World famous "Bobzilla" for sale on ebay

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World famous "Bobzilla" for sale on ebay

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World famous "Bobzilla". Has been in many chopper magazines.
Never heard of "Bobzilla" may be related to not reading chopper magazines.
The baddest bike in the world according to many.
I must be out of the loop.

Well Robbie, what do you think ?
Between the sissy bar and open primary you would be lucky to be alive when you arrive at the next stop sign.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/385031401149?h ... Swu-Fi4ZRZ
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Billy Lane is a hell of an engineer, and builds outlandish stuff that may actually work, for a while, but no one has ever accused him of being practical with his show bikes.....
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It may well be the "baddest", but only if you are referring to taste. That is the ugliest junk ever! Too many drugs involved.... :roll:
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This is a surprise, never heard this before.
Billy was drunk in 2006 when he ran over a motorcycle and killed the rider.


While he was in prison they asked him to build a bike, in the background is a machine shop.


Billy Lane Visits Dale Walksler and Wheels Through time.
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The fork rocker looks like it would hit the leg on every bump, Brilliant....
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RUBONE wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:31 pm It may well be the "baddest", but only if you are referring to taste. That is the ugliest junk ever! Too many drugs involved.... :roll:
The SU carb looks cool...
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Mongrel505558 wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:40 pm
RUBONE wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:31 pm It may well be the "baddest", but only if you are referring to taste. That is the ugliest junk ever! Too many drugs involved.... :roll:
The SU carb looks cool...
With its vintage Ford Super Deluxe V-8 hood emblem?
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who ever pays $100K, certainly deserves that bike

none for me
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Billy’s brother, Warren Lane is a builder and aircraft mechanic that has built a number of nice bikes, mostly antiques. Right now, he has a number of original bikes and parts on Instagram for sale under his handle, Atomic Metalsmith. His talents are equal to Billy, IMHO, without all the hype.

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/295135966326?h ... SwQBJiiVWR
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Geez, $50g for a 38 EL loaded with Chinese repop parts? Wonder who's barn they found it in?
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thepigstye wrote: Mon Sep 26, 2022 2:09 am Geez, $50g for a 38 EL loaded with Chinese repop parts? Wonder who's barn they found it in?
Chinese? Billy Lane makes most of his own parts, or scavenges junk yards for vintage items....
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that headlight, tail light and tool box are all repops
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Repops, really? and who used those as original equipment?
The Tail Light is one of Psycho Billy's items from his own business "Chippers Inc"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Lane
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if ya go look at the pictures of the bike, there are some close up shots. Easy to spot repops for a trained eye
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