Cafe racer anyone.

[98tls]

Worthy of a watch,nice bikes.Some of the babbles a bit over the top but hey..http://youtu.be/vmAaVgUzNh8

[98tls]

Also watchable:rolleyes:Turn it up.http://youtu.be/YkEDe9CqDR8

[GSF]

There's a beauty of a Rickman 650 Trumpet in this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWkQTbR_-xA

The Bonnie is nice but the Rickman really tickles my happy bits, nothing sounds like an old British twin winding through a canyon :)

[98tls]

There's a beauty of a Rickman 650 Trumpet in this one:

:niceone:Great watch...

[98tls]

One that Dave posted up awhile back...http://youtu.be/XXY1PgvdzrU

[98tls]

Still an interesting watch.love those old pics.http://youtu.be/5-NsYKM0n3I

[ICE180]

I watched this whole series really enjoyable watch

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cafe+racer+tv

[GSF]

I have few wants in life, but a big one is an RD400 to cafe.
Small, light, flickable, punches above it's displacement and lays sweet clouds of blue smoke everywhere you go...

276248

[GSF]

Ooh and a bit o' boxer wouldn't go amiss either...

276249

[98tls]

Ooh and a bit o' boxer wouldn't go amiss either...


Yep like Guzzis it works eh.This thing makes me want to go rip all the shite of the TL buy some spoked rims and...well the list is endless really:laugh:http://youtu.be/oGadGdk75tc

[GSF]

Yep like Guzzis it works eh.This thing makes me want to go rip all the shite of the TL buy some spoked rims and...well the list is endless really:laugh:http://youtu.be/oGadGdk75tc

Hot machine!

One of my all-time faves here, '42 flathead HD motor in a Featherbed frame. http://www.bikeexif.com/cafe-racer-harley
276250

And the Trident cafe as well!
276251

[98tls]

Mmmmm nice G,this threads taking me down a dark pathhttp://youtu.be/RIUqMaGM4Fo

[GSF]

Mmmmm nice G,this threads taking me down a dark path

Shit that's nice. The Harley cafe racer is a hard one to pull off properly, for every good one there are lots that just don't quite get it right but that one nailed it.
Lots of the Japanese custom builders do amazing Harleys, I would love to go over to Japan one year for the Mooneyes show.

Aaaah, the SR500 in the garage is calling me now! It needs clip-ons and rearsets and a racey tail section...

Edit: this one is grouse too, I would like to try making up a glass tracker style tail like that with the LED brakelight strip...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvmy5QBsb7g

[98tls]

These guys in Stralia have a thing for SRs.http://www.midlifecycles.com.au/

[ducatilover]

Best thread ever.
I like to think I have a modern cafe-esque bike and a cafe bike in my garage (I love being in my mind)

[GSF]

Best thread ever.
I like to think I have a modern cafe-esque bike and a cafe bike in my garage (I love being in my mind)

I reckon that 600 of yours is pretty neo-cafe/a little bit fighter. How's the firebreathing GN going?

Norton 750 cafe:

276259

And a Goldwing cafe, because fuck common sense:

276260

[ducatilover]

That Norton is beautiful!

Cheers, I think the Kawasaki has a cafe look to it, albeit modernised a little
I've been away for work since November (rally/milking cows...), so no progress, apart from eBay raping
I'll be back to it for a three week break in a few days though! :niceone: Trying not to buy something very cafe-racey while up in Tauranga though

[husaberg]

Hot machine!

One of my all-time faves here, '42 flathead HD motor in a Featherbed frame. http://www.bikeexif.com/cafe-racer-harley
276250


I remember seeing a WLA done in a Featherbed frame in an Aussie mag with a twist it had ES2 Norton cylinders not a fan of wobbly ol Harley's but is was sure impressive as is that cafe one.

For me the two quintessential cafe bikes are a Triton with a 5 gallon Manx tank fly screen and conical hubs.

Or a RD400 with a coffin tank and def no fairings TZ or not..........

any 60 Ducati or other Italian with a jelly mold tank is also cool.

My ultimaste cafe racer would be a Morini 350 with wire wheels and drum brakes.
but different pipes seat and tank. More like the blue one. But the tank needs knee cut outs.
276261
276262

[ellipsis]

..there aint a sicle yer cant chop, change, bob or completely fuck...and i'm speaking from a long list of failures...

[98tls]

Wee Enfield on display,Ohlins/adjustable rearsets,cool little bikehttp://youtu.be/n6y6qKa3Qos

[98tls]

XS850 lends itself well to some style.http://youtu.be/P4T47Wp4e54

[98tls]

Very nice SR.http://youtu.be/1JAqwnBEM7o

[Paulo]

There's a cafe racer thread on "perth Street Bikes" (an aussie version of kiwibiker) thats been going for over 5 years now , about 400 pages long, pretty much anything thats shows up on bike exif , dime city, etc etc etc will be on there it's a good resource.

Here's a CB750 I put together about 4 years ago but never quite finished 276299, sold it to by a Guzzi (which I will never sell)

and one of the goose276300

[husaberg]

and one of the goose276300

The goose.
276310276311276312

[GSF]

Rickman Trumpet with Velocette-style fairing! Too fucking cool.

276345

276346

[husaberg]

<center>276354
Every learners dream in the 60's

[husaberg]

one of my all time favorites
<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VDCGGBYmNCk/TQupqqQfZ-I/AAAAAAAARg8/--1px3G4pF8/s1600/rd400.jpg" width="500px"/>

[GSF]

<center>276354
Every learners dream in the 60's

Is that the Continental GT 250?


one of my all time favorites
<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VDCGGBYmNCk/TQupqqQfZ-I/AAAAAAAARg8/--1px3G4pF8/s1600/rd400.jpg" width="500px"/>

Oh Lordy the RDs are sweet bikes. I want one so bad. I got blown past by a guy on a 400 on the motorway a few weeks ago, left me behind in a cloud of delicious smoke and a cacophony like angry metal bees in a tin can....

[husaberg]

Is that the Continental GT 250? yip the factor attemt to cash in o the Cafe racer style 5 speed which was pretty special even if it didn't work or do 90mph it was pretty.

Oh Lordy the RDs are sweet bikes. I want one so bad. I got blown past by a guy on a 400 on the motorway a few weeks ago, left me behind in a cloud of delicious smoke and a cacophony like angry metal bees in a tin can....
400 were fun not sure if i would want to live with one full time now though, but excellent bikes in there day. wait a minute the one i posted much have an LC engine WTF even cooler.....lol stealth bike cafe racer

"Manx" Triton's
<img src="http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/wp-content/gpb_triton_025-tm.jpg" width="340px"/><img src="http://flatracer.com/communities/5/004/006/325/795/images/4527982168.jpg" width="490px"/>

[GSF]

Holy shit!

277603

http://www.bikeexif.com/egli-vincent

[ducatilover]

:confused: sticky keys, oh lordy

[Berries]

I don't buy bike magazines anymore. I have an annual subscription to the UK Performance Bikes as an ongoing birthday present but that's it. Saw a magazine in the shops this week with a glorious looking orange Ducati on the cover. Bought the mag. Recommend that if you are into this thread you pop down the shops and have a read. I am actually inspired.

Can't link to the mag itself but it is featured here, along with a few page shots of some of the bikes - FTW magazine. (http://kevilsspeedshop.com/kevils-features-in-forever-two-wheels-ftw/)

[pete376403]

Patrick Godet will sell you a brand new one. POA, but if you have to ask, probably can't afford it

http://www.godet-motorcycles.com/egli/egli.htm

[Voltaire]

If I had to have a Harley this would do nicely
<a href="http://thumbsnap.com/1u4n1SCn" title="Image Hosted by ThumbSnap"><img src="http://thumbsnap.com/s/1u4n1SCn.jpg" alt="Free Photo Sharing by ThumbSnap" /></a>