Comments on: Dime City Brass Café

By: Griffin

Griffin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:19:35 +0000

Nice work, DCC! I appreciate the ‘steampunk’ touch with over-doing it. Can’t wait to see it on the show.

Whats up with all the naysayers? All that matters to me is if I love the bike and it gets ridden. Who cares about bankers, dentists, etc…I’m a college student who grads this semester in genetics. Will I be labeled as well? Don’t care – I build, I ride, I love.

By: kirk brown

kirk brown — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:26:10 +0000

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By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:55:09 +0000

On the plus side, if cafe racers get popular, hopefully this means more parallel twins like the W800 and CB1100 come stateside. Triumph and Moto Guzzi are already on the band wagon, even though Ducati’s quietly killing the sportclassic.

By: Warren Smith

Warren Smith — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:48:02 +0000

…and if one person rode a cafe bike, they’d think he was crazy, but if two people rode ‘em, they’d think they were f_____s, if three people rode ‘em, heck, they’d think it was an organization. But…what if fifty people rode ‘em. they’d think it was a movement. and that’s what it is. it’s the real cafe riders anti-fashionable poser movement.

gotta love the points of view on this thread. cafe racer tv’s going to be the next monster garage.

and, apologies to Arlo Guthrie

By: VonYinzer

VonYinzer — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:16:09 +0000

Right on ya DCC boys! You know I love this and your other builds. Seriously, folks these guys are the real deal. As a member on the aforementioned dotheton.com, Ive seen how these guys operate and its top shelf all the way.
As far as the whole cafe racer craze that seems to be building in the states right now, who gives a damn? Let the hangers-on do what they will. Let them jump on the ol’ bandwagon, and show off. WHO CARES? The only downside is seeing the old bikes get bought up… But, all ya have to do is wait until the next fad comes rolling in, jump in the truck, head out to the local housing development and buy up last weeks fashions on the cheap. I know people always want to think that they hold the deed to a particular idea or “lifestyle” (god, i hate that word), but guess what gents? You dont.
Aparrently (to some here on this site), if you dont adhear to the strict rules and regulations of the “lifestyle” than youre in the wrong. And try and make a living by being a part of the world that makes you happy… Oh no… Forget it. Youre obviously just cashing in. Doesnt matter how long you’ve been involved.
Heres a though, give an atta’ boy to those of us who have made something palpable from their passions, or go do something about it. If you dont like it… FINE, but dont try and drag others down into your pit. You think you know the “real” cafe racer ideals… Than show everyone. Dont badmouth people you’ve never met.

Again… Atta’ boy DCC… If you ever make it up to PA let me know. You have some cold beers coming to you on me and the PA West DTT crew!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:11:42 +0000

Vincent, I sympathize. I normally moderate the comments on here heavily, and on average, I delete about a third of the comments left on any given post. On some posts that have proved contentious, I have deleted over half the comments made. (See our Comments Policy for details.) It means that people who are in the habit of making snarky comments and leaving false email addresses notice that their comments aren't appearing, so they don't bother to return and the rest of us can get on with life. Since the beginning of September, though, I have been travelling through the UK, Europe and Asia, and my internet access has been erratic. That's why the number of posts has dropped, and the comments have increased in vitriol—because I have not been able to delete them as they appear. (The Justin Kell interview was perhaps the worst example. Ironically, he himself said, "I see a lot of nasty stuff in both the motorcycle and fashion business" in the interview.) From this weekend normal service will resume. If a comment is abusive or personal, it will be deleted.

By: Vincent Le Fre

Vincent Le Fre — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:42:37 +0000

Just to follow up…

My previous comment was a well formulated opinion that did not require the use of swear words nor did it target any idividual directly. Two of the counter-posts to mine have described me as someone who likes putting people down and someone who has a problem and needs to fuck off.

I’ve always liked BikeEXIF for its open and honest debate on the comments pages and having healthy arguments is a positive thing for the bike world. But it looks like these pages are now frequented by people who work only in absolutes and feel that the only way to voice an opinion is to be as extreme as possible, a bit like a how a child reasons.

For this reason you’ll not see me again on these forums.