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Rat bikes do not have to be matte black, however the vast majority of rats seem to be so these days in what may be a cross over from ''survival bikes''.  These two kinds of "customized" motorcycles may appear similar but are a vastly different species.
Rat bikes do not have to be matte black, however the vast majority of rats seem to be so these days in what may be a cross over from ''survival bikes''.  These two kinds of "customized" motorcycles may appear similar but are a vastly different species.


More recently, there has been a trend of deliberately customizing bikes into rats, but this defies the organic growth into a rat bike that characterized them originally and led to their uniqueness.  Bikes deliberately distressed to look like a rat bike are sometimes derisively referred to as ''fake rats''. Currently the "rat style" is also gaining popularity in car customizing circles, though again in a somewhat misunderstood manner where vehicles are carefully decorated or modified to look worn with age.  It is much like the [[distressing]] of furniture
More recently, there has been a trend of deliberately customizing bikes into rats, but this defies the organic growth into a rat bike that characterized them originally and led to their uniqueness.  Bikes deliberately distressed to look like a rat bike are sometimes derisively referred to as ''fake rats''. Currently the "rat style" is also gaining popularity in car customizing circles, though again in a somewhat misunderstood manner where vehicles are carefully decorated or modified to look worn with age.  It is much like the distressing of furniture


==Survival bikes==
==Survival bikes==