mx5 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) Discussion & Appreciation Thread of the Western Gargoyle "A, the age old question: how do you get a cool vintage motorbike up a near-vertical hillside strewn with dust, rocks and the remains of lesser drivers? Forget carbon fiber panels and onboard computers. Sometimes a problem requires a simple solution, like a rear tire taken from an Armored Personal Carrier and wrapped in steel chains. Time to get back to basics." Price: $120,000 Based of the real life modern Indian scout, heavily modified Hillclimbs became popular with soldiers who returned from WW2 and were looking for thrills. Back then there were no dirt bikes so they used Harley-Davidsons and Indians which were then modified with chains on the tires for traction and eventually, extended swingarms. The most famous hillclimb is the Widowmaker in Idaho. Modern hillclimbers have 1000cc Inline-4 cylinder sportbike engines in modified dirt bike frames with massively extended swingarms and spiked paddle tires. Thank you Beez for this information. Edited July 21, 2016 by mx5 VinceVega84, Mervz789, A Maned Wolf and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainsoar Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Still trying to figure out if I want to whip those stock tires off and give it a street makeover or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Mafia Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 (pics to come soon) This beast looks to one fast and mean looking bike! there are topics that have either a screenshot in it from the trailer, topics with actual pictures started by someone who owns the vehicle, topics looking to discuss a soon to be released vehicle and then there's this kind of topic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mx5 Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 (pics to come soon) This beast looks to one fast and mean looking bike! there are topics that have either a screenshot in it from the trailer, topics with actual pictures started by someone who owns the vehicle, topics looking to discuss a soon to be released vehicle and then there's this kind of topic.. stop being a whiney little bitch. If the mods see this post as unnecessary, they will delete it. Why make such a big fuss about it like some sort of teachers pet? So embarrassing.. JackCarter, Snowej, NuclearRain777 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livejoker Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Welcome to the forum. Great way to make a good first impression on the community. What's the price on this one? Is there any other looks it can pull off or is it strictly a "hotrod"-ish bike? I'm digging it and seems right up my alley but would love to see what people can turn it into. DarkSavageDeathlyCloud and mx5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchMaljers Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 120.000$ livejoker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livejoker Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Damn, that's pretty cheap in the world of GTA. Will def get one. Thanks for the quick reply, dog-man! MitchMaljers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid-A Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) Bikers will be happy! Has it got customization? Edited July 12, 2016 by GoopHug mx5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA-Biker Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Looks cool,hopefully I can put street tires on it (but even if I can't,I'll get it anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nargris Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Bikers will be happy! Has it got customization? Other than a choice of liveries and its unique tires, no. Mervz789 and Kid-A 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid-A Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Bikers will be happy! Has it got customization? Other than a choice of liveries and its unique tires, no. That's a pain in the ass. Still looks nice. Wish it had as much customization as the Daemon, especially for over 100k... Incorgnito 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZAZEL Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Bikers will be happy! Has it got customization? Other than a choice of liveries and its unique tires, no. That's a pain in the ass. Still looks nice. Wish it had as much customization as the Daemon, especially for over 100k... It's got a two-tone paint job, which is nice. Beast of a cycle. Handling is really, really good. SilkRiver2648, Mervz789 and mx5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Great bike and it can wheelie at speed which is significant to many people. Looks like a proper beast too. livejoker, SilkRiver2648, mx5 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry_Monkey Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) Great bike and it can wheelie at speed which is significant to many people. Looks like a proper beast too. Thank you I've got another 4 hours before I get home. Information like that is a MUST! Edited July 12, 2016 by Furry_Monkey livejoker, Jehannum and Nacho Z 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Great bike and it can wheelie at speed which is significant to many people. Looks like a proper beast too. Thank you I've got another 4 hours before I get home. Information like that is a MUST! I think you'll like it, it's fast as f*ck too. Furry_Monkey, mx5 and livejoker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolatingBox Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 How is it off road and climbing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSavageDeathlyCloud Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 This is gonna take a while b4 broughy tested all those vehicles mx5 and SilkRiver2648 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 How is it off road and climbing? Doesn't seem to slow down much at all off-road and it's very stable, eats up slopes and climbs no problem at all. It's also more reliable than most bikes for sticking landings, I haven't come off it yet. The front wheel doesn't come up massively high for speed wheelieing but it's not bad at all and great for the type of bike. Overall it's a real cracker. mx5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Just drove it off the side of Chiliad, two monster jumps and hit a tree at the bottom and I still haven't come off it. Got to be the best bike for landing safely on. I reckon I could get hit by a train and it would just knock the train off it's track. Fozzie and mx5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse_With_No_Name Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Holy crap! This thing is amazing! A little disappointed by the lack of mods but performance makes up for it. Nacho Z, SilkRiver2648, mareepx and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Holy crap! This thing is amazing! A little disappointed by the lack of mods but performance makes up for it. Aye that was my first thought when I took it to LSC but after I'd upgraded it and was razzing around the countryside without a care in the world I soon forgot it. It's an absolute monster of a bike. mareepx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootinalloveryourface Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beez Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Here's a little context for this vehicle. LINK to many photos Hillclimbs became popular with soldiers who returned from WW2 and were looking for thrills. Back there there were no dirt bikes so they used Harley-Davidsons and Indians which were then modified with chains on the tires for traction and eventually, extended swingarms. The most famous hillclimb is the Widowmaker in Idaho. Modern hillclimbers have 1000cc Inline-4 cylinder sportbike engines in modified dirt bike frames with massively extended swingarms and spiked paddle tires. Our new bike in GTA seems to be based on this bike, a modern Indian Scout modified for hillclimb competition. Soran Is On, montanaa, 70mustangboss429 and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolatingBox Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I thought hill climber too especially with the forward peg position. Just drove it off the side of Chiliad, two monster jumps and hit a tree at the bottom and I still haven't come off it. Got to be the best bike for landing safely on. I reckon I could get hit by a train and it would just knock the train off it's track. I read that it seems difficult to fall off bikes in general, most likely due to the stunt races having huge jumps. Have you noticed the same with other bikes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I thought hill climber too especially with the forward peg position. Just drove it off the side of Chiliad, two monster jumps and hit a tree at the bottom and I still haven't come off it. Got to be the best bike for landing safely on. I reckon I could get hit by a train and it would just knock the train off it's track. I read that it seems difficult to fall off bikes in general, most likely due to the stunt races having huge jumps. Have you noticed the same with other bikes?Yes I have, just covered most of the map on my Bati in free roam and I didn't come off once despite going full throttle the whole time. Collisions other than head on just bounce you around a little and I wasn't bothering to land huge jumps back wheel first and I was staying on. As a regular stunter I'm used to dying on landing more often than not but not today. More scientific testing is required but I'm very close to being certain that the robust physics of the stunt races has been applied to everything. Which is fantastic. ViolatingBox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilkRiver2648 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 yup, gargoyle is one phat beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrysisAverted Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Truly the beastiest of all beasts like no joke it sounds awesome, is fast as f*ck and its stunt friendly! gtarusty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA-Biker Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Finally a new cruiser bike,after almost two years.Anyway,I got this bike as soon as I started playing today and I love it. I tried to go for some kind of a bobber look,maybe I could just get the wheels with fatter tires later. psymin, Mangled Crow, BigBrother67 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mareepx Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 This is my favourite vehicle ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptianBackwoods Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 New favorite bike fer the time being. Thing's a f*ckin' monster, an I love it. Will have pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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