"show us your shonker" thread in "Motorbike Media & Image Gallery"
Car tyre innit?...

Goolies · 09-10-08, 10:02

Car tyre innit?

yambabe · 09-10-08, 11:23

It's off a black cab, apparently.

He's actually replaced it since those pices were taken (March & June this year respectively) but is having probs with the new one - because it's a proper bike tyre it's marginally fatter and is therefore touching the chain, which has rubbed a lovely criss-cross pattern into the sidewall!

God · 10-10-08, 10:33

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Originally Posted by easy now andy

the photos are very flattering.

i dribbled some petrol on the tank on the forecourt the other day, wiped it off with some of the paper towel on offer...and it took the paint off...nice...hand painted and no lacquer.

I have just suffered the same fate on my Dnepr.
It's added to the character no end.

Chazza · 10-10-08, 13:06

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Originally Posted by easy now andy

winter hack? the only POS you can afford? post it up here, and what you paid for it...the rougher the better.

i'll start you off with my £435 GT550, taxed and MOT'd until next year.

I actually think it looks fine. I too am on the look out for a shonker and I'd have been dead pleased with that!

Now hammerite it and make it look semi-presentable.

ink ink · 10-10-08, 17:58

The nearer one.

easy now andy · 10-10-08, 19:37

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Originally Posted by ink ink

The nearer one.

oh come now, harldy a shonker. it just needs cleaning!

ink ink · 12-10-08, 20:55

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Originally Posted by easy now andy

oh come now, harldy a shonker. it just needs cleaning!

OK sorry. I'm really just subliminally advertising the plumber.

demographic · 12-10-08, 21:27

Wheres McSanta with his custom maggot mill?

RiceBurner · 13-10-08, 08:16

My ex-hack - the Mirth

(looking embarrasingly clean).

Odd Ball · 13-10-08, 09:23

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Originally Posted by RiceBurner

My ex-hack - the Mirth

(looking embarrasingly clean).

so clean that you can't see it

RiceBurner · 13-10-08, 10:14

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Originally Posted by Odd Ball

so clean that you can't see it

it's a link to a page - not just an embedded image.

IanB · 13-10-08, 15:55

Interesting thread. I'm thinking of getting one. It could be the weapon of choice in the credit crunch wilderness years to come

One thing that bothers me is whether there any accepted levels of behaviour towards shonkers? For example if it catches fire are you allowed to put it out? What happens if you discover you actually like the bike? & also how do you cope with the embarrassment if someone steals it?

Thanks

IB

RiceBurner · 13-10-08, 16:05

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Originally Posted by IanB

Interesting thread. I'm thinking of getting one. It could be the weapon of choice in the credit crunch wilderness years to come

One thing that bothers me is whether there any accepted levels of behaviour towards shonkers? For example if it catches fire are you allowed to put it out? What happens if you discover you actually like the bike? & also how do you cope with the embarrassment if someone steals it?

Thanks

IB

A true shonker is unstealable (ie, who in their wrong minds ever would!!)

Re fires - putting it out is acceptable, if only that you get back on and continue to ride it after any repairs are made with baling twine & spit. Duct tape is allowed in exceptional circumstances (eg holes burnt in tyres).

IanB · 13-10-08, 16:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by RiceBurner

A true shonker is unstealable (ie, who in their wrong minds ever would!!)

My thoughts as well, but how would you cope with the shame?

Quote:

Originally Posted by RiceBurner

Re fires - putting it out is acceptable, if only that you get back on and continue to ride it after any repairs are made with baling twine & spit. Duct tape is allowed in exceptional circumstances (eg holes burnt in tyres).

Understood. On that basis some of the bikes posted appear to be too good to qualify. I think a shonkometer would help.

chillitt · 13-10-08, 16:53

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Originally Posted by IanB

My thoughts as well, but how would you cope with the shame?

Understood. On that basis some of the bikes posted appear to be too good to qualify. I think a shonkometer would help.

It's not the shame of having it stolen you need to worry about, it's the worry that the polis might find it before the insurance pays out....

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