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Old 11-17-2009, 12:25 PM
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Those are sweet looking bikes, you guys are affortunate that you could have so much self discipline to ride a bike. I rode a bike once and only once and told my boss to come pick me and his bike up, I parked his 750 Honda on the side of the road, did some insane speeds on a public road and scared the crap out of myself. If I owned a bike I would kill myself for sure.
Lol, i once dropped my bike in front of tons of highschool girls (JPN). talk about being embarrased lol
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:28 PM
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btw, what is a cafe racer look like?




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Old 11-17-2009, 12:32 PM
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aww thanks man. yah i like this bike. so the one i posted is consider a cafe racer?
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:37 PM
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Favorite yamaha cafe racer is the SR 400 Yamaha. but in silver finish , not the chrome finish. and i love honda CB550. which ill have to look for image.







and i love honda CB550. which ill have to look for image.
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:39 PM
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sweet, found one of Honda CB550



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Old 11-17-2009, 12:40 PM
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aww thanks man. yah i like this bike. so the one i posted is consider a cafe racer?
yes, indeed! I love the vintage/cafe-racer look... I just found one on craigslist today that I might pick up. It would make for a nice little project.

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the cb550 is gorgeous! nice pics!
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:44 PM
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the cb550 is gorgeous! nice pics!
i love that bike. a fellow class mate had one. he use to park his bike next to ours. so it would be like 30 sport bikes and his 1 awesome looking CB550. i use to stare at it for a good 10mins each morning. Just one of those bikes, or cars that makes you wonder what the designer was thinking, when he drew up the plans.
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:55 PM
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yes, indeed! I love the vintage/cafe-racer look... I just found one on craigslist today that I might pick up. It would make for a nice little project.

1978 Kawasaki KZ650
mah taht is nice. i would like to pick up a cafe racer. still on the wall at the moment. thinkig of getting a 94-97 miata to replace my 97 miata that was hit 2 years ago.
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Cafe Racer bikes are traditionally smaller CCs and light weight. They have the low hanging handle bars and the rounded off seat. They usually have a subtle yet cool paint jobs. They can be made from any bike today but most like Triumph and Norton but you are seeing lots of Japanese bikes today being used for the the builds. You can say they were the original sport bikes.

Some say the modern "rice rocket" is basically today's Cafe Racer.

Cafe Racers started in Europe. Bobber bikes started in the US.
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:56 PM
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Rick sorry your thread got jacked
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Rick sorry your thread got jacked
yah me too rick. just got excited talking about bikes, that didnt consist of the fugly Hayabusa
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Old 11-17-2009, 02:06 PM
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As long as it's about motorcycles it's not jacked
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this is cool...

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this is cool...

man that is bad ****. norton is pretty popular in japan. love hearing their engine sound. a 787b on 2 wheels lol.
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alfy here is a bike for you by roland sands.

http://www.rolandsands.com/450.html
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LOL after this thread I'm seriously thinking of buying a bike to build vs. project car. I have been wanting to build an old school car but now thinking of an old school bike.
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All of the bikes above are bad-***, especially anything built by roland sands

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LOL after this thread I'm seriously thinking of buying a bike to build vs. project car. I have been wanting to build an old school car but now thinking of an old school bike.
I wouldn't even think twice about it... do it
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I found two good cycles on craigslist but money is way too tight right now

Both of these would be great to turn into a cafe racer.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/mcy/1465091254.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/mcy/1470060412.html
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Old 11-18-2009, 10:13 PM
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I vote for the norton... just cleaning it up would make a fantastic bike, and a good starting point
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