I consider it hideous, but yet I can't look away.
Re: Cafe Racer
It's like the Mona Lisa... no matter where you go, her eyes are following you.
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I love it!
Originally Posted by Twheat18
I think it looks sweet!!
I saw that posted on Motorcycle Daily. I don't really consider it a cafe racer. Cafe racers typically were not fully faired. And I am not at all a fan of the two headlights poking out of the fairing. It would look much better if they were frenched in, or better yet if the bike had a single headlight. Sticking out like that, those headlights remind me of:
CB750s can make awesome cafe racers, but I prefer them when they look more like this:
--mark
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i'd say it's more of a endurance racer style circa 1985, not so much a cafe racer.
what ever you call it i think it's hot. even the function over form look of the lights.
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damn that shit is SWEET!
looks completely different from whats on the road thats for sure
Ok that's interesting but odd. Not really a cafe racer though... cafe racers are supposed to be really stripped down and minimalist.
CB750's do make a good (but perhaps a bit boring) platform but I just recently learned that the Yamaha Virago makes a really cool cafe bike. The stock machine is about the ugliest bike in world history but when you remove all the cruiser crap you realize it has a layout very much like an old Vincent, with a stressed engine and an old fashioned single shock swingarm:
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Here is a Yamaha RD350 cafe racer that I built... Also did a CB400f, and have plans on doing a cb750 or RD400 this winter.
and theres more than one!
I consider it hideous, but yet I can't look away.
gotta go with a twin CB for cafe bike imo.....
CB750s can make awesome cafe racers, but I prefer them when they look more like this:
--mark
now that is secks, chris.
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Something about it is super sexy! I like it!
That's nicely executed and thoroughly appeals to me. Wish I had time for another hobby, this cafe bike scene looks like a fun way to spend a little money and kill a lot of time.Ok that's interesting but odd. Not really a cafe racer though... cafe racers are supposed to be really stripped down and minimalist.
CB750's do make a good (but perhaps a bit boring) platform but I just recently learned that the Yamaha Virago makes a really cool cafe bike. The stock machine is about the ugliest bike in world history but when you remove all the cruiser crap you realize it has a layout very much like an old Vincent, with a stressed engine and an old fashioned single shock swingarm:
Being pragmatic at heart makes motorcycles in general a tough sell to my conscience, but the minimalist concept of cafe bikes and the obvious low cost/DIY aspect totally appeals to both the biker and the pragmatist in me. Maybe when I retire, I'll learn to weld better, buy an English wheel and a planishing hammer; and start making one-off frames and tanks for bikes that were never intended to be sporty.
built by a voke school in a cb build competition with other school believe it or not.
http://niskygarage.logical.net/CB350/index.html
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