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Triumphs becoming the "hipster" bike?
#522947 07/01/2013 1:42 PM
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I live in a college town, and have seen two different guys on Triumphs. One on an older Bonneville, wearing his suit jacket an jeans. Last week a young guy was on a newer one. Just wondering if they are becoming trendy with younger folks.


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Triumphs, especially Bonnevilles and Thruxtons are pretty popular here in "Portlandia".
Moto Guzzi's and Ducati's too.


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skinny jeans, horn rimmed glasses, Triumph Bonnevilles... all hipster stuff


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Well, DUH!!!

I mean, I've got one!



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yes, check out Iron and Air. Many of the hip builders are restoring Bonnie's along with old Jap Bikes of course, but Bonnies seem to be the ride of choice for restoration, and T100's and Thruxtons for everyday riding.


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Harley is going for the hipsters too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlAcnhSSAt4


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Most hipsters I know are into scooters. I know a lot of preppies into old and new Brit iron, BMWs, Guzzis and Ducs


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Well , thank goodness for the hipsters and the chopper wannabe OCC crowd that came before them as they keep the industry alive for that small number of us that ride and truly understand what that means when said...besides offering comic relief...... and when they grow out of this phase, we will have more iron to buy , cheap, for our garages......... there are several expensive , custom built choppers in town for about half of what they originally sold for...still too high for me but a deal none the less

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What constitutes a hipster?


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What constitutes a hipster?




Yeah, I've been working on that one for a while. It just seemed to come from nowhere when I wasn't looking.

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A young person not only aware but every moment into the latest trends in speech, music, clothing, and behavior. Just the coolest shirt or pants. Only particular music the "Informed" cool folks listen to.

In other words a rocker or a mod. A skater or a punk.

A hipster is so hip he or she looks just like the other hipster non-conformist. They will ride bikes nobody but their group has.

Scooter, Bonneville, Ducati, 1969 CB750, Harley 72.

Their politics is pretty much the 60s hippie. Government is bad, old people are out of touch, what the normals do is simply not for us. They lean liberal to anarchist in their social and political views. They don't appear to be dangerous in any way.

Saw one yesterday with his tight pants and designer shirt on a beautiful 650 Yamaha. A much much better bonneville knockoff than the new bonneville by the way.

---- When I think of hipsters I think of Carlton from Fresh Prince mixed with Roger Moore as Bond.-----

Dress so exactly toward the trends, do everything so nicely and so cool. Gay without the proclivity


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Carlton from Fresh Prince was a parody of preppy. Preppy being Ivy League, collegiate or trad aesthetic, think Brooks Brothers, Polo, J. Press, etc.

Roger Moore, Savoy Row English / Continental.

Hipsters? I would point you to Wikipedia, especially read the "critical analysis" section.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture)


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Got it. Well dressed hippies with money.


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Yep, you got it!


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As naive and arrogant as we were?

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Is that possible?



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I don't think so. My generation has the record for way out in left field stupid stuff.


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OH yea and Hipsters think drinking cheep beer is cool. "PBR tallboy" the hipster beer. They are also incroching into the MOD territory as has been stated.


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Hey I drink cheap beer too. But I'm just always broke. And matter o fact PBR isn't too bad for cheap beer. My grandpa used to drink it. And I'm in no way am I a "hipster", but I'm one of the coolest cats that you'll ever meet, well in my own mind anyway.

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The fad boundaries are so blurred now days its hard to group any particular style or genera if you will with the way any one person presents themself. Except the extremes of each group. You see Hipster and Geek sheik are very close together now. But hipster spans from the retro look pseudo hippy if ya will to Geekster, Geek shiek minuse comicon. Hippster music covers everything from Bob Dylan to Nora Jones, and the Eddie Vedder acoustic stuff.
Triumph has always been hipster stuff from Bob Dylan and Steve McQueen to Brad Pitt now days. So it is what it is.


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A young person not only aware but every moment into the latest trends in speech, music, clothing, and behavior. Just the coolest shirt or pants. Only particular music the "Informed" cool folks listen to.

In other words a rocker or a mod. A skater or a punk.

A hipster is so hip he or she looks just like the other hipster non-conformist. They will ride bikes nobody but their group has.

Scooter, Bonneville, Ducati, 1969 CB750, Harley 72.

Their politics is pretty much the 60s hippie. Government is bad, old people are out of touch, what the normals do is simply not for us. They lean liberal to anarchist in their social and political views. They don't appear to be dangerous in any way.

Saw one yesterday with his tight pants and designer shirt on a beautiful 650 Yamaha. A much much better bonneville knockoff than the new bonneville by the way.

---- When I think of hipsters I think of Carlton from Fresh Prince mixed with Roger Moore as Bond.-----

Dress so exactly toward the trends, do everything so nicely and so cool. Gay without the proclivity




Uh...I only saw the show a few times but I remember Carlton as being an ultra-conservative conformist with an out of date fashion sense and no clue as to what the kids of his generation were actually into (I guess that's redundant).

So, is a hipster Carlton...or the opposite of Carlton? A skater dude or a metrosexual? With a TBA and a Bonnie at my disposal I guess I could sneak in and spy on them.

Of course, somebody is bound to be doing that already.

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BRAD PITT !!!


NO F'IN WAY!



He would ONLY be considered the "pits" to the Hipsters.


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For hipsters...think of Portlandia... Hipster Wedding.


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Think about it: how many new bikes still look like real bikes, not Transformers?
How many new bikes are still the lightweight, stripped down, classic look?
The answer is the Bonneville-engined Triumphs, the 750 Guzzis & the Royal Enfield.
Ok,ok! Credit where credit it's due- the Sportsters.
But I still don't like 'em.


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Think about it: how many new bikes still look like real bikes, not Transformers?
How many new bikes are still the lightweight, stripped down, classic look?
The answer is the Bonneville-engined Triumphs, the 750 Guzzis & the Royal Enfield.
Ok,ok! Credit where credit it's due- the Sportsters.
But I still don't like 'em.





You forgot URAL


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I have only seen one other here in Ohio to be honest..99% Hogs here .

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Think about it: how many new bikes still look like real bikes, not Transformers?
How many new bikes are still the lightweight, stripped down, classic look?
The answer is the Bonneville-engined Triumphs, the 750 Guzzis & the Royal Enfield.
Ok,ok! Credit where credit it's due- the Sportsters.
But I still don't like 'em.





You forgot URAL




Yuup!


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Think about it: how many new bikes still look like real bikes, not Transformers?
How many new bikes are still the lightweight, stripped down, classic look?
The answer is the Bonneville-engined Triumphs, the 750 Guzzis & the Royal Enfield.
Ok,ok! Credit where credit it's due- the Sportsters.
But I still don't like 'em.





Better add Honda's newest CB1100 to that mix. Another company that gets it right.


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A young person not only aware but every moment into the latest trends in speech, music, clothing, and behavior. Just the coolest shirt or pants. Only particular music the "Informed" cool folks listen to.

In other words a rocker or a mod. A skater or a punk.

A hipster is so hip he or she looks just like the other hipster non-conformist. They will ride bikes nobody but their group has.

Scooter, Bonneville, Ducati, 1969 CB750, Harley 72.

Their politics is pretty much the 60s hippie. Government is bad, old people are out of touch, what the normals do is simply not for us. They lean liberal to anarchist in their social and political views. They don't appear to be dangerous in any way.

Saw one yesterday with his tight pants and designer shirt on a beautiful 650 Yamaha. A much much better bonneville knockoff than the new bonneville by the way.

---- When I think of hipsters I think of Carlton from Fresh Prince mixed with Roger Moore as Bond.-----

Dress so exactly toward the trends, do everything so nicely and so cool. Gay without the proclivity




Uh...I only saw the show a few times but I remember Carlton as being an ultra-conservative conformist with an out of date fashion sense and no clue as to what the kids of his generation were actually into (I guess that's redundant).

So, is a hipster Carlton...or the opposite of Carlton? A skater dude or a metrosexual? With a TBA and a Bonnie at my disposal I guess I could sneak in and spy on them.

Of course, somebody is bound to be doing that already.




From Wiki:

"Carlton is a quintessential preppy. While highly intelligent, many people find him annoying and arrogant. Like many of his social class, Carlton aspires to attend an Ivy League university; in earlier seasons, he states he aims to get into Yale University, but later fixes a determined focus on Princeton University, his father Philip's alma mater. Carlton is the heir apparent to the Banks assets, and probably the mansion grounds itself."

"Carlton is similar to Family Ties character Alex P. Keaton in many respects: he dresses in a preppy style, has conservative political leanings, is obsessed with college and his future career"


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That little one cylinder Suzuki 500. The S40 sweet little bikes. Honda also has that little shadow 750 still a stripped down basic bike. If that Norton ever makes it to the market it would be one as well. Harely has the sporties but also has the dyna that while having a big engine has maintained a "real" motorcycle look.


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That CB1100 is so underpowered I don't want to include it in ANY list of good things.
If they would give it, say, the power of an old FJ1100 (105hp) it would be so much better.

It's the same mistake they made with the CB1000 in '93.
And now their CB500 makes less power than a 2valve GS500...
Don't get me started...


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Chicks in skinny jeans Dudes in skinny jeans . Don't want to see that.


Didn't buy into the hype, you can keep the change.
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That CB1100 is so underpowered I don't want to include it in ANY list of good things.
If they would give it, say, the power of an old FJ1100 (105hp) it would be so much better.

It's the same mistake they made with the CB1000 in '93.
And now their CB500 makes less power than a 2valve GS500...
Don't get me started...




We have different opinions, I think 85 hp and 67ftlbs of torque from an air cooled engine in a standard frame pretty good.


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From Wiki:

"Carlton is a quintessential preppy. While highly intelligent, many people find him annoying and arrogant. Like many of his social class, Carlton aspires to attend an Ivy League university; in earlier seasons, he states he aims to get into Yale University, but later fixes a determined focus on Princeton University, his father Philip's alma mater. Carlton is the heir apparent to the Banks assets, and probably the mansion grounds itself."

"Carlton is similar to Family Ties character Alex P. Keaton in many respects: he dresses in a preppy style, has conservative political leanings, is obsessed with college and his future career"




As I said, "I only saw the show a few times." All I remember was that I thought the title character was very talented.

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From Wiki:

"Carlton is a quintessential preppy. While highly intelligent, many people find him annoying and arrogant. Like many of his social class, Carlton aspires to attend an Ivy League university; in earlier seasons, he states he aims to get into Yale University, but later fixes a determined focus on Princeton University, his father Philip's alma mater. Carlton is the heir apparent to the Banks assets, and probably the mansion grounds itself."

"Carlton is similar to Family Ties character Alex P. Keaton in many respects: he dresses in a preppy style, has conservative political leanings, is obsessed with college and his future career"




As I said, "I only saw the show a few times." All I remember was that I thought the title character was very talented.




Very good call on Will Smith!


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Not talking Carlton's social or political attitudes. His metro-sexual demeanor and his dress.

He picked a style, preppy, and did it to the 9s without deviation. The Hipster has the same compulsion. If its not Hip they simply can't deviate.


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Not talking Carlton's social or political attitudes. His metro-sexual demeanor and his dress.

He picked a style, preppy, and did it to the 9s without deviation. The Hipster has the same compulsion. If its not Hip they simply can't deviate.




Some call it compulsion , some call it personal style or aesthetic. But, Carlton, as well as Micheal J. Fox's characters were extreme parodies of "preppy". The term "preppy" is actually a slightly derogatory word to those who wear ivy clothing. The first time it was used in pop-culture was Ali MacGraw to Ryan O'Neal in 1970 film "Love Story", it was not meant as a compliment from a working class girl. "Preppy" meant old money, elite prep school shoe in at an ivy league college, entitlement. Also note that Ryan O'Neal's character doesn't wear "GTH" ivy clothing. GTH clothing is meant for leisure time or vacations, not every day. Unfortunately, in the eighties GTH ivy morphed into "peppy" and became what most are familiar with. Carlton is a perfect example.


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And then later of course, O'Neal would throw a promising acting career away from being typecast as the "Preppy" in movies to becoming a 'Druggie" in REAL life!

(...which I suppose wouldn't have all THAT bad IF the moron wouldn't have ALSO dragged his kids into the drug scene TOO, and thus causing THEM a life filled with pain and lost opportunities also!!!...yep, what a freakin' moron...and IF the dude rides motorcycles at all, I sure hope it's NOT a Triumph, 'cause there's NO way I'd want to be associated with THAT guy in ANY way, shape or form!!!)


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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So, hipster is a bad thing? I like Jack Kerouac, Bob dylan and Dobie Gillis. nee' Maynard G.Krebs.

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