Cafe Racers

[megaloxana]

So I've never been into the whole cafe racer style bike in the past, but they're really growing on me. If college wasn't rapin me and I had money I would absolutely love to build one. I've just been spending the last few hours lookin at em all. I'd like an excuse to wear leather goggles too haha.
Any of you guys have any cafe racers?

yamaha_george you're prolly an old school cafe racer aren't ya?

[sweekster]

I don't have one myself but they are growing on me as well but more of the speedway look. George where are you man? I think we need you're insight on this..

[Dr Rockso]

i sold that to buy my fzr . i've had a few of em .

[megaloxana]

Nice.. Ever plan on geting another rockso? I want to ride one to see how it feels.

I just ran across this one...kinda drooling on it. Its more of a new school cafe racer style though.

[Dr Rockso]

actually lately i've been thinking about getting a smaller secondary bike for commuting to spare the fzr a little , and i'm thinking i'll cafe it , but i'm probably going to go 2 stroke with it . there's an old suzuki gt380 out back i'm thinking of using .

as far as riding them goes they're just like any other old jap bike , they just look cooler . mine didn't have the clubman bars on it , but i had those really low rise daytona bars on em so it was a bit more upright . there isn't much you can do to make those seats comfortable since there's like half an inch of padding at most . the seat i got was decent but it wasn't a long ride kind of bike . aside from that it was like any other 70's or early 80's jap bike ....tho the early cb750's had a bit of a head shake problem , if i'd kept it i was going to look into a damper . my only problem with it was it was too slow , only 63hp , i needed more oomph so i got the fzr . and i still have my old triumph chopper that's been sitting here waiting for paint for like 3 years , tho after riding the fzr and seeing what it's like to actually turn and stop i'm kinda spoiled now and don't really have any drive on the triumph project .

[old_school]

i sold that to buy my fzr . i've had a few of em .

That looks like my first bike in high school... 73 CB450?

[haunter]

those are some good lookin cafe bikes!

I'm trying to take my 600 in that general direction as cheaply as I can......

[Dr Rockso]

That looks like my first bike in high school... 73 CB450?

actually it's a 70 cb750

[megaloxana]

My buddy and I were at a Harley shop today cuz he's lookin at geting one. Ran across a Nightster(sp?), it was all flat black with a tad of pin strip on the tank. Very cafe racer esque...really liked it.

[corks67]

they are pretty popular over as alot of people are buying older unfaired bikes and turning them into cafes, as a second bike

here's my modern one



and i owned this for while (but the duc's much better , also more $$$ too tho)


and some other piccies i've find around the place


local perth bike (below)

another australian bike




some frenchies





belongs to a mate of mine - black would have been my second choice






w650 cafed














aussie bike - awesome imho



hope theres some idea for you

cheers dave

[megaloxana]

corks- thanks for all those pictures. Your Ducati is absolutely gorgeous.

[haunter]

corks- thanks for all those pictures. Your Ducati is absolutely gorgeous.

x2!~!

[ShogunTX]

Wow that's pure sex! That BMW is hot! Now I want to build a cafer

[corks67]

thanks fellas, the sc1000 has a fair few mods , to me the ultimate cafe

cheers dave