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That 'Wing is a hoot. I can see some cafe elements in it, but it looks more like a motor with a bike wrapped around it.
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Originally posted by tkent02 View Post
Heh, cant/shouldnt do it to a 850. Bla bla bla. I did and I love it.
Honestly I think I'd sell the Skunk before I'd sell the 850.
The bike is an absolute hoot to ride. A stock bike is BORING. Boring to build and boring to ride. Make it into something its not and thats what makes it fun.
Sure, an ideal cafe is a little twin or something lighter but I promise you my 850 will leave most any old Suzuki twin in the dust in any conditions, weight, shaft and all.
Can Cafe ANYTHING!
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I have to agree with you Octain - besides its more a state of mind...
Lose the excess and get it to perform as best you can with what you can do... typically with little or no funds - but focusing on the art / ability of the builder... that said I have no problems with builds that clearly took a lot of money.Comment
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Another cafe "heavy," a Virago:Comment
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I have just under a grand in this bike. This includes the cost of the bike, DJ jet kit with K&N's(used ebay item) and new tires and everything in between.Originally posted by DCrippa View Post
It has no safety switches(sidestand, clutch ect.) and no tach.
The brakes are new including stainless lines up front. All signals, lights and brake lights work like they're supposed to.
Cheap drag bars with cheapy bar ends.
Although it's not something I'd wanna do an Iron Butt ride on but it sure is fun hopping around town and always starts up some curious conversation.
It runs like a top even after sitting for a few weeks. Starts with normal choke, idles great and revs like a buzzbomb.
I do wanna make or find a fork brace, new shocks and springs and *maybe* a different paint job.
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Just messin' with ya man...I knew what you meant....Originally posted by Octain View PostLOL, well...
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Oh I know.
I thought about that after I typed it but thought, F it.sigpic
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As mentioned, getting technical about it, a cafe is built on a parallel twin bike along the lines of the BSA, Triumph, Nortons etc that started it all in the 50 and 60s over in Limeyland. Having said that, anything goes and while some take better to it than others (in my mind that would be almost anything other than an inline 4) all can turn out nicely with a bit of planning and an eye for detail, like Octain's bike.
A few years back I was dead keen on building an XS650 cafe which might be the best known platform used for the resurgence in this style. Once I started it I realised that due to health issues it wouldn't work for me so I converted to the more upright StreetTracker. It was a fun build and a fun bike when finished.
More recently, I've been getting excited about the CX500 or 650 v-twins that look like mini Guzzis when done. The engine is silky smooth and to me sounds like a real bike and I've kind of fallen for them. Despite the style being hard on my body, that might be my next winter project. They too are a shaftie so I wouldn't worry about that.
Do what turns you on but for goodness sake keep it safe. I hate it when I see guys take off front disks or leave off turn signals or put on the smallest brake light just for the looks. Looking too cool can kill you.
Break out the cutting equipment and lets see what you come up with.
Good luck,
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Wow, that is pretty awesome looking. I am toying with the idea as yet, may pull the trigger this winter, or if I get something else to ride in the mean time. If I decide to do this I reserve the right to hit you up for advice
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Was interested in this thread, and me being from"Limeyland"as one of the posters called it, well we invented the cafe racer...and the style was the type of bike used to race from cafe to cafe: like for example the Ace Cafe on the North Circular in London.
It was not just twins though, one famous racer that was a factory cafe bike was the expensive BSA DBD34 Gold Star, and the Norton International - both 500 singles.
Cafe racers in the 1970s were also very popular, I have an American Magazine that is dedicated to them - I'll post pictures if you like. You can"cafe"anything, but I don't agree that you should...I think the big GS's lend themselves better to the Wes Cooley look.
Always interested in what you guys call things...a headlamp"bucket"is a headlamp shell guys -"two great nations divided by a common language": Winston Churchill
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Headlamp shell? I call it a headlight bucketOriginally posted by Prufrock View PostWas interested in this thread, and me being from"Limeyland"as one of the posters called it, well we invented the cafe racer...and the style was the type of bike used to race from cafe to cafe: like for example the Ace Cafe on the North Circular in London.
It was not just twins though, one famous racer that was a factory cafe bike was the expensive BSA DBD34 Gold Star, and the Norton International - both 500 singles.
Cafe racers in the 1970s were also very popular, I have an American Magazine that is dedicated to them - I'll post pictures if you like. You can"cafe"anything, but I don't agree that you should...I think the big GS's lend themselves better to the Wes Cooley look.
Always interested in what you guys call things...a headlamp"bucket"is a headlamp shell guys -"two great nations divided by a common language": Winston Churchill.
Prufrock.
. Then you guys call fenders mudguards. Etc, etc...
Yup, completely agree with you.Comment
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Fender = guitar brand over here... mudguard's a mudguard... fuel tap is a fuel tap...Originally posted by Flaming Chainsaws View PostHeadlamp shell? I call it a headlight bucket. Then you guys call fenders mudguards. Etc, etc...
Yup, completely agree with you.
My favourite little gem is petcock... (and I know I've said this before) that's a friendly rooster over here...
Either way, a cafe is a cafe, and they look sweet when well done
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You guys also put "u's" in random places when you type.Originally posted by pete View PostFender = guitar brand over here... mudguard's a mudguard... fuel tap is a fuel tap...
My favourite little gem is petcock... (and I know I've said this before) that's a friendly rooster over here...
Either way, a cafe is a cafe, and they look sweet when well done
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