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Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« on: March 12, 2022, 06:26:45 PM »
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2022, 07:08:18 PM »
I wonder where the battery is.
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2022, 07:41:42 PM »
That's probably what that eagle on the tank is looking for....
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2022, 09:41:38 PM »
A bike that's constructed to be admired, rather than ridden, does not need a battery.
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2022, 12:14:02 PM »
I like it- ticks a lot of my cafe racer cues.  I imagine the battery is a lithium located behind the sump.  Plenty of room there.

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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2022, 02:28:41 AM »
It may have one of the tiny Shorai batteries in the tail section.
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2022, 06:53:27 AM »
Thats slick. I like it. Looks good with the stock tank, but Clint is right, that backward eagle would drive me loco
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2022, 07:12:26 AM »
Nup..
The lines are arguing with each other and that cover thing over the headlight looks like a diaper.
The distribution of visual bulk is off balance and the exhaust system looks like it was conceived on Scrapyard Challenge.
The workmanship is beautiful but wasted.
That “see through” look, is tiresome. Seen one, you’ve seen them all.
It looks like my Mum’s ironing board and probably as nice to ride...(the ironing board that is, not my Mum...).

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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2022, 07:23:42 AM »
Nup..
The lines are arguing with each other and that cover thing over the headlight looks like a diaper.
The distribution of visual bulk is off balance and the exhaust system looks like it was conceived on Scrapyard Challenge.
The workmanship is beautiful but wasted.
That “see through” look, is tiresome. Seen one, you’ve seen them all.
It looks like my Mum’s ironing board and probably as nice to ride...(the ironing board that is, not my Mum...).

I love to look at these builds, and marvel at the workmanship.  I can’t imagine taking one out and getting caught in the rain, loading up the engine with grime, etc.  I’ve become a low mileage around town wussy, but I still want a bike I can put up wet. I don’t look good in skinny jeans either.
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2022, 08:01:45 AM »
It's not a touring bike, it's a cafe racer. It doesnt need bags, rack, fenders, or a big honking Daylong king & queen seat. 
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Re: Cafe Racer (Built from a Mille GT)
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2022, 05:01:12 PM »
Is it still using the stock 30mm carbs?
Not very racerish there. ;-)
yeah, I might be addicted to brake fluid. But I can stop any time I want.

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