Cafe Racers - Am I wrong?

[rastuscat]

Of course now that Triumph have decided to do a bobber you can get one straight from the factory, which bends the definition somewhat. Like that Yamaha 900 Custom. Somebody should lend Yamaha an English (American?) dictionary so they can look up "custom".

I like the factory ones, but the locally built amateur ones are normally fairly awful.

[rastuscat]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...1229803326.htm

Wrong wrong wrong

[scumdog]

Easy Rider Chopper,
Asking price: $29,000
Listing #: 1223709889

Have a look at this honey

[rastuscat]

Easy Rider Chopper,
Asking price: $29,000
Listing #: 1223709889

Have a look at this honey

Says it's too big for him. WTF?

More like "I'm too embarrassed to ride it"

[Voltaire]

Old and grumpy and hacking up one of these at the moment, only made for about 3 years, quite rare.
Remaining ones will be even rarer.

[pritch]

quite rare.

And deservedly so?

[rastuscat]

Old and grumpy and hacking up one of these at the moment, only made for about 3 years, quite rare.
Remaining ones will be even rarer.

That's the worst of it. Instead of restoring a rare bike to original condition, hacking it into a cafe racer instead.

[Tazz]

Whoever has bought and paid for it can do whatever they want IMO. Same with houses, same with horrible tattoos.

[Voltaire]

And deservedly so?

I had an 83 R65 as a 'hack' work bike a few years ago, bought it as a non runner.
I liked it so much that I sold my Triumph Thruxton as the BMW was more fun to ride...and lighter....and handled better.

[ICE180]

there is a lot of shows on them as well so are quite nice

[rastuscat]

That vid is cool. But it's a million miles from a back yard retard destroying a classic.

That RD350 would have been a good one to restore, but the professional job they did on it makes it a worthy rebuild.

In my opinion.

[rastuscat]

That vid is cool. But it's a million miles from a back yard retard destroying a classic.

That RD350 would have been a good one to restore, but the professional job they did on it makes it a worthy rebuild.

In my opinion.

[husaberg]

That vid is cool. But it's a million miles from a back yard retard destroying a classic.

That RD350 would have been a good one to restore, but the professional job they did on it makes it a worthy rebuild.

In my opinion.

That rd350 which was a mix of later bits as well, was missing heaps of stuff that would need to have been tracked down and purchased to restore.
Unless you are a sadist, you should never try to restore anything that incomplete.
Here is one of the most famous RD cafe builds from Spirit of the 70's
Thats an R6 front caliper cartridge forks and Triumph wheels. RGV carbs.

[Oblivion]

Not if I see it first.

Not if I keep mine

[mossy1200]

Guilty. I think I improved the bike though.