Let's see some cafe racers!!!

[Tony in Oz]

Wow JohnK, that's quite a job you've done on the V50.  Nice work!

[drums4money]

That's a great looking bike.  It wouldn't take much to make it into a practical road ride, either (starting with the seat and lack of mudguards, and perhaps just a hint of muffler).

I really like this SP1000 from Firestarter Garage too.

sweet cheezus!  that's one handsome bike.

[Tony in Oz]

Ain't it just!

[Tony in Oz]

An interesting cafe job on a small block (V35)...

[LowRyter]

well....this is my bike. Bought it new and has 70k miles on it.....perhaps not a true cafe but I love it.  Motor pulls from 1k rpm to 11k.  Jetted, Micron Can, Holeshot Advancer, fork has Race Tech Gold Valves and progressive springs, Progressive 420 rear shock, Renthall bars, bellypan, ss brake lines, HH pads, Mich PR2s, Suzi rack and bra (!) + other tassles & doo dads.

[charlie b]

Nice Bandit.  Might have bought one of those if Suzuki had imported them this year.

[Route140]

Here's a rare one, early 60's Cotton with 2 stroke Villiers engine. Probably 200cc or 250cc.

[Moto Fugazzi]

Here's my Yamaha XS850 that I just finished at the beginning of August, and then the pic of it 2 weeks later after a lady pulled out from a stop sign right in front of me. The dent in the gas tank is from my left knee. 60% of my ligament was torn and removed in surgery.

[Tony in Oz]

Damn.  I hope you're back on your feet?

[hidn45]

I feel your pain, Ken - for the knee & the bike.....

Speaking of cafe's - Discovery HD Theater is running "Cafe Racers: the series" again, starting Wed.  MG USA actually has a blurb about it on their website.

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[muzak]

Ken, nice work on the Yamaha! Sorry to hear about the knee. I remember you saying something about a knee injury, but didn't know it was from a bike accident. Did her insurance cover your medical bills? I hope.

[VA Sean]

Might have missed it over the course of this thread, but y'all are aware of the upcoming show on cafe racers, right?

http://www.caferacertv.com/

 ;-T

[Testarossa]

Might have missed it over the course of this thread, but y'all are aware of the upcoming show on cafe racers, right?

http://www.caferacertv.com/

Sorry. I thought the show was pretty lame. It was choppily edited so you never got to really look at the bikes, and the sound quality was crap -- the guy who shot the cafe interviews didn't bother to mike the interviewees, so their voices were overwhelmed by background noise. Annoying stuff. Didn't really learn anything from it.

[guzzimike]

Is this one of ours..?



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[Furbo]

69 Laverda SFC Replica.

[oldmanjob]

Might have missed it over the course of this thread, but y'all are aware of the upcoming show on cafe racers, right?

http://www.caferacertv.com/

Sorry. I thought the show was pretty lame. It was choppily edited so you never got to really look at the bikes, and the sound quality was crap -- the guy who shot the cafe interviews didn't bother to mike the interviewees, so their voices were overwhelmed by background noise. Annoying stuff. Didn't really learn anything from it.

I agree, and there were more commercials than program ::( ::(

[flashman]

Forgive if this has been posted already - I got halfway through the six pages to double check and then gave up...

[Jimbo14]

Does anyone have a photo of a V7 Classic with clipons?
I am very interested to see what it would look like

[Jimbo14]

i figured as much. I was thinking it would look really similer to the original v7 sport, which I think is one of the most beautiful  motorcycles of all time.

[guzzijack]

Norvin. From the home of Tritons - Dresda Autos

http://www.dresda.co.uk/profile.asp

Lots more pics around the website

GJ

[muzak]

Does anyone have a photo of a V7 Classic with clipons?
I am very interested to see what it would look like

It's going to look almost exactly like a V7 Café.

[guzzijack]

Nice SR500 rendition



These guys do some good replica bodywork:

http://www.classic-motorcycle-fiberglass.com/index.html

GJ

[Trevor G]

Nice SR500 rendition



These guys do some good replica bodywork:

The only thing that lets the SR500 down is the curved, rather than cranked, kickstart lever - I would have to have one with straight lines.

[falcone]

Now that huge single on the window ledge behind that young lady would make a mean cafe racer project!  :)

[Amboman]

Now that huge single on the window ledge behind that young lady would make a mean cafe racer project!  :)

Is that freakin' real? Good Lord, it looks like an engine off of the titanic. I think it's an over sized model of an engine, the window ledge would surely have collapsed under the weight of an engine that size and the apparent support lines to the ceiling don't look to be of too large a gauge either. Where was this photo taken anyway? I wonder if the other side of the engine sports a kick start lever...

Looks like the Guzzi factory museum and that someone has been busy with Photoshop. I've seen the same photo of the World Record Bike and there was no humongous Lodola engine in it. 

[oldmanjob]

Does anyone have a photo of a V7 Classic with clipons?
I am very interested to see what it would look like

It's going to look almost exactly like a V7 Café.

Where did that metal tank come from?? And the valve covers?

[falcone]

Actually you've got me doubting my own eyes now. When I posted this, as a bit of a joke (found it elsewhere on the forum), I assumed it was a bit of an optical illusion and the engine (Lodola?) was hanging on wires from the ceiling close to the camera???

[Tony in Oz]

Does anyone have a photo of a V7 Classic with clipons?
I am very interested to see what it would look like

It's going to look almost exactly like a V7 Café.

Where did that metal tank come from?? And the valve covers?

The metal tank looks good.  The valve covers look like standard 1980s small block - identical to the ones on my V50iii.

[Cal3Me]

This is the closest thing eye have to a cafe......... ;D :BEER:


Tim in Illinois

[twinsport]

lots of eye candy here
Very nice