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Title: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: flangeman_70 on May 19, 2015, 06:56:13 AM
Don't get me wrong, I understand, accept and often admire the artistic and functional ideals of the café racer movement. Nevertheless, one needs to cast a critical eye over ones work occasionally.

This thread is where you can post those dubious efforts.

Let me start with this pearler from downtown Copenhagen.
Commentary,.........it fails me. I am speechless. I am without speech.
(http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w370/Flangeman_70/Coffee%20Grinds/E8FB1426-7F68-4D71-BADE-546953C66D60_zps8uvlkwmk.jpg)
(http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w370/Flangeman_70/Coffee%20Grinds/139C76E8-02A6-4FCB-B41D-FB8F6E53C8D4_zpsxppfskve.jpg)
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: NCAmother on May 19, 2015, 09:43:32 AM
It looks like a dual sport bike, but not really.  Kudos for someone turning a wrench on a bike :)
PS  I hope it's safe.
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: cruzziguzzi on May 19, 2015, 09:51:24 AM
Unfortunately - when I see something like this, given experience here in Arizona and in California earlier - I leap to "tweaker". Then, after I absorb it a bit I begin to wonder if it isn't something of a crash salvage or a bike who's owner has taken modification as an alternative route to repair for financial reasons.

In any case, as with seeing a bubba'd surplus firearm and crying, "Oh, the humanity", I must remember, it's not mine.

Some of these cases though, a fella's just got to wonder at the direct bitch-slap to practical use or even safety. 'Course, I gotta remember the cars I loved and still build and their inherent design madness relative to the manufacturer's intentions.

I wonder in this case if his little sister knows he stole her tricycle lock and chain.

Todd.
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: Guzzistajohn on May 19, 2015, 10:03:38 AM
Probably a decent dirt bike prior to the "transformation"
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: Penderic on May 19, 2015, 10:15:49 AM
That bike aint no cafe racer!

It lacks something.

What could it be?  ;)

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Motorbike%20ballet%20tutu_zpsscrx8aaa.jpg)
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: NCAmother on May 19, 2015, 10:20:55 AM
Probably a decent dirt bike prior to the "transformation"
that's what I was thinking
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: dilligaf on May 19, 2015, 12:31:35 PM
cruzzi posted "I wonder in this case if his little sister knows he stole her tricycle lock and chain."

Good one.  ;-T Me, I'd steal the chain.  ;D  I'm with Dusty on the Triumph. :BEER:
Matt
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on May 19, 2015, 06:45:56 PM
That chain speaks worlds of the builder's engineering ability..  ;D ~;
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: canuguzzi on May 19, 2015, 06:58:38 PM
The Guzzi version.

http://www.officinerossopuro.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Rossopuro-6.jpg
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: RickTReloaded on May 19, 2015, 07:17:30 PM
(http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w370/Flangeman_70/Coffee%20Grinds/139C76E8-02A6-4FCB-B41D-FB8F6E53C8D4_zpsxppfskve.jpg)
(http://static.gamesradar.com/images/totalfilm/h/hunchback-of-notre-dame-update-greenlit-420-75.jpg)

Hunchy found his bike.
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: Penderic on May 19, 2015, 07:38:30 PM
Guzzi Modo!

 :D

Ugly bugger.

I found a movie prop maker site on the internet that made skull models of famous movie monsters - or what they would have looked like if they were real. I copied the one model picture of Quasi Modo ... for some reason I didnt like the other models.

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/quasimodo_1_700_zpswpdahkmq.jpg)
I think one of the pics must be reversed by mistake ..... which side was his hump? 
Title: Re: Coffee Grinds or Café Racer
Post by: tazio on May 19, 2015, 08:41:45 PM
..... which side was his hump? 
backside.