"Cafe Racer" style bikes

[wbks]

Only really just noticed them. Seem pretty cool, and look a lot like classic GP racers (well some do anyway). Obviously aren't the fastest bikes on the road compared to race reps but you don't need that for the road huh. Also seem pretty cheap. '75 CB750-$2000, put some clip-ons, cafe racer style rear, some loud upswept pipes and a few performance mods. -Can't cost more than $2000 or 4k all up for a really nice bike. Anyway, I was wondering what other riders (you guys) think of them? Gay? Cool? Nice but you'd never own one?

[Bren]

Nothing wrong with cafe style...it's a custom style...you do what you want...some people just do a Bikini fairing and clip ons, some go hard out and strip off all the bullshit. I wouldnt mind a BMW R series made into a cafe racer...the other one I see as a good contender for a conversion is the Suzuki GS range

[EJK]

It's surely not within the $2,000 bracket however it is one of em which I like...



What do I think? It's Cool.

[Storm]

Cafe Racers are cool- but then I would say that, having owned a Goose.

[wbks]

The new Triumph and Norton cafe-style bikes are nice but it doesn't seem authentic to me to have something with a look based on 1950-'60's gp bikes made in 2009. Well that and the older ones look more "raw" and without the chrome everywhere. I do like this new one tho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtNlR...eature=related

[Motu]

Only really just noticed them.

Where have you been the last 40 years? It was something the Pom's did in the '60's - make their bike look like a race bike.It never really caught on here,at the time choppers were the way to go for a custom bike.I had a cafe Triton in 1973/74 - and I stood out like a sore thumb with the crowd I hung out with.So the cafe racer has been something that keeps coming back at an ever increasing rate.

[wbks]

Tritons are kind of an iconic cafe bike, right?
And as for the last 40 years... I was a taddy up untill '93... So sorry I didn't get in with the rocker crowd! lmao

[wbks]

WHat do you guys reckon a guzzi 750 would be like for a caffe racer

[jonbuoy]

Guzzi's look great with a set of clips ons. I still got my Honda 750 cafe,the "new" Ducati Paul Smart is sexy as hell - there are a few still floating round the dealerships in the UK with demo miles on them. Not sure why as I thought they would have been snapped up long ago - maybe its a comfort issue? The riding position on some cafes like the paul smart is pretty extreme - like some of the 80's/90's superbikes - big stretch to low clip ons. But then it is a mans bike :P

[wbks]

Just thought: Wouldn't shaft drive be nasty as hell... Bet a bonnie would look sweeet

[piston broke]

i already posted this,dunno if it's really a cafe racer.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...1&d=1229242135

[James Deuce]

Fat Cafe Racers




Thin Cafe Racers

[Sully60]

Check this site dude.

Modern engineering used to make cafe racers with serious ol' skool cool. Nice and minimalist too, not OTT on the chrome.

[wbks]

96 600ss: You would call that one I guess. Problem is that all anyone ever does to a cb750 to make it a "cafe racer" is ad clip-ons, maybe a different headlight and guage and a cafe racer rear set. Mind you, you could say all anyone ever does to make a chopper is make a ridiculous rake, tiny tank and hardtail chassis or just take off the fairings and add an ugly headlight for a streetfighter etc etc

[piston broke]

96 600ss: You would call that one I guess. Problem is that all anyone ever does to a cb750 to make it a "cafe racer" is ad clip-ons, maybe a different headlight and guage and a cafe racer rear set. Mind you, you could say all anyone ever does to make a chopper is make a ridiculous rake, tiny tank and hardtail chassis or just take off the fairings and add an ugly headlight for a streetfighter etc etc

it's actually a 400/four supersport.
you can do what ever the hell you like to any bike to cafe it.that bike is pretty well natural.

ed,bars and seat are changed