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Functional and Personal

VIMBY - Tom Foster Yeah. I don't care what they did back then, but I kind of like seeing stuff like Tom's bikes now. I like bikes with good parts. I like builders who fall back to their tastes, not brands or has-been style. Bikes that go, that hold, that are contemporary and with respect to heritage rule it. Heritage without chaps, dreamcatchers, leather and cheap tin. Doing it with soul is the trick. Yeah.

A little bird came by and dropped this off to me and Dustin...

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It was a Sinner. Those guys are rad and crack me up with shit like this every once in a while. Hahaha.

Lookout for the rise of the Limpnickie.

A Lesson in No Love

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This is what a large scale event of the non-biker feels like to me...though, I've never went. I'm not sensing too much of the biker stereotype. I am sensing a newer popular approach to motorcycles. I'm not sure if it feels bikerider to me, but I think it's cool. It's close. I'm busy. Maybe I'll check it out.

Thank you Southpark!!!

Hahaha. Look what's happened to today's biker. Even the mainstream recognizes what they have become. It's not completely a proud thing, as shown here. There are those of us that don't want to be associated with the popular perception of the contemporary rider. The vibe is shallow, dumb, arrogant and clumsy. The world thinks we're all "Bikers" but this is not so much the case. There's a fresh new breed of rider out there that disassociates with that old, dying image and attitude. Are there communities in growth, collaborative contributions underway, networks building and unity forming just to leave in the dust the particlar brand of riders that Southpark ID's in this episode? Maybe. They probably run from any signs of biker mentality, fashion, symbolism, brands, events and art. Anyway, thanks for the help Southpark!