I ADORE AND RESPECT ALL THE BLOKES, AND CHICKS, OUT THERE TURNING OUT GREAT RIDES ASSEMBLED WITH MADNESS AND PASSION AND UTILISING NOTHING OTHER THAN GENUINE PERIOD PARTS, CHECK MY BLOG LIST, THEY'RE ALL OVER IT, THE REAL McCOY'S . . . . SCROUNGED, SCAVENGED, SWAPPED, TRADED, HAGGLED OVER, BOUGHT AND SENT FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE, IT IS AN HONOURABLE AND WORTHY PURSUIT, KEEPING OLD MOTORS, FRAMES, SEATS, FRONT ENDS, LIGHTS AND THE LIKE ALIVE AND FUNCTIONING . . . .
What shits me off is this whole recently arrived at use of the word 'patina-ed' and the building of bikes that someone has spent countless hours 'patina-ing' every surface, every nut and bolt, to give it the perfect faux fucked finish . . . . the 'I been ridin this scoot for twenty five years and parking it in the surf every night' look, the 'I'm a hardcore biker and it's all about the function, I don't give a rat's arse what it looks like' bullshit . . . .
I'm just fucking over it, like I'm over three hundred dollar a pair designer torn jeans and thousand dollar second hand jackets and engineer boots that come with 'how to tell your story' tags . . . . this kinda shit is fake, phony, furball, fuck off, softcock, wannabe, wood duck, dipshit, bullshit at it's most contrived, it's try hard, die soft, scenester queen, less than has been, pretender, truth bender, instant wanker, Ravi bloody Shanker, Paul Jr's offshore banker bollocks !!!!
YOU WANT THE 'WORN IN LOOK' ON SOMETHING SWEETPEA ???? GET THE FUCK OUT THERE AND USE IT . . . . GET A BIKE AND RIDE THE LIVIN SHIT OUTTA IT, PLANT YOUR ARSE IN YOUR CAR AND PUT SOME MILES ON IT . . . . WANT AN OLD BIKE ?? BUY AN OLD BIKE THEN SPEND THE TIME TO ACQUIRE LEGIT OLD PARTS WITH LEGIT OLD PART 'PATINA' AT NO EXTRA COST, IMAGINE THAT ??? HERE'S AN IDEA, BUY A PAIR OF BRAND NEW JEANS AND 'WEAR' THE FUCKERS 'OUT' !!!!
BUT I GUESS A LOT OF FOLK THESE DAYS JUST WANT THE 'LOOK' WITHOUT ALL THE ASSOCIATED BOTHER, THE REWARDS WITHOUT THE WORK, THE SURFACE, NOT THE SUBSTANCE, THE SCENE, NOT THE SOUL . . . . YOU CAN'T BUY IT AND YOU SURE AS SHIT CAN'T GET IT 'PATINA-D' . . . . IT COMES FROM THE HEART AND AIN'T EVER SUBJECT TO THE FICKLE DICTATES OF FASHION.
***** P.R [post rant] I've incuded a nice video to watch . . . . there is no connection to the above diatribe . . . . honestly . . . . trust me, I'm a politician.
What shits me off is this whole recently arrived at use of the word 'patina-ed' and the building of bikes that someone has spent countless hours 'patina-ing' every surface, every nut and bolt, to give it the perfect faux fucked finish . . . . the 'I been ridin this scoot for twenty five years and parking it in the surf every night' look, the 'I'm a hardcore biker and it's all about the function, I don't give a rat's arse what it looks like' bullshit . . . .
I'm just fucking over it, like I'm over three hundred dollar a pair designer torn jeans and thousand dollar second hand jackets and engineer boots that come with 'how to tell your story' tags . . . . this kinda shit is fake, phony, furball, fuck off, softcock, wannabe, wood duck, dipshit, bullshit at it's most contrived, it's try hard, die soft, scenester queen, less than has been, pretender, truth bender, instant wanker, Ravi bloody Shanker, Paul Jr's offshore banker bollocks !!!!
YOU WANT THE 'WORN IN LOOK' ON SOMETHING SWEETPEA ???? GET THE FUCK OUT THERE AND USE IT . . . . GET A BIKE AND RIDE THE LIVIN SHIT OUTTA IT, PLANT YOUR ARSE IN YOUR CAR AND PUT SOME MILES ON IT . . . . WANT AN OLD BIKE ?? BUY AN OLD BIKE THEN SPEND THE TIME TO ACQUIRE LEGIT OLD PARTS WITH LEGIT OLD PART 'PATINA' AT NO EXTRA COST, IMAGINE THAT ??? HERE'S AN IDEA, BUY A PAIR OF BRAND NEW JEANS AND 'WEAR' THE FUCKERS 'OUT' !!!!
BUT I GUESS A LOT OF FOLK THESE DAYS JUST WANT THE 'LOOK' WITHOUT ALL THE ASSOCIATED BOTHER, THE REWARDS WITHOUT THE WORK, THE SURFACE, NOT THE SUBSTANCE, THE SCENE, NOT THE SOUL . . . . YOU CAN'T BUY IT AND YOU SURE AS SHIT CAN'T GET IT 'PATINA-D' . . . . IT COMES FROM THE HEART AND AIN'T EVER SUBJECT TO THE FICKLE DICTATES OF FASHION.
***** P.R [post rant] I've incuded a nice video to watch . . . . there is no connection to the above diatribe . . . . honestly . . . . trust me, I'm a politician.
What ? You don't want buy Red wings at 300 $ ???? But David Beckam got it, you should !
ReplyDeleteOut here in Oz my Redwing muleskinners cost that as it is, but I've been wearing em since the early ni nineties because they work as a boot, but all the wear on them is mine darlin, I don't actually mind Becks in the grand scheme of things, not the sharpest tool in the shed but probably not one of the worst of the A list celeb types . . . .
DeleteHa ha ha celebs are celebs !!! Most of them are not interesting. But i swear when i see the face of Beck, he makes me hackles rise. But the positive thing is that : we will never meet these people on the roads ha ha ha ;)
DeleteAt least, their money goes to bike artists.
That's why I'll never be cool, I haven't learned the finer points of "patina"!!
ReplyDeleteMy advice to you Wes is . . . don't, that way, one day you might even attain 'cool' in the true Zen sense of the word . . . te he he !!! Take care buddy.
DeleteMy patina has patina...
ReplyDeleteYou must be the Godhead of cool, can you lend some of both patina and cool to Wes ??? Hilarious mate, brilliant.
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