:03 - 20 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | | stinkwheel wrote: | I bet it can put power down in a way that would startle many and is probably more than capable of utterly overwhelming their choice of tyre. |
Or brakes. Brake? Does it actually have one on the rear?
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stinkwheel
Bovine Proctologist
Joined: 12 Jul 2004
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| | Posted: 14:49 - 20 Jun 2018 Post subject: | | | | Rogerborg wrote: | Or brakes. Brake? Does it actually have one on the rear? |
Half width, rod activated drum on the rear, same as your enfield, stand on it hard enough, it'll lock. Exotic 4-leading drum on the front probably has enough bite to be going on with providing you keep on top of adjustment. Heat dissipation may be an issue, even with the big air-scoops. i wouldn't rely on a second big stop in quick succession.
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