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    Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life

    JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life


    I'm not about to stop posting this, in case you were wondering. So far it's been cooler than anything I've put it up against, but I also don't own a Grand Nationamino.


    Oh, and if a certain plecostomus should show up in here, here's my other bike.

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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    I like naked bikes (Ducati Monster anyone?) but these are just really kinda fugly... They're too busy, ergonomics are crap, and I've really got to wonder about the handling. May just be the angles on the photo's, but doesn't look like much rake on the front ends....
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    God, you guys suck at photographing bikes.
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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    04/09/09

    @Pleco, king of the junkyard: Walk into a dark closet with about 30 people and 3 bikes in it. Bring us good photos of those bikes and we'll agree with you.
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    Image of F_munk F_munk
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    I wouldn't say the bikes are "Terminator-inspired". Confederate has been around since 1991, long before any two-wheeled killer robot became a part of the movie series. I know I'm not reading a Pulitzer publication but there is still a standard for accuracy isn't there?
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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    04/09/09

    @F_munk: It's called selling an article to an audience that's typically not interested in bikes. I think you find a lot better info and better writing here than you do at any of our lauded print competitors.
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    Image of pres pres
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    I have a message for these guys:
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    As a cycle nut, I have sat on a couple of these bikes, and talked to people who own them. In general, they are design exercises, to push the limits of two-wheel design. If you buy one, it's kind of like buying rolling art. Sure, they are expensive, and they have some significant limitations, but they are pretty much collectors items, for all that. They certainly aren't practical. So you don't really get one to exercise it regularly in traffic. There may be someone who does, but they would have to be masochists. Machinist masochists. With a serious lust of billet. That about sums it up...
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    Image of gurneyflap gurneyflap
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    Where is this information about shoddy reliability coming from, I can't find it anywhere.
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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    04/09/09

    @gurneyflap: It's been related to me by multiple current and former owners of Confederate products.
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    Didn't these guys dedicate a motorcycle to Nathan Bedford Forrest? Yeesh.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    I don't know. It's kind of cool, but at the same time, you would look like an asshole riding it. And yes, I'm talking about the bike.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    04/09/09

    @.357:Half Man-Half Amazing: Tom Cruise has one... so, yeah, point proven, case closed.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    I don't see the appeal? They look pretty cool...but...uhhh...its a motorcycle...
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    Image of Orgasmatron Orgasmatron
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    They're probably not, but those headlights look like the cheap-ass $40 fog lights that I used to see on all those stickered up rice tuner wannbes Civics like ten years ago.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    04/09/09

    @Orgasmatron: I would have to agree. Looks like they ran out of one-size fits all moto headlights and ran down to their local autozone to find something that fit.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    Confederate Wright? You mean Wraith.


    So. I knew that they were based in Louisiana and they were hit hard by Katrina. So they moved to Alabama, huh? At least they're in business. Good for them.

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/09/09

    @Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity: They moved up here with a banjo on their knee. Just because.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    Weird, I've never even heard of these guys, despite living in AL. Maybe someone should give them a TV show and a pair of size 13 shoes.
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    Image of gurneyflap gurneyflap
    04/09/09

    @Ash78: The shop/factory is in downtown Birmingham.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/09/09

    @gurneyflap: Just saw that. A couple blocks from my old office, too.
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    Image of jchabotte jchabotte
    04/09/09

    In reply to Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come To Life
    Probably more reliable than OCC bikes, at least.


    \wife used to work at a Harley dealership.

    \\Had many customers try to trade in an OCC bike.

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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    04/09/09

    @jchabotte: Why go to a Harley dealer to buy a more reliable bike? Go Suzuki, Honda or Yamaha, then you´ll be fine.
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