Here's a real cafe racer for you
[img] 
[/img]
Currently doing a little work to the rear end and can't wait to get back out on it in spring. Of all my bikes this is my favourite
Just leave the Buell alone ...
Unless it is an XB rather than a tuber
Or if it is an S2 or 3
[url= http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2761/4448088362_0ae35c74e3_z.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/47638700@N06/4448088362/ ]guzzi retro[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/47638700@N06/ ]jerrypc69[/url], on Flickr[url= http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4026/4448087366_bb2b27ba9b_z.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/47638700@N06/4448087366/ ]guzzi cafe racer[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/47638700@N06/ ]jerrypc69[/url], on Flickr
http://inazumacafe.blogspot.co.uk/
http://rocket-garage.blogspot.co.uk/
Some good blogs for inspiration!
Just leave the Buell alone ...
Unless it is an XB rather than a tuber
Or if it is an S2 or 3
S1 lightning!
Just kidding 😆 it's an xb ,it would criminal to break an S1.
I've seen a couple of lovely X1s going for the Norley frame,shame really because I really like them,prefer them to the S1 to be honest.
I'll keep mine as it at the moment,fun bike but a lot of headaches at times.
This would be a nice project for an [URL= http://www.flickr.com/photos/bottpower ]xb[/url]
Just thought i would post some more pics of my CB -
Its not very often a cafe racer thread comes up on here. 🙂
[URL= http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/IMG_2395_zps350f2103.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/IMG_2395_zps350f2103.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/IMG_2489_zps18f8be83.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/IMG_2489_zps18f8be83.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/71866fc9-2418-4a7c-b31d-07bc547a50d8_zps01ac003f.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/71866fc9-2418-4a7c-b31d-07bc547a50d8_zps01ac003f.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/IMG_2531_zpsae693e82.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/IMG_2531_zpsae693e82.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/IMG_2480_zps40dc6ad7.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/IMG_2480_zps40dc6ad7.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
"Likes" 🙂
At the bike show last week at the NEC there was a gorgeous CX550 special, could call it a cafe racer I guess, best looking piece of kit there apart from the new Huskies.Can't find any photos of it sadly.
it will be this one. I was all over it like a rash, The wrenchmonkey CX was on my list to build next year, but I may have a change of mind
the one at the show
[img] 
[/img]
hell of a lot of work gone into it.
the wrenchmonkey one
[img] 
[/img]
I may not bother at all and just get one of these Ducati's, as I seem to have no time at all lately
[img] 
[/img]
Vortex
You got me googling there 🙂
Quite a few interesting builds around the old CX.
[img] 
[/img]
Lots of stunning bikes here..
http://4h10.tumblr.com/Well that's my new favourite website
with the best picture on the web (albeit taken from a different page).
http://backinthebadlands.tumblr.com/image/5360993209
Nice one Vortex, it is a thing of beauty. Thanks for finding that.
No probs pigface, i think the only cx bits left on that white one are the motor and tank!!!
[URL= http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv167/porter_jamie/caferacer_zps95eb6282.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv167/porter_jamie/caferacer_zps95eb6282.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv167/porter_jamie/388386_556535394368468_1743167487_n_zpsd2ae1be1.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv167/porter_jamie/388386_556535394368468_1743167487_n_zpsd2ae1be1.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
[URL= http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv167/porter_jamie/480452_553833691305305_1656810107_n_zps16ef6292.pn g" target="_blank">
http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv167/porter_jamie/480452_553833691305305_1656810107_n_zps16ef6292.pn g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
i am starting to make this - bought all the tubes and a shiny new tube bender (At vast expense!) it is based on one of these
[URL= http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv167/porter_jamie/DSC01778_zpsd2637837.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv167/porter_jamie/DSC01778_zpsd2637837.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
gs500 - the motor has the looks - i think a cafe racer should be a parallel air cooled twin on carbs - but the frame is horrible. the idea is a gs500 with an mot is about 600 quid, whereas a popular cafe racer donor bike (sr500 etc) is about that for something they just pulled out of a lake
[url= http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1203/5123089320_3a8ceb2529.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/55204994@N03/5123089320/ ]IMG00111-20101028-1126[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/55204994@N03/ ]Loco Tuning[/url], on Flickr
This will finally get started on once the ZX 7R has been sold, various changes to be done swingarm, wheels, RS125 seat unit (if I can get it to match properly and follow lines of tank etc) all going to be reversible to stock factory spec. though so not cutting the sub frame or anything else.
Yamaha SRX 600 twin shock, (xt engine)
Oh those CXs, mmmmmm.
That white CX posted by vortex racing - wow!! Love it!
Here is a couple more the guy at Number 53 has built as well as the white CX
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
his website is here
[url] http://www.number53.co.uk/Home%20page.htm [/url]
Right you lot pack this in, I'm starting to get an itch that might need scratching, that MZ was the worst one- there's 2 ETA's sat in my dad's garage...
Its bad enough keeping the pushbikes running without finding another money pit!
Damn you all!
(goes off back to page 1 to look at that etz321.....)
Oh yeah, the ZX7 R would make a nice project for someone 😉
Can only have one bike you see...
Oh crap! There's more [url= http://ismeretlenblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/mz-racers.html?m=1 ]here[/url]
Not quite a cafe racer but this is what my brother in law uses:
http://www.jinglyjangly.com/p719238221/h62745139#h62745139
1938 Rudge Special. From days when bikes were slightly less complicated.
[url= http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/11351140083_444ea97ce9.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/55204994@N03/11351140083/ ]kev bike 1[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/55204994@N03/ ]Loco Tuning[/url], on Flickr
Mates Ducati 350 chassis, with engine made of norton, trumiph, BSA parts and gearbox, lovely bike.
I can't believe how much my old 350 would be worth now 😥
[img] 
[/img]
Bit different - but then matey always has been ...
We rode these to the Ace café a few years ago - I got to ride the 1000 😀
Best one he built was a V8 rover slotted into an UNMODIFIED featherbed frame - scarey stuff !!
I know of a lovely very, very special BSA Bantam Racer with provenance.....
[img] 
[/img]
bookwyse - MemberNot quite a cafe racer but this is what my brother in law uses:
http://www.jinglyjangly.com/p719238221/h62745139#h62745139
1938 Rudge Special. From days when bikes were slightly less complicated.
I think I maybe did a trackday at knockhill with him a few years back. Not the slowest in the group...
My Dad has got a CX500 kicking about in several boxes, might be time for a father-son collaboration, I reckon.
My Dad has got a CX500 kicking about in several boxes, might be time for a father-son collaboration, I reckon
or better still, sell it to me 😀
I'm serious BTW
already in my watch list on ebay, together with loads of others
Thanks for the heads up
but it's miles away 😥
I love the comments on that auction... 🙂
or better still, sell it to me
I'll run it past him, can't say I'll try and persuade him though. 😉
Long Shot
Is the member 'Woody' on this forum from UK? and owns (owned) an SRX 600. I found a picture of an SRX600 owned by Woody in the UK on internet and would love to know where the seat came from.
I saw one of these Guzzis last year, and fell in love... Had a chat with the rider, asking where he had the custom done, and was astounded to find out it was straight from the catalogue!
[img] 
[/img]
rkk01
It may just be the photo angle,but that guzzi doesn't look anything special.
When people say Cafe racer I think more.
[img] 
[/img]
🙂
It's on my list of things to do this year, I think I'm going to start with a Yamaha SR250, but then fancy this
[img] 
[/img]
or one of these
[img] 
[/img]
Just noticed my pictures had disappeared. :0(
Completely forgot i had tidied up my photobucket account - so here's my CB again
[URL= http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/Motorbike/71f35d6f5beaa9654f83845ebffc0601_zps3b1a36c4.jp g" target="_blank">
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/Motorbike/71f35d6f5beaa9654f83845ebffc0601_zps3b1a36c4.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]
if i could afford one it would be this beauty 😀
[img] http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608054450203131998&pid=15.1 [/img]
I like the norton commando too... mmm bikes.. picking up my old mans guzzi on Saturday. Très excited. 🙂
You guys will be aware of
Thebikeshed.cc ? They have a nice looking evebt each year.
rkk01
It may just be the photo angle,but that guzzi doesn't look anything special.
When people say Cafe racer I think more.
Looked lovely "in the metal"
[img] 
[/img]
Another Guzzi beauty
[img] 
[/img]
