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So I'm apparently screwed up in the head, just a tad, or a lot, leaning more towards a lot I guess. Aside from my 9 second turbo 5.3 camaro build I'm still playing with this goofy little Suzuki, why I dunno, I just like something about it I guess. I promised myself I wouldn't touch the thing mod wise again until the Camaro was done... well that didn't go well. I'm also stopped on the Camaro, need to wait for tax returns to buy the big dollar stuff. The other day I watched the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and I got all excited about cafe racers again.
So some back history, just to remind you, and me about picking a path for this thing and sticking with it
Day one, a little over a year ago, bought for $200
Deposited a bit over $1000 in parts into it, both in needed repairs to get street worthy again and make it look a little "cafe-ish"
Started riding it to work and back in the summer daily, and came to miss having a windshield, so it became this:
My thought was I could ride it in the colder months, but I haven't, prefer the heater in my car. On top of that I bought this, and almost stopped riding the old red turd all together:
So here we are to current time. I'm left with a wonderful old Yammy that I can't get enough of, a project race car running me completely broke, and an old Suzuki that I didn't want to ride. I thought about selling it, but it's not worth anything, and I still "liked it" in a strange way. Then I saw the movie I mentioned, and immediately missed the cafe configuration. But if I was going back to the Cafe thing, I wanted to be more serious about it this time.
I have a ton of parts in the mail, so I'll keep posting with pictures as things roll in. But as of tonight I'm here, it'll change colors again, it's going to get a mini speedo and tach, rear fender, my diy seat will be re-done entirely (new foam, cover, and gel pad professionally). The exhaust is going to get some stubby mufflers too. Much to do yet! But I like how it's looking already.
So some back history, just to remind you, and me about picking a path for this thing and sticking with it
Day one, a little over a year ago, bought for $200
Deposited a bit over $1000 in parts into it, both in needed repairs to get street worthy again and make it look a little "cafe-ish"
Started riding it to work and back in the summer daily, and came to miss having a windshield, so it became this:
My thought was I could ride it in the colder months, but I haven't, prefer the heater in my car. On top of that I bought this, and almost stopped riding the old red turd all together:
So here we are to current time. I'm left with a wonderful old Yammy that I can't get enough of, a project race car running me completely broke, and an old Suzuki that I didn't want to ride. I thought about selling it, but it's not worth anything, and I still "liked it" in a strange way. Then I saw the movie I mentioned, and immediately missed the cafe configuration. But if I was going back to the Cafe thing, I wanted to be more serious about it this time.
I have a ton of parts in the mail, so I'll keep posting with pictures as things roll in. But as of tonight I'm here, it'll change colors again, it's going to get a mini speedo and tach, rear fender, my diy seat will be re-done entirely (new foam, cover, and gel pad professionally). The exhaust is going to get some stubby mufflers too. Much to do yet! But I like how it's looking already.
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