Cafe Racers - Am I wrong?

[husaberg]

Thats strange.
Find myself wanting a Honda.

It did sound quite wonderful

Well if you like that try a homemade 5 for sound
Its a CBR250 with and extra cylinder tacked on.






He did a three cylinder as well done up as an MV
This video cover them all plus some other specials

http://inspiration-mv3.jlsp503.over-...um-289824.html



From another builder a moto GP mechanic a 300 six based on the cbr250

[mossy1200]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...1204277540.htm

So just get a 2 year old bike and modify it.

[rastuscat]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...1204277540.htm

So just get a 2 year old bike and modify it.

I'm in 2 minds about this sort of thing. And it's not schizophrenia.

Do they really know better than the guy who designed the original bike? The Ducati guy who designed and manufactured or selected each part to complement each other part? The Ducati crowd who spent a gazillion Euro designing it?

Having said that, it's actually pretty cool. Love the look of that back wheel. It's not bad for price either.

Not my bag though. I keener on the design the factory rolled out. As a rule.

[pritch]

As has been said, the modified bike will reflect the skills of the person who created it. Sadly too many cafe racers or bobbers are evidence of a total lack of skills.

[KawasakiKid]

I'm in 2 minds about this sort of thing. And it's not schizophrenia.

Do they really know better than the guy who designed the original bike? The Ducati guy who designed and manufactured or selected each part to complement each other part? The Ducati crowd who spent a gazillion Euro designing it?

Having said that, it's actually pretty cool. Love the look of that back wheel. It's not bad for price either.

Not my bag though. I keener on the design the factory rolled out. As a rule.

Ducati ? where'd that come from. It's MV......nothing to do with Ducati money or designers.

Time for a coffee I think

[Laava]

Check out these Laverdas, well done but....

[AllanB]

I'm in 2 minds about this sort of thing. And it's not schizophrenia.

Do they really know better than the guy who designed the original bike? The Ducati guy who designed and manufactured or selected each part to complement each other part? The Ducati crowd who spent a gazillion Euro designing it?

Having said that, it's actually pretty cool. Love the look of that back wheel. It's not bad for price either.

Not my bag though. I keener on the design the factory rolled out. As a rule.

It's a MV

Go an have a look at it - it's at First European. Looks a hoot in the flesh on those tyres, the 'muffler' is a loose term .... but again looks great under-tail. Not everyone's cup of tea on those tyres but you just want to throw a leg over it and lay down a big blackie.


They also have (it was there a week or so back) a new Bonnie Scrambler that has been heavily modified - forks, rear etc - looks like a proper dirt bike now (in the old sense).

[KawasakiKid]

Check out these Laverdas, well done but....

Blasphemy.

[Grumph]

Blasphemy.

Mmmm, tend to agree - but they're only twins anyway.

This is what can be done with a crash damaged 1200...Not a caff racer, more the real thing but it would have been easy to keep the rego live and hang lights on it.

I was amused when pics of eurodave's Honda 200 twin "SFC replica" appeared on the Laverda forum.
Half the forum were offended - and half reckoned that as the SF was a Honda copy it was a good joke....
Dave supplied the "glass for the 1200.

[KawasakiKid]

Mmmm, tend to agree - but they're only twins anyway.

This is what can be done with a crash damaged 1200...Not a caff racer, more the real thing but it would have been easy to keep the rego live and hang lights on it.

I was amused when pics of eurodave's Honda 200 twin "SFC replica" appeared on the Laverda forum.
Half the forum were offended - and half reckoned that as the SF was a Honda copy it was a good joke....
Dave supplied the "glass for the 1200.

What's this 'only' twins bit. The 750SFC is Laverda's greatest bike.

Here is a nice 1000 for you to drool over, and an 880cc twin

[Laava]

Mmmm, tend to agree - but they're only twins anyway.

This is what can be done with a crash damaged 1200...Not a caff racer, more the real thing but it would have been easy to keep the rego live and hang lights on it.

I was amused when pics of eurodave's Honda 200 twin "SFC replica" appeared on the Laverda forum.
Half the forum were offended - and half reckoned that as the SF was a Honda copy it was a good joke....
Dave supplied the "glass for the 1200.

Someone stole the seat!

[Grumph]

I've seen inside too many of them to drool...

Heard of that twin. Be interesting to put it up against the Aussie one which is very quick and well sorted.
Trouble with the twins is that if you want bigger or more power, there are a lot of "must do's" to make the cranks live.
They're an engineer's bike really. Redax in Queensland are probably world leaders at present on the cranks.

[F5 Dave]

Surely their 125 2- stroke was the best one.



Am I alone here?

Fellas?

Hey. Waitup.


No really, if they'd have kept up with it it could have been as much a commercial success as the V-Due.

[husaberg]

Surely their 125 2- stroke was the best one.



Am I alone here?

Fellas?

Hey. Waitup.


No really, if they'd have kept up with it it could have been as much a commercial success as the V-Due.

They also did a prototype 350 and not quite 500 V3 two stroke.

[Voltaire]

Surely their 125 2- stroke was the best one.



Am I alone here?

Fellas?

Hey. Waitup.


No really, if they'd have kept up with it it could have been as much a commercial success as the V-Due.

I think commercial success was in another department...