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Can't decide

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Here is my bike. Can't decide if I want to go cafe racer style or bobber style. I like both styles a lot. I would appreciate some pics of your custom bikes in these two styles and your opinion of each
 
If you can't decide what to do, don't do anything. Ride it stock for a while and get a feel for how you ride the bike. Do you like twisties? Go for the cafe. Do you just want to look cool? Go bobber. Do you simply enjoy being free of a cage? Keep her stock so that she retains value for when you trade up.
 
You've already got straight (non-leading axle) forks and double disc front brakes. Why give that up for a bobber? Go with a sporty caf? style bike. Here's mine, because you asked:cool:
 
That is too nice a bike to chop up my friend, leave her be. Lavish some loving on her (do the things to make her more reliable i.e. carbs, electrical, brakes etc.) maybe add a farkle or two and ride.

If you feel you must build a custom, get yourself some sad old piece of junk and bring it back to life. Trust me, that is much more satisfying than hacking on a nice complete and functioning ride.
 
Yes that is my big predicament. The bike is nice and rides like a dream. No problems besides a little oil leak. So should prob leave stock and find something else to chop
 
Nice bike you got there ! if it were mine id just love her the way she is and if you must chop, chop something else. Yea, totally agree with everything.
 
Just my 2?...

Just my 2?...

Please do not chop it up...Preserving these great machines should be the goal...riding them and showing them off to the generation that was bron too late, or in the wrong place to really appreciate the UJM for what is was/is.

I agree - find some old beat up dead machine and re-birth it to a scond life as a cafe or bobber or rat or..whatever you like...
 
Klaoutdoors said:
Yes that is my big predicament. The bike is nice and rides like a dream. No problems besides a little oil leak. So should prob leave stock and find something else to chop
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Yea! Look at Craig's List for a cut up project.
 
Klaoutdoors said:
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Here is my bike. Can't decide if I want to go cafe racer style or bobber style. I like both styles a lot. I would appreciate some pics of your custom bikes in these two styles and your opinion of each
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.........................hi don,t stuff up a nice stock looking bike... ,,,, even put it away /keep the rego up and pull it out for special occasions,,, ,, buy a bucket of crap to mod up make a cafe for shore,,,, a chopper would be my last bike to make sorry regards oldgrumpy
 
Thanks everyone. You have helped me make up my mind. It will stay stock and get a good going over to make it like new again.
 
Klaoutdoors said:
Thanks everyone. You have helped me make up my mind. It will stay stock and get a good going over to make it like new again.
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That's what we like to hear! If it weren't such a nice example - and a kind-of rare model, no? - I'm sure people would be more understanding. But really, don't you want to be a steward of history and keep that thing nice and stock(ish?), showing the world how great a UJM from a quarter-century ago can be?
 
I was riding my 650G around last month a few days, it really is a nice motorcycle as is.
 
Yeah. I've had several different motorcycles including harleys and this is probably the smoothest riding one I have been on. Especially high in the rpms
 
Klaoutdoors said:
Yeah. I've had several different motorcycles including harleys and this is probably the smoothest riding one I have been on. Especially high in the rpms
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Only gets better from here. Have you adjusted your valves? Synched your carbs? Replaced any rubber?
 
Klaoutdoors said:
Thanks everyone. You have helped me make up my mind. It will stay stock and get a good going over to make it like new again.
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Good choice. Personally, I love the stock ride of these bikes and have recently un-converted my 750E from a street fighter back to the original riding position. Make it safe, make it reliable, make it fast, make it pretty. Ride the stink out of it through the first two so that you get a feel for where to improve it for the third. Than you can worry about the custom look.

There are plenty of reversible cosmetic changes out there if you find that you prefer a sportier ride. Low bars, flatter seat, different rear fender treatment... Might be fun to look into doing a 'mini-Cooley' is you really like the vintage racing style... And when you're ready to sell, it all comes off to be swapped or sold and the stock bits can go back on.
 
leave it alone...i thought it was cool to cafe mine...now i hate it...in the process of going back to stock..

im hoping to have mine nice and new looking by spring...not factory finish but close im hoping
 
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