page_title: Rat bike
section_title: Survival bikes
hierarchical_section_title: Rat bike / Survival bikes
caption_attribution_description: Pictured at the UK Rat and Survival Bike rally of 2005, this is more of a survival bike than a rat bike - though there is no firm distinction and it could be argued to be in either or both categories. Note the exhaust system; exhaust systems are good subjects for mechanical art.
context_page_description: Rat bikes are motorcycles that are styled to look like they have fallen apart over time and have been kept on the road and maintained for little or no cost by employing kludge fixes. Survival bikes look similar to, but are different in purpose from rat bikes; they are modified for stylistic reasons.
context_section_description: Survival bikes are bikes that may appear to be rat bikes, but are not. They are influenced by the Mad Max films.
  The term "survival bike" itself originated in the British motorcycle press, particularly Back Street Heroes and the now-defunct AWoL in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
caption: A survival bike, with artistic exhaust system.
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