Intro 4
RatBikes Are No-Nonsense.
Motorcycles? Sure; they use less fuel than cars, and motorcycles are easier to maneuver, park, etc. But, deep down, the True Secret is: Motorcycles Are Fun. That's it! That's why we ride them. All the rest is just so much rationalizing.
And Rat Bikes are the ultimate distilled evolution of motorcycling: No Bullshit involved. That's it: Just do the minimum to keep them healthy and Ride. Let your bike wear it's visual history with pride. No time consuming cleaning, washing, polishing, adding shiny parts that do nothing. None of that: forget about it - embrace The Pure and Essential Essence of Riding - Ride A RatBike!

Intro 3
As the dust settles, one group stand victorious. As the born agains look at their peeling chrome, and race rep rides cry into their hands as they survey the thousand pieces of plastic that was once their fairing, and the classic boys stare out of their windows at the pouring rain, too afraid to ride in such conditions.
There are the hardy few, who ride their matt black and rust covered bikes. Real bikers, who have no fear of getting their hands dirty, of riding in the most foul of weather. Those who's joy come's from finding parts in skips, hedges and in the gutter.
Those who do not show dispair when things go wrong, they just knuckle down and find a solution. Those who will be still on the road, after the latest fad, be it race rep, retro or tourer has been planted into various hedges and walls.
They are the ratbikers.

Intro 2
You sat at the back of class all through school. You've never bought a new vehicle from a dealership. You think Turtle Wax is for turtle shells. You have tattoos of machinery. Only your parents know your real first name. You shave on occaision. People you haven't seen in years can't believe that you're still alive. Other people go to the mall to shop, you go to the army/navy surplus. You do not own a pair of "flip-flops." You sometimes pretend that the earth catches fire behind you as you ride. A good paint job means that you wiped the part off with a rag before you rattlecanned it. You want a woman that spits when she needs to. Even indoors. You make normal people antsy. Finally, you ride a motorcycle that is loud, ugly, and means the world to you, and come rain or shine, you're out there on it.
Welcome home, friend!

Intro 1
A Ratbike is a motorcycle which is in spirit with the essence of a true biker.
Its purpose is to be ridden, every day come rain or shine, and ridden hard. In a ratbike, function is more important than form, so tatty paintwork, oil-leaking engines and muddy wheels are proof that this bike is being used how a bike is meant to be.
That spells character and no ratbike is the same ... to hell with all those Sunday riders on their gleaming chrome machines who spend more time polishing than riding. Ratbikes never die, they just move on to the next level of rattiness ...
Ratbikes rule forever!