I don't get Cafe Racers

[98tls]

Half the fun is creating the bike TDL.
Some of the fun is when you realise your newish bike travels at road legal speeds with no effort that you want something a little more challenging to ride every so often.
I like the fact mines got one seat so wife has no option of coming with me.
I agree with the waste of time doing a small bike but others like small bikes.
The bikes value to the builder is normally way over the top. To the creator it represents more than a potential buyer.
My bike to me is only worth the money I spent because of my perception of the bike. Realistically it owes me more than its value to the average buyer. Saying that with stock pegs, polished ally tank, stock wheel colour, stock brakes and standard battery I could have completed it for under well under 3k including plates. Maybe that would be a break even amount.

Tell me what you would pay to buy mine. That's its market value.

Bike looks fantastic M and a shitload of fun to ride i reckon.You have hit the nail on head really,new bikes are no doubt wonderful...well as wonderful as the gazillon getting about that are exactly the same as the one your sitting on and lets not forget that bikes these days have far exceeded most mortals riding ability on real world roads no matter what most of the owners will admit.As for the $ who gives a fuck its your money and if the result makes you smile then its money well spent.

[F5 Dave]

I used to ride a mates Alloy tank TT500 bet he misses he never sold that now.

Spooky. After I sold my RD350B (with 250 stickers over the originals) I bought the GSX so I could do my licence proper. Next was an ally tank TT500.

[98tls]

I used to ride a mates Alloy tank TT500 bet he wishes he never sold that now.
PS I see what you mean KB has a mind of its own tonight with quotes

Had one myself mate and yep wish i still did.As for golf...never.

[FJRider]

If that's what your bike is like you did a crap job of bulding it or you're just old

I see few (ok ... no) Cafe Racers touring with hard luggage. (or soft luggage for that matter)

[husaberg]

husaberg you're a beautiful person..

Cheers I think?.....................

[98tls]

Spooky. After I sold my RD350B (with 250 stickers over the originals) I bought the GSX so I could do my licence proper. Next was an ally tank TT500.

Good on ya gave me a chuckle,i to did same though it was on an early XL350 with 250 stickers,rode it 30 miles to the Cheviot council office did the question bit then the cop said "no point in you doing the practical bit as i know you rode the bike here from your old mans place",he never asked for my birth certificate (which i didnt have anyway)just as well as i still had 2 years to go before i could legally sit the test,he passed me and all good though the age thing caused me some grief years later...

[FJRider]

Had one myself mate and yep wish i still did.As for golf...never.

I tried Golf ONCE. I played a dud shot ... and the fucking caddy wouldn't go and get the ball so I could have another go ...


Something about "The Rules" .. apparently ...

[carbonhed]

Mine sticks out like a bast..d in the road of my legs but its what I wanted. The whole ride experience is uncomfortable as it should be for a home built café racer. Hard seat, poor balance, uncomfortable leg position and extremely hard on the wrists.

You're going to have to work on your sales technique. Honesty may not be the best policy.

[F5 Dave]

What so you rocked on to set it when you were 13?!? Fuck I can hardly type this for laughing.

[husaberg]

Spooky. After I sold my RD350B (with 250 stickers over the originals) I bought the GSX so I could do my licence proper. Next was an ally tank TT500.

Yeah at least we both don't have multiple NF4 frames.............or stingers and Wolfs.

[F5 Dave]

I don't have a wolf. Well, only the tank.

[98tls]

What so you rocked on to set it when you were 13?!? Fuck I can hardly type this for laughing.

Indeed i did,we lived way out in the wops ie north of Parnassus Nth Canterbury,the old man was bike mad Nortons/Tridents etc all over the place and i started riding pretty young,as we lived in the middle of nowhere i spent much time on un regoed tralies complete with knobblys sliding through the Hundaless having a ball,few funny storys along the way one that springs to mind was catching a couple of guys on big road bikes aboard an XL250 powered (had a from memory 305 kit) CR framed traillie then pulling over at the Conway store (long since gone)these 2 fellas pulled up then when i took my helmet off the look on there faces was priceless,i was pretty young.Anyways back on track it was the old mans idea to get the licence as he was sick of ferrying me aboutjust put the 250 stickers on the thing and told me to bluff my way through the age thing,cop knew the old man and just didnt question the age thing,he had a funny relationship with the local copper who managed to write off a cop car or so chasing him,sounds like shite but true.I think Warwick ie member on here Kickhaha can confirm that to be true.Gotta remember though that back then there wasnt all this bullshit to go through,just turn up at the county council office and do the test with the local copper back then.

[husaberg]

Now that is cool

I posted it before all people would say is about the welding on the exhausts....
there was a pretty cool Kawa three in the same vein. I will find it in a minute.
Ok longer than a minute.

[mossy1200]

You're going to have to work on your sales technique. Honesty may not be the best policy.

Nothing wrong with my sales pitch. If my wife asks me to sell it ill still own it 20years later? Honesty is always the best method.
When I am ready to sell it ill tell some porkies to do it like everyone else on tardme.

[F5 Dave]

Indeed i did,we lived way out in the wops ie north of Parnassus Nth Canterbury,the old man was bike mad Nortons/Tridents etc all over the place and i started riding pretty young,as we lived in the middle of nowhere i spent much time on un regoed tralies complete with knobblys sliding through the Hundaless having a ball,few funny storys along the way one that springs to mind was catching a couple of guys on big road bikes aboard an XL250 powered (had a from memory 305 kit) CR framed traillie then pulling over at the Conway store (long since gone)these 2 fellas pulled up then when i took my helmet off the look on there faces was priceless,i was pretty young.Anyways back on track it was the old mans idea to get the licence as he was sick of ferrying me aboutjust put the 250 stickers on the thing and told me to bluff my way through the age thing,cop knew the old man and just didnt question the age thing,he had a funny relationship with the local copper who managed to write off a cop car or so chasing him,sounds like shite but true.I think Warwick ie member on here Kickhaha can confirm that to be true.Gotta remember though that back then there wasnt all this bullshit to go through,just turn up at the county council office and do the test with the local copper back then.

Kicks so senile he`d never remember. Worst id done was lie about having a wof on the gsx when i did my practicle. A mate from school was told to ride around Pierce house and come back while the cop waited, supposedly he slide off, dusted himself and returned to pass. Never sure how true it was.