Cafe Racers

[modboy]

Try this for starters...

http://www.ace-cafe-london.com/

Check out the photos - the gallery "Your Bikes"

- a Triumph Thruxton is a good start. Usually a fairly stripped down bike with clip on handle bars, rear set pegs, loud pipes, the the ability to hit 100mph... (ton up!!)

have fun.

[bones135]

lots of great info & yea they look kinda cool too, not sure id change my bike though,lol Thanks

[monkeymcbean]

Not sure if this will embed

[bones135]

Now thats cooool, love the music too, showing the age,lol

[smoky]

Try this for starters...

http://www.ace-cafe-london.com/

Check out the photos - the gallery "Your Bikes"

That's cool - I was at the 2000 reunion and bike run down to Hastings, and I found me in one of their photos - that's cool
We use to shoot around the A406 to the Ace regularly

[smoky]

I like a sort of hybrid of cafe and bobber
Stripped down and lowered fork clamps, with clip-ons, but with a bobber seat and rear guard

Like the bikes here, however they could be better with clip-ons, remove the pillion pegs of the suzuki, and wrap the pipes with heat cloth and a drop the can for straight pipes;

[bones135]

Definately have a look all of their own for sure, silly question maybe but an idea of basic costs would be cool if anyone wants to share

[monkeymcbean]

Now thats cooool, love the music too, showing the age,lol

Luv it, its so British they are a class of there own.

[Sable]

Depends which bike it is. At the extreme basic end get a pair of clip-on bars and a fibreglass race seat.

[bones135]

Depends which bike it is. At the extreme basic end get a pair of clip-on bars and a fibreglass race seat.

yea thats probably right, hes got to get the bike first,lol Then just add on as he can afford i spose

[smoky]

Definately have a look all of their own for sure, silly question maybe but an idea of basic costs would be cool if anyone wants to share

Cost is a bit hard - depends what condition the bike is when you start, and how much you do your self
I did an old CB400 when I was a teenager
At a guess you need a couple of hundred for clip-ons, an couple of hundred for the seat, then strip and paint you can do your self
It depends how much chrome you want to redo - or strip it and paint

So really you can do the basic build for next to nothing, but then it depends on how micky you want it to run - open it up in the intake, re-jet, cams, new pipes - you can actually pend a fair bit, or leave it mostly standard

depends what ya want

[bones135]

Cost is a bit hard - depends what condition the bike is when you start, and how much you do your self
I did an old CB400 when I was a teenager
At a guess you need a couple of hundred for clip-ons, an couple of hundred for the seat, then strip and paint you can do your self
It depends how much chrome you want to redo - or strip it and paint

So really you can do the basic build for next to nothing, but then it depends on how micky you want it to run - open it up in the intake, re-jet, cams, new pipes - you can actually pend a fair bit, or leave it mostly standard

depends what ya want

Sounds fair, once he gets the bike i spose its a matter of checking out a few pics etc & seeing how far & how much he wants to spend