Comments on: Art Deco motorcycle mod http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 01:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878855 Grey Devil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878855 I imagine riding this bike would be difficult but the aesthetics are uncompromising and beautiful. Makes me wonder why art deco designs for vehicles aren't more prevalent. They're aerodynamic, timeless, and carefully crafted. I imagine riding this bike would be difficult but the aesthetics are uncompromising and beautiful.

Makes me wonder why art deco designs for vehicles aren’t more prevalent. They’re aerodynamic, timeless, and carefully crafted.

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878881 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878881 Jeeper. It sure looks nice, but the size, the size.... I can but use the German expression „Wie ein Affee auf dem Schleifstein“ - like a monkey on a grind wheel - to describe the, err, sitting experience ion that thing. Jeeper. It sure looks nice, but the size, the size….

I can but use the German expression „Wie ein Affee auf dem Schleifstein“ – like a monkey on a grind wheel – to describe the, err, sitting experience ion that thing.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878902 CH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878902 That's just beautiful! But yeah, the proportions are totally off. I want a car like that! That’s just beautiful! But yeah, the proportions are totally off.

I want a car like that!

]]> By: Rickmccl http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-879226 Rickmccl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879226 Sorry, Cory, RTFA Fail. Frank is the restorer, not the modder. " bike was originally built by O. Ray Courtney in 1936 " That is authentic Deco. Sorry, Cory, RTFA Fail.

Frank is the restorer, not the modder.

” bike was originally built by O. Ray Courtney in 1936 ”

That is authentic Deco.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878726 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878726 It's an amazing looking bike, until you see the guy riding it and realize that the scale is totally off and it's small and awkward. Still neat though. Like a 1930's predecessor of a Tron bike. http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/wp-content/2010/07/Rhinebeck_ADexcel__100.jpg It’s an amazing looking bike, until you see the guy riding it and realize that the scale is totally off and it’s small and awkward. Still neat though. Like a 1930′s predecessor of a Tron bike.

http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/wp-content/2010/07/Rhinebeck_ADexcel__100.jpg

]]> By: sapere_aude http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878732 sapere_aude Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878732 That is simply gorgeous. I want one. I'm not a motorcycle guy. Never been impressed by bikes; never understood their appeal; never even ridden one. But I'd become a motorcycle guy if all motorcycles looked like this. Of course, if I had one of these, I'd probably keep it in my living room, just so I could look at it all the time. But I'm sure I'd be tempted to ride it every now and then, too. Nothing beats the Art Deco design. Nothing. That is simply gorgeous. I want one.

I’m not a motorcycle guy. Never been impressed by bikes; never understood their appeal; never even ridden one. But I’d become a motorcycle guy if all motorcycles looked like this.

Of course, if I had one of these, I’d probably keep it in my living room, just so I could look at it all the time. But I’m sure I’d be tempted to ride it every now and then, too.

Nothing beats the Art Deco design. Nothing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878746 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878746 That thing is breathtaking. I want to make sweet motorcycle love to it. That thing is breathtaking. I want to make sweet motorcycle love to it.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878747 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878747 Now we know what God rides. Now we know what God rides.

]]> By: pretentious platypus http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878749 pretentious platypus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878749 Obligatory BMW R7 prototype: http://www.thecoolist.com/the-1937-bmw-r7-restored-to-perfection/ Obligatory BMW R7 prototype: http://www.thecoolist.com/the-1937-bmw-r7-restored-to-perfection/

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878753 noah django Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878753 After google-imaging "henderson motorcycle," this mod job becomes all the more impressive. Stock Hendersons are plenty beautiful, but are from the 1910s and 20s and therefore more closely resemble bicycles with engines. This mod is incredible. Hats off to you, Mr. Westfall! After google-imaging “henderson motorcycle,” this mod job becomes all the more impressive. Stock Hendersons are plenty beautiful, but are from the 1910s and 20s and therefore more closely resemble bicycles with engines. This mod is incredible.

Hats off to you, Mr. Westfall!

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878755 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878755 From 1980 to 1990, I was the senior designer for Donald Deskey Assoc in NYC. Deskey was the mid-century deco master who designed Radio City Music Hall. That being said, I KNOW Art Deco... And this motorcycle is one of the most magnificent, authentic and entirely original art deco masterpieces I've ever seen. Congratulations! From 1980 to 1990, I was the senior designer for Donald Deskey Assoc in NYC. Deskey was the mid-century deco master who designed Radio City Music Hall.

That being said, I KNOW Art Deco…
And this motorcycle is one of the most magnificent, authentic and entirely original art deco masterpieces I’ve ever seen.

Congratulations!

]]> By: octopussoup http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-879013 octopussoup Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879013 Beautiful bike. I wonder though how well the front wheel can actually turn Beautiful bike. I wonder though how well the front wheel can actually turn

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-998054 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998054 It's amusing how many comments concerning the size are being posted. I have seen this bike and it's impressively large in scale. This bike is a one of a kind priceless beauty. It takes a certain madness to bring this bike back to it's former glory and Frank Westfall is that madman that made it happen. It’s amusing how many comments concerning the size are being posted. I have seen this bike and it’s impressively large in scale. This bike is a one of a kind priceless beauty. It takes a certain madness to bring this bike back to it’s former glory and Frank Westfall is that madman that made it happen.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878796 RedShirt77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878796 It's a beautiful bike, but tiny. It’s a beautiful bike, but tiny.

]]> By: Blue http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878807 Blue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878807 THAT is how bikes should look. (Only, you know, bigger.) Oh, and cars and trains and buses and goddamn everything. THAT is how bikes should look.

(Only, you know, bigger.)

Oh, and cars and trains and buses and goddamn everything.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878819 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878819 sapre, agreed. I'd also add that the windshield needs to be angled higher for real use. Seems to be pretty useless at that angle. sapre, agreed. I’d also add that the windshield needs to be angled higher for real use. Seems to be pretty useless at that angle.

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878823 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878823 I was sorta O_o when I saw the pic of the guy riding it with a drink in his hand, looking like he was tipping. I was sorta O_o when I saw the pic of the guy riding it with a drink in his hand, looking like he was tipping.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878833 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878833 This looks like it would be a great fit for a more petite rider...size isn't everything, you know! This looks like it would be a great fit for a more petite rider…size isn’t everything, you know!

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2010/09/06/art-deco-motorcycle.html#comment-878846 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878846 This is to motorcycle design what the Phantom Corsair is to car design... perfection. This is to motorcycle design what the Phantom Corsair is to car design… perfection.

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