Comments on: Motoshop Tonouchi

By: denny

denny — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:32:35 +0000

NICE, but with no signal lights or tail/brake light, it’s not street legal, too bad!

By: RobL

RobL — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:57:32 +0000

Looks like it’s a hand shift, see the chrome lever on the left side that comes up right at the “V” of the seat, and that it was converted to a foot clutch.

I would also assume an internal throttle, see the black cable coming out of the triple tree and going to the middle of the motor, and on to the carb. Safe to say the black cable is not the headlight wire as a white wire is visible coming from the headlight and going into the frame backbone.

You do have to enlarge the pics to see these details.

By: Tim Hanna

Tim Hanna — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:14:34 +0000

Like Eli I want to know where the clutch and throttle are.

By: RobL

RobL — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:14:11 +0000

After coming back to this bike a couple of times, I realized the genius in it. The typical “show chopper” frame with the high backbone tube always perches an afterthought tank on top of it, making it even more disproportional. Motoshop Tonouchi tucked a custom tank into that see-through void that makes “show choppers” look even more ungainly, bringing an integration that was the hallmark of the pre-war Beemers. Using a more realistic fork angle complements the proportions. An interesting effect, contracting the chopper lines creates an expanded art deco BMW look.

By: Eli

Eli — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:38:53 +0000

No front brake, I can dig. The thing looks amazing. But I’m going to admit to a little dumbness: where are the clutch and throttle located?

By: David Enfield

David Enfield — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:23:10 +0000

No hope of it but I would buy that . No question .

By: macfly

macfly — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:05:58 +0000

Well they certainly ain’t gonna be hearing any tire tunes from the Melody Road with those pipes!