I don't get Cafe Racers

[husaberg]

Yep, which I can't relate to. You've got bikes that were never good to start with yet had a small fortune spent on their looks on trademe probably with the same shock oil they rolled out of the factory with, yet done to a 'style' that has racer in the name. Da faq! All show no go as you say. Would rather some ratty looking piece of shit that handled like a boss and went like hell.

There was a good thread on advrider on the same topic a few months back that had some interesting comments on pod filters, carbs, and the fact the two never work together well other than to cause frustration. Funny because almost all the ones you see for sale with them on have had fuck all K's done on them by the seller.

Yeah but think back to your misspent youth did you ever put on air shocks on your MK2 Escort with a 2 inch exhaust and Coby muffler with a ram air filter.
Or pull out the baffle out of your XR200. Kids are kids.

[Tazz]

Yeah but think back to your misspent youth did you ever put on air shocks on your MK2 Escort with a 2 inch exhaust and Coby muffler with a ram air filter.
Or pull out the baffle out of your XR200. Kids are kids.

I couldn't afford any of that after partying bills, rent, food and gas were struggles enough!
At least that shit is in the vein of performance though! Pod filters are done on bikes because after you pull everything off the stock boxes look arse, and a pod is the cheapest quickest fix. You don't see them hanging out the side of quality built ones where effort is put into the bike on the whole, not just the 'look' (and lets be real, if the cafe look involved ADDING more parts than it was pulling them off, it would never catch on Chopper is same vein).

[Big Dog]

Only things arse about pod filters is they won't keep the rain out and if they carbs are not tuned to them they don't do anything. Also don't offer any real benefit without a freer flowing exhaust.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

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[Tazz]

Also don't offer any real benefit without a freer flowing exhaust.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

Assuming they're actually an improvement, especially say on a bike where fresh clean air was channeled to the air box as part of the design, which is replaced by a pod sitting in a frame cavity drawing in your methane donations.
I think you can improve on almost any factory exhausts easily but air boxes/filters seem to need a bit more calculation. At least in my limited experience.

Anyway, I'll stop the thread jack now.

The amusing things is that many of the "new" cafe bikes were originally viewed as dorky basic transport items back in the day, so it's a bit like painting race stripes on your mum's runabout.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=843936

[husaberg]

I couldn't afford any of that after partying bills, rent, food and gas were struggles enough!
At least that shit is in the vein of performance though! Pod filters are done on bikes because after you pull everything off the stock boxes look arse, and a pod is the cheapest quickest fix. You don't see them hanging out the side of quality built ones where effort is put into the bike on the whole, not just the 'look' (and lets be real, if the cafe look involved ADDING more parts than it was pulling them off, it would never catch on Chopper is same vein).

Yeah but chopper are butt ugly and handle worse than stock.

[SPman]

I like red ones

So do I.....

[Kickaha]

There was a good thread on advrider on the same topic a few months back that had some interesting comments on pod filters, carbs, and the fact the two never work together

Depends on the type of carb, most muppets just put them on and expect them to work without any rejetting

[TheDemonLord]

I just thought I would pop into my thread to say that the Irony isn't lost on me that a Thread about me not getting Cafe Racers has turned into a thread about people expressing their love for Cafe Racers.

I'm sure there is a hipster somewhere who is enjoying this thread, Ironically.


Although noted that most people seem to be talking about actual vintage cafe racers (ie bikes made in the 60s) rather than taking a modern bike and sacrificing it to the gods of 'modding'

Also someone mentioned about the fun of building a project bike/car/thing - I can get that, nothing like sitting back and marvelling at the fruits of your labour.

[F5 Dave]

The bikes on TM, at least those featured in Mossys thread are all mutton dressed up as lamb, not in the age sense, just they are shit. I doubt they get sold. I get specials. I don't get the shitboxs that you are referring to,CXs et all.

[F5 Dave]

The addition of Dunstall clip ons and rear sets made my RD400 into a cafe racer.
The application of far too much throttle made it into a grenade.
I miss that bike...

From what I saw of his work he was a hack. Good idea but looked like they were made in a shed with a hacksaw, file and some letter punches.
Would love a well done 400. There was a nice one in cmm mag, spirit of the seventys a while back.

[Mo NZ]

If we all liked the same bike and colour what a boring world we would live in.

You don't have to get it. Like what ever you want to like.

Mitre 10 is a good place to pick up stuff if you need to build a bridge.
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[Voltaire]

just popped in from the shed to see how the keyboard bike experts are getting along, no real change....back to my exhaust wrap, pod filters, and see if the 5 hop beer is cool yet, bugger angle grinding and beards eh.

[Mike.Gayner]

Gee, a thread full of people who don't like bikes on KB. What a surprise.

I estimate about 5% of the members on this forum actually ride their bikes on a regular basis.

[Tazz]

I just thought I would pop into my thread to say that the Irony isn't lost on me that a Thread about me not getting Cafe Racers has turned into a thread about people expressing their love for Cafe Racers.

I'm sure there is a hipster somewhere who is enjoying this thread, Ironically.


Although noted that most people seem to be talking about actual vintage cafe racers (ie bikes made in the 60s) rather than taking a modern bike and sacrificing it to the gods of 'modding'

Also someone mentioned about the fun of building a project bike/car/thing - I can get that, nothing like sitting back and marvelling at the fruits of your labour.

Because the older bikes are actaully cafe racers, and what you're talking about are just hacks. If I put a pigeon welded roll cage and removed the front headlight from my mums Fiat Panda does it make it a race or drift car? What if I added a NOS sticker?