Comments on: Wrenchmonkee Custom Motorcycles Will Kick Start Your Heart http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/ Staking a claim in the automotive fringe Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wrenchmonkees Custom Bikes | WebRidesTV Blog http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-4143 Wrenchmonkees Custom Bikes | WebRidesTV Blog Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:40:27 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-4143 [...] If you’ve got a bent for classic café racers and live in Denmark, you’re in luck. Oh, it’ll help if you’ve got cash bleeding out of your ears, too. Custom bike builders out of Copenhagen, Wrenchmonkee specializes in whipping together a mix of rebuilt, new and custom parts into slick manifestations of my own two-wheeled dreams. The guys say they’ll be happy to ship their wares to the EU and the US, but buyer pays those costs and bears the burden of getting the thing titled. Prices start at $20,800 – and that’s before the trip across the Atlantic. Check out the gallery for some more shots of the Number 11. [Source: Hooniverse] [...] [...] If you’ve got a bent for classic café racers and live in Denmark, you’re in luck. Oh, it’ll help if you’ve got cash bleeding out of your ears, too. Custom bike builders out of Copenhagen, Wrenchmonkee specializes in whipping together a mix of rebuilt, new and custom parts into slick manifestations of my own two-wheeled dreams. The guys say they’ll be happy to ship their wares to the EU and the US, but buyer pays those costs and bears the burden of getting the thing titled. Prices start at $20,800 – and that’s before the trip across the Atlantic. Check out the gallery for some more shots of the Number 11. [Source: Hooniverse] [...]

]]> By: BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-4018 BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:38:03 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-4018 Me like this, bikes with only the things you need. Wheels, brakes, engine, transmission, handle bars, suspension, seat and lights. I would love to see this concept bike come to production too, it´s the equivalent of the Ariel Atom, Sachs Beast. <img src="http://www.funmails.org/mails/images/2007/09september/0912-concept-bikes/sachs-beast01.jpg"> </img> Me like this, bikes with only the things you need. Wheels, brakes, engine, transmission, handle bars, suspension, seat and lights.
I would love to see this concept bike come to production too, it´s the equivalent of the Ariel Atom, Sachs Beast.
<img src="http://www.funmails.org/mails/images/2007/09september/0912-concept-bikes/sachs-beast01.jpg">

]]> By: iheartstiggie http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-4012 iheartstiggie Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:41:42 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-4012 Dang skippy - which is why I live by this: "Better pass boldly into that other world in the full glory of some passion than than to fade and wither dismally with age." - James Joyce These bikes are gorgeous. And if I get the chance to make the trip to Copenhagen (a friend is moving there next week,) I'll make SURE to visit these guys. WOW. Dang skippy – which is why I live by this: "Better pass boldly into that other world in the full glory of some passion than than to fade and wither dismally with age." – James Joyce

These bikes are gorgeous. And if I get the chance to make the trip to Copenhagen (a friend is moving there next week,) I'll make SURE to visit these guys. WOW.

]]> By: SeanKHotay http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-3996 SeanKHotay Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:15:46 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-3996 The dude who bought my rolled-over Jeep does this. Had a redone Honda 500 in his garage, said he had less than $1500 into it (lucked out with the famously handbeaten/formed tank) and it looks friggin' awesome! Trying to get pics... These Wrenchmonkee rides are all kinds of awesome, too. Not sure $20K awesome, tho... The dude who bought my rolled-over Jeep does this. Had a redone Honda 500 in his garage, said he had less than $1500 into it (lucked out with the famously handbeaten/formed tank) and it looks friggin’ awesome! Trying to get pics…

These Wrenchmonkee rides are all kinds of awesome, too. Not sure $20K awesome, tho…

]]> By: Spencer Williams http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-3990 Spencer Williams Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:35:53 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-3990 Holy crappers, if I was a motorcycle I would look like this. Well, if I was attractive. I'd want to look like this at least. Holy crappers, if I was a motorcycle I would look like this. Well, if I was attractive. I'd want to look like this at least.

]]> By: Dr_Dangerously http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-3971 Dr_Dangerously Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:14:44 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-3971 I love Wrenchmokee custom bikes, I nearly crapped myself when I saw these on Hell For Leather. Second to this Moto Guzzi Cafe Racer <image src="http://hellforleathermagazine.com/galleries/images/moto_guzzi_racer.jpg"> I love Wrenchmokee custom bikes, I nearly crapped myself when I saw these on Hell For Leather.
Second to this Moto Guzzi Cafe Racer
<image src="http://hellforleathermagazine.com/galleries/images/moto_guzzi_racer.jpg">

]]> By: BrianTheHoon http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-3967 BrianTheHoon Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:57:26 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-3967 Holy Lord! I have never been so smitten by a street bike than I am with the one in the lead photo right now. Absolutely beautiful! Holy Lord! I have never been so smitten by a street bike than I am with the one in the lead photo right now. Absolutely beautiful!

]]> By: MrHowser http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-3963 MrHowser Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:40:15 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-3963 The featured bike appears to have some very beefy high-tech brakes paired with some not-so-beefy low-tech tires. Perhaps I am wrong, and these are modern tires designed to look vintage, but the bike the way it is seems more suitable for living-room conversation piece than corner carving. Not that I don't love it. I'm just a little concerned about actual rideability. The featured bike appears to have some very beefy high-tech brakes paired with some not-so-beefy low-tech tires. Perhaps I am wrong, and these are modern tires designed to look vintage, but the bike the way it is seems more suitable for living-room conversation piece than corner carving.

Not that I don't love it. I'm just a little concerned about actual rideability.

]]> By: superbadd75 http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-3956 superbadd75 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:38:10 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-3956 The one pictured (#11) is by far my favorite, but #7 is cool as hell simply for its scrapped together appearance. By far my favorite customs are Exile Cycles, but I'm not huge into bikes so there may be similarly minimalist old-school style customs out there that are just as awesome. I love a simple, no-clutter appearance on a bike. The one pictured (#11) is by far my favorite, but #7 is cool as hell simply for its scrapped together appearance. By far my favorite customs are Exile Cycles, but I'm not huge into bikes so there may be similarly minimalist old-school style customs out there that are just as awesome. I love a simple, no-clutter appearance on a bike.

]]> By: Smells_Homeless http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/10/30/wrenchmonkee-custom-motorcycles-will-kick-start-your-heart/#comment-3951 Smells_Homeless Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:25:11 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=1895#comment-3951 Makes me wish I hadn't given that CB750SS to my brother. Oh well, there will be others. Oh, and these don't really take any special skills to put together. Once you figure out the carbs and charging systems, they get downright easy to put together and work on. I don't say that to take away from these guys, as they're obviously very good at what they do. But what they really excel at is vision. What I'm getting at is that bikes like these are super-cheap to get started on and don't really take any space or a bajillion dollars in custom parts you have to buy. It's really about minimalist styling and excruciating attention to detail. Makes me wish I hadn't given that CB750SS to my brother. Oh well, there will be others.

Oh, and these don't really take any special skills to put together. Once you figure out the carbs and charging systems, they get downright easy to put together and work on. I don't say that to take away from these guys, as they're obviously very good at what they do. But what they really excel at is vision. What I'm getting at is that bikes like these are super-cheap to get started on and don't really take any space or a bajillion dollars in custom parts you have to buy. It's really about minimalist styling and excruciating attention to detail.

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