Bratstyle motorcycle HD wallpaper

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Bratstyle motorcycle HD wallpaper

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What is a Brat Style Motorcycle?

With all of the motorcycle classifications out there and all of the slang terms applied to bikes these days, we hear a lot of people asking ”what the heck does brat style mean, what’s a bratstyle motorcycle?”

Like a lot of custom styles, there is no hard and fast bratstyle definition. Often, you just sort of know one when you see one. Here at BikeBound, we realized that we needed some definition of various custom styles/genres in order to proper classify the bikes we feature. Plus, looking toward a definition of various styles can be a fun lesson in the history of bike-building.

History of Brat Style

As you may or may not know, the term brat or brat style has its origins in one specific shop in Tokyo, Japan, run by Go Takamine: Brat Style. Basically, Takamine’s shop developed a distinct design language with their builds, and as their customs were imitated across the world, the proper name “Brat Style” became the generic, oft-hashtagged term #bratstyle, sort of like Kleenex or Q-Tip or Xerox. This is probably one of the highest achievements you could hope for as a builder/designer–to have a style so well-known, it’s named after you. (This is known as an eponym, if you care.)

Many of Brat Style Japan’s builds are based on the Yamaha XS650, SR400, and other small displacement Japanese bikes (metrics) with mildly modified frames, as well as older Harley Sportsters. During the pre-recession chopper craze, when chunky-tired, chromium monstrosities were being poured out of US-based shops like Orange County Choppers, Brat Style Japan’s bikes stood out in stark aesthetic contrast: they were dark, low, mean, and cheap. They had rear suspension, so you could ride them without breaking your back, and you could actually build one without breaking the bank. They had an old-school purity that harked back to the matte-painted hot rods of the post-WWII era.

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