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 There a guy riding around my town with crazy ape hangers like this. Every time I see him I wonder if he's actually touching the seat because it looks like he's hanging from them...
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Ya know, at slow speeds you could probably knock him over with a sneeze.  
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How the heck do you even turn at all?
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Photoshop? Thats crazy if real.
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Every time I see him I wonder if he's actually touching the seat because it looks like he's hanging from them...
They are ape hangers. 
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Photoshop? Thats crazy if real.
The more I look at it, I think it is (the bars & left hand don't quite seem to "match" the rest).
But, as I mentioned in my post there is a guy riding around my town that doesn't look that much different than this. One of these days I'll get a photo of him.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I don't think it's photoshopped.
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There is a friend of mine who is very close to that too. I was looking at the mirror when I was thinking photoshop.
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Where is the clutch and clutch cable?
That kickstand looks scary, too...
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That's very good 'shop work. I'm envious...
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I don't think it's photoshopped.
Gotta absolutely agree with you. Can't see any kind of inconsistencies in the photo.
The dude has pipes to match the bars.. LOL.
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Look at the rear window of the SUV between the bars, different reflection. Look at the pipes, the bike is reflected near the fender and then nothing until you get up to the clamp. Still, the overlay work is impressive and slightly above my pay grade...the left forearm stretch...well, it's blurred and IMO that's the give away.
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I see those now! Good eye Ed!
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Man, the stretched pipes are good unless you stare at them, the arms...not so much. Kinda reminds me of a "Big Daddy" Ed Roth cartoon...
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If it were true, I can only hope his deoderant is working!
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If it were true, I can only hope his deoderant is working!
Gotta air out those pits sometime... LOL.
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I just had a great idea for HD riders!!!! Pit tassels!!! I'm gonna be a millionaire, I'm gonna be a millionaire!  
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why tassles just braid the pit hair.
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I just had a great idea for HD riders!!!!
Pit tassels!!! I'm gonna be a millionaire, I'm gonna be a millionaire!
Make them chrome and you'll sell millions the first weekend
Soren
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Look at the rear window of the SUV between the bars, different reflection. Look at the pipes, the bike is reflected near the fender and then nothing until you get up to the clamp. Still, the overlay work is impressive and slightly above my pay grade...the left forearm stretch...well, it's blurred and IMO that's the give away.
There is no reflection of the bike in the SUV behind it. What you're seeing is the reflection of something, the dash probably, inside the vehicle in which the picture is being taken. You can see the line extend off the SUV down onto the side mirror of the "host" vehicle. Besides, there's no way from the photographers POV that the bike could reflect in the back window of the other SUV. It's just not possible. The angles are all wrong.
And as far as the bike reflection in the pipes, the fender CURVES AWAY from the pipes. From the POV of the photographer, the rear fender couldn't reflect all the way up the pipes.
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I rekon its got a suicide shifter, and a foot clutch. No clutch cable or lever on the bars, and look at the shifter linkage. It doesnt go to the footboard. Either way, the guy's a spanker...
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I rekon its got a suicide shifter, and a foot clutch. No clutch cable or lever on the bars, and look at the shifter linkage. It doesnt go to the footboard. Either way, the guy's a spanker...
Isn't the jockey shifter that faucet knob just over the rear of the primary cover?
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When you take the motion blur out of the picture you see more. Look at his reflection in the SUV side window!  
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Have to agree that it's Photoshopped, OR this guy can stand straight upright and scratch his kneecaps without bending! His forearms are either abnormally long OR he is proof that Darwin is right and we descended from Apes...
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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oldroadie,
You can do better than that, I've got some blokes thinking about your TriVincent - all Triumph riders - it's driving them crazy, one mate is even contemplating doin it," cause someone else has done it before, and I've even got the photo to prove it". I'm not saying anything ---HAAAAAA!!!
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I don't know...I'm no Photoshop expert...and there are certainly MANY who are better than I at it (I have a hard time with the red eye thingie..perhaps I should get the full version someday) but...
I do have a bit of knowlege on perspective and such...
the arm looks wrong because of the angle of the photog and the angle of the bike in relation to the photog...the bars have a slight V shape which is consistent and un-flawed the light reflection in those bars is spot on for their position at all locations...the reflection between the bars on the SUV window is of the upper trees on the side of the road as it should be...the fender curves away (and has already been pointed out) the only area that even remotely looks "cloned" is the very end of the tastles on the left hand side...and having spent such a huge ammount of time to get the minutest detail possible correct in all other areas just to rush the final bit seems, a bit insane to me...
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I didn't know about this 'till I read the road sign.
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Here's my take on it: the author is very good, even removed the metadata tags from the file, but have a look at the helmet thru the see-thru left forearm:  and the much larger pixels under the right pit...it's a good Photoshop job by an expert
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I don't think that's Photoshopped. But I'm pretty sure this is: click here
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I don't know...I'm no Photoshop expert...and there are certainly MANY who are better than I at it (I have a hard time with the red eye thingie..perhaps I should get the full version someday) but...
I do have a bit of knowlege on perspective and such...
the arm looks wrong because of the angle of the photog and the angle of the bike in relation to the photog...the bars have a slight V shape which is consistent and un-flawed the light reflection in those bars is spot on for their position at all locations...the reflection between the bars on the SUV window is of the upper trees on the side of the road as it should be...the fender curves away (and has already been pointed out) the only area that even remotely looks "cloned" is the very end of the tastles on the left hand side...and having spent such a huge ammount of time to get the minutest detail possible correct in all other areas just to rush the final bit seems, a bit insane to me...
Well done, Rob! Well done! Thanks to you I think we've got this thing pretty much cleared up.
Now, what's your take on THIS????
(I'd ask ya about that Dallas "Magic Bullet" thing TOO, but I can't seem to gain access to that darn Zapruder film....you know that darn government of ours and all!!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Guy in a monkey suit...duh!! 
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Well....if its real the rider is a moron.
So I have to assume its a photoshop gag.
No one with any real grey matter would ride around that grossly hindered in terms of riding/handling et al.
Just cannot imagine anyone stupid enough to ride with ape hangers that HIGH and his feet up on the highway pegs in what seems to be fairly heavy traffic.
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REALLY???!!!
Well...if THAT'S the case, maybe we should all try to have this dunderhead who thinks he "looks cool" riding that piece o' crap contact the dude in that monkey suit then!!!
Sounds like a match made in heaven to ME!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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well as I said I'm no expert...but you're correct in your assesment that who ever did this is! and don't discount your skill set I've seen your work! and you found the flaws in his!
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REALLY???!!!
Well...if THAT'S the case, maybe we should all try to have this dunderhead who thinks he "looks cool" riding that piece o' crap contact the dude in that monkey suit then!!!
Sounds like a match made in heaven to ME!!!
At least they both have the arms to handle the bars
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Actually Ed, I was thinking that the ergonomic factor of this "beauty" here would favor the dude in the picture which was taken up near where Soren lives! But, I'll bet because that "very cool" H-D here is probably this dudes "pride and joy", I doubt seriously that he'd part with his "masterpiece of engineering"!!! (poor Bigfoot...destined to walk the Cascades on his big feet forever, and never to feel how "cool" riding something this "cool" will feel) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Guy in a monkey suit...duh!!
Looks like Yota to me
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Hey! What are you tryin' to do here, Paul???  You DO realize that once Yota sees this and responds to your hirsute reference about his physical appearance, that this whole thread will be hijacked and turned into a discussion about the number "1500", don't cha???!!! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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In reality no state in the union allows a two wheel vehicle with bars that high anyway do they.?
You would get a ticket in very short order by the first LEO who sees you.
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