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So, obviously, this isn't about jeeps. "But Lucas, your blog is about jeeps and jeep things how could you!?" Because this relates. Kind of. You like jeeps, right? Of course, that's why you're here. And if you like jeeps, you like trucks that can crush cars. And if you like trucks crushing cars, you like it when your ride looks badass. Nothing gets more badass that a fast 'n' loud motorcycle, with shiny chrome and fresh glossy bright paint and... Wrong. Throw out your bike polish and toss your lacquer coatings out the back door, because we're getting dirty, and we're staying dirty. Welcome to the world of Rat Bikes.

These beasts are as bare-bones as motorcycles get, and there's only one way to get one: ride hard. You see, a Rat Bike can't be built as a rat bike. That makes it a phony. Rat bikes are born when you take a bike, and ride it until it falls apart, and jury rig it to work again. You don't get new parts for a rat bike, you make them out of scrap metal, and anything else you can find. Most tend to start off as "Survival Bikes", built to look mean and dirty like a mad max vehicle, but you can only call it a Rat when it's dirty and old, or... Ratty. Check out the Rat Bike slideshow for hundreds of great Rats: http://www.ratbike.org/pages/rnd.php

Survival/Rat bike image from RatBike.org