One year I lost 30 lbs in 12 weeks. A handful of people at work said I couldn’t do it. They started teasing me that there was no way I could lose that much weight. So finally I said, “look. You can laugh all you want. That’s fine. I don’t blame you. 30 lbs is a lot to lose and I probably won’t make it. But if you want to give me shit, you have to bet me I can’t do it.” Before I knew it I had over a thousand dollars in bets. Shit with a capitol S. Now I absolutely couldn’t lose. And I didn’t. With the money I went out and bought a 2007 Triumph Bonneville “Bonnie Black”. It looked like the old cafe racers. Think The WIld One with Marlon Brando. In the 50s, Triumph was the bike to get. Check out An Officer and a Gentleman with Richard Gere. Anyway. I love the cafe racer look. And I didn’t really see anyone else with bikes like it. After I sold it, some of my friends got similar bikes. That killed it for me. The allure was the fact that I had something no one else had yet. It was really different.
I went to a custom bike show and now I know what my next dream project is. I want to build the bike from scratch myself. It isn’t as crazy as it sounds. There are a ton of shops that will assist you in building your dream bike. You get the parts. They charge you a consulting fee which includes use of their tools. The bike in the slide show is pretty much what I want. There are a ton of project bikes like this on Bike Exif. I really like the Honda CB’s that have been stripped down to the essentials. That is basically what a “bobber” is. I want a bobber. Big black Coker tires, the lowered rear shocks, the straight pipes, the lowered handlebars, the low profile seat. You have to look twice to even find the battery. This thing can barely weigh anything. The only thing I would change is I would take the “Honda” off the tank so people would have no clue what it is. Well, a handful would know.
