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stillborn YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 13	brat style 04/16/09 at 19:36:51 I was just wondering if anyone had done a brat style bike with their savage. I am now at a point where I can seriously start looking at bikes and I always end up going back to the savage. It looks like it would be an easy bike to modify. stillborn
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: brat style Reply #1 - 04/16/09 at 20:17:06 Still, I know that you and everyone under 30 knows what a brat bike is. However, for us old sausages (and, there are a few of us here), please tell us what a "brat bike" is? TIA!
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Reply #2 - 04/16/09 at 20:51:16

Digger wrote on 04/16/09 at 20:17:06:

Still,

I know that you and everyone under 30 knows what a brat bike is.

However, for us old sausages (and, there are a few of us here), please tell us what a "brat bike" is?

TIA!

Isn't that a bike with a grill over the exhaust for sausages, and a small pony keg on the back for the beer? Grin

mmmmm......Brats

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: brat style Reply #4 - 04/16/09 at 21:39:48 So I'm confused, went to the linked site and saw a bobber not very different than sluggo's. So sluggo's a brat bike? Or does it also have to be ridden by a brat? In that case, wouldn't it be a rodent hanger?
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il67bp Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 173	Re: brat style Reply #5 - 04/16/09 at 22:48:07 seems to me like brat style is a company. one whos name is used in a general sense. sorta like how people call all hot tubs "Jacuzzi" when in reality its just a company that makes hot tubs.
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Reply #6 - 04/17/09 at 03:32:56

I'm almost 50 and I know what Bratstyle is! Cool

... it's actually a Japanese company that does Bobbers and Bobber/Tracker hybrids that are largely their own unique "Japanese spin" on the Bobber craze ... which has become known as "Bratstyle" ... Bikes modded to imitate their look (Bobbers with bench seats instead of a solo is one of their signatures ... so are black cast wheels intead of traditional spokes) are considered Bratstyle or Brat Bikes ...
Here's a W650 that has been "Bratted";

And another Brat Bobber ... not sure of the make ...

Here's a Bratstyle Sportster;

Brats are VERY cool! Cool

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Reply #7 - 04/17/09 at 07:18:47

il67bp wrote on 04/16/09 at 22:48:07:

seems to me like brat style is a company. one whos name is used in a general sense. sorta like how people call all hot tubs "Jacuzzi" when in reality its just a company that makes hot tubs.

Or how all adjustable wrenches are called "Crescent Wrenches" or all locking pliers are called "Vise Grips" or how all adjustable pliers are called "Channel Locks" or how...ok, I'll stop there... Grin

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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: brat style Reply #8 - 04/17/09 at 07:42:29 So a Brat bike is essentialy a bobber with the difference being that Brat bikes more consistently have low rise handlebars and exaggerated mufflers and Bobbers often have higher ride handlebars and more regular exhausts. Is this correct? Or are Bobbers and Brats essentially the same thing?
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: brat style Reply #9 - 04/17/09 at 08:59:56 I think Brats are essentially the Japanese take-off on the classic American Bobber ... some are closer to the American style bobber while others have elements of Street Tracker thrown in ... Correction: The Bratted Harley shown above isn't a Sportster, but more likely one of the Big Twins like a Dyna ...
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Reply #10 - 04/17/09 at 10:50:33

diamond jim wrote on 04/17/09 at 07:42:29:

So a Brat bike is essentialy a bobber with the difference being that Brat bikes more consistently have low rise handlebars and exaggerated mufflers and Bobbers often have higher ride handlebars and more regular exhausts. Is this correct? Or are Bobbers and Brats essentially the same thing?

I've sorta' noticed the opposite.... brats are bobbers w/pullback bars instead of drag bars,.... and often black painted wheels...
Who knows?...maybe just a boober with a bit more "look at me" added... Huh

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: brat style Reply #11 - 04/17/09 at 11:14:31 Serowbot wrote on 04/17/09 at 10:50:33: I've sorta' noticed the opposite.... brats are bobbers w/pullback bars instead of drag bars,.... and often black painted wheels... Who knows?...maybe just a boober with a bit more "look at me" added... That's normal, all boobers have a 'look at me' attitude.
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Reply #12 - 04/17/09 at 11:19:19

verslagen1 wrote on 04/17/09 at 11:14:31:

Serowbot wrote on 04/17/09 at 10:50:33:

I've sorta' noticed the opposite.... brats are bobbers w/pullback bars instead of drag bars,.... and often black painted wheels...
Who knows?...maybe just a boober with a bit more "look at me" added... Huh

That's normal, all boobers have a 'look at me' attitude. Shocked

LOL!.... I didn't do that on porpoise.. Huh

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Reply #13 - 04/17/09 at 14:03:54

Brats and bobbers are pretty much the same thing. I just see more brats with some sort of suspension than bobbers, and a lot of brats have smaller engines, 400cc to 650cc. I love the look of a hardtail bobber, but I think I might be to much of a sissy to ride one. Everyone says it hurts your back.

http://mwcpjapan.blogspot.com/2007/02/brat-style-mc.html

http://www.cyrilhuzeblog.com/2007/06/27/dark-urban-custom-bikes-from-japan/

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