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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 | 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== |