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     Cityxslicker |
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| Lemonchili_x1 |
"I'm stuck in the 70's. I keep getting sucked into 70's bikes, watches, cars, music, women." I know exactly where you're at, except for the watches  Everyone's a little different, but to me, a cafe racer has clip-ons (or clubmans) and little or no fairing, and I love 'em  . I'll post some pics later. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Nice bikes, Fat Man. I have always thought of Lil Blackie as a Cafe Racer because of the clubmans' bars. You might want to subscribe to Cafe Racer magazine, it covers the field very nicely. A bit hard to find on the newstand. | ||
| Rich |
I'm going that direction with my barn find-  | ||
| Glitch |
You might want to subscribe to Cafe Racer magazine, it covers the Gentleman Jon story very nicely. There, fixed that for ya, Mr. Modesty  | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Thanks Glitch:-) Modesty aside, it is an excellent magazine for cafe racer fans, with lots of great articles, and equally important, its ads are a superb source for hard to find cafe racer parts.  While we are being immodest, I guess we might as well post another photo of Lil Blackie on the unlikely possibility that any bad webber hasn't seen her a dozen times or more:-)  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
 CB550 with BCR Kit with Euro bucket headlight? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
except for the watches Ooooooh, I smell 70's watch thread!  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
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| Ft_bstrd |
LOVES me some Guzzi! | ||
| Cityxslicker |
CB550 with BCR Kit with Euro bucket headlight? customers will order the craziest things They are going to put the Dream body work on my old 87 Xr 250 dirty ride, it will be my 'classic' ride for the Vintage Isle d Vashon ride. | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
A *few* fav's... The Ducati 750 Sport,  350 Silver Shotgun  450 Desmo  I love Guzzi's, especially MkI LeMans...   BSA Goldie  Remember these?  Suzuki Goose 350  | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
I had a 1961 BMW R69S that had clubman's bars on it. This photo was taken whilst I was racing it at Vineland NJ back in the day, when there were no track days: if you got to a track it was because you were racing. Still had a bit of time to wave to the camera man:-). I guess I recently returned from Germany with it, as it seems to still have the luggage race and German license plate.  | ||
| Bob_thompson |
These led me to a Buell. all "old school" but what else from me. 86 cu.in. Sportster, oil in frame, cooler, deraked, three disc brakes, mag. wheels, custom tank and seat. Handled like sh**. But two years before HD's XR1000.  Honda CB 750, 1000cc kit, cam, duel Webers, Kerker exhaust, custom seat and bi-centennial paint. More like flat tracker.  My first try at Bonneville, Turbo Honda 350 cc four. Would have set a record as I was the only bike in 350cc supercharged, partial streamlining. Went 126 on police radar but Bonneville under water the whole year. I think it was 1984. How about those rear sets. LOL   Sorry about the bad pictures guys but I said "old school" even with cameras. HA! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
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| Elsinore74 |
Triton at British & European Motorcycle Day, Butler's Orchard, MD.  | ||
| Elsinore74 |
Front Brake looks strangely familiar:  | ||
| Boogiman1981 |
fat bastard man what is that? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Grisso with high mount tail pipe and new tail section. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
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| Ft_bstrd |
I'm going to need a towel: | ||
| Hex |
Here's my 650cc 1971 BSA Firebird Scrambler with clip-ons and high pipes. I've still got 'er:  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Some douche bag is sitting on it. | ||
| Rex |
 My triumph. I subscribe to the cafe racer magazine. Nice publication.... | ||
| Hex |
That's douche canoe to you Mr. Bastard!  <That's a leatherboy smiley. | ||
| Bosh |
Gotta love the Nortons:  | ||
| Rageonthedl |
Its not gonna be a "cafe racer" but it is gonna have rear sets and clubman bars.  | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Some niiiice bikes you guys have put up Hex - Do you still ride the Beezer? "Its not gonna be a "cafe racer" but it is gonna have rear sets and clubman bars. " What is that? I have a project at home I will get to "one day", my modern take on the cafe racer... I have a Suzi RGV250 and a Honda CBX/XR250 engine. The plan is to remove the fairing, remove the stroker engine, bolt in the little thumper and make it as light as I can. It won't be fast, but it will be fun | ||
| Buellerthanyou |
I too, have an unhealthy desire for a cafe' racer. I'd been thinking about doing the Goldwing thing, but I keep seeing more and more of them. Not as special as I thought. Here are a few from a show put on by our local vintage/ratbike group, the Roadrunners:     HellBuelly J | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
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