Abu Dhabi Custom show

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[DLock]

Some really cool bikes.

 

Has anyone ever ridden one of those huge front wheel Harleys?

 

Is it rideable? Turnable? Feel safe? Or purely for show?

[bprinceuk]

Believe most are purely for show (transported in a van or on the back of a trailer)

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[Agusts]

What a freak show, thanks for the photos though - I hope you didn't pay too much to attend... ! 

[canthai55]

If you have ever ridden one of those bikes with a huge rear tire, you will know they do not turn for s**t

Those baggers are show only, judging by the lack of cornering clearance, unless you slow down to 5 kmh

For show bikes - if the style is your thing, and you do not want to ride it ... go for it

[JonnyF]

You have to admire the effort and in some cases, talent that has gone into these bikes.

 

It looks like only a handful of them are actually rideable in any kind of real world scenario though.

[canthai55]

^^^^ - True, great craftmanship. But I guess I just value performance over looks. And judging by the bikes I owned in the past this is most certainly true.

[eisfeld]

I think most people will have that reaction of "Wow that surely must have been a ton of work but I wouldn't want to own/ride one". Most of these bikes are an excercise in "how do I get the bike the farthest away from being fun to ride" :)

 

Thank you bprinceuk for taking the time and effort to post these pictures here!

[papa al]

Hideous.

[thaiguzzi]

Arabs with far too much money and very little taste.

[guzzi850m2]

Yes agreed those show bikes are for show and nothing much else.

 

I don't really see the point unless you got so much money that you can spend +100k$ for a bike riding to Starbucks once a week but I can see that makes perfect sense for many in Abu Dhabi.  

[findlay13]

I must be getting old.The only ones I had any interest in were the restored Harley flathead and the Ural