Let's see some cafe racers!!!

[Dogwalker]

I like!

Me too.

More, i find it so good it could be produced.

The Royal Enfield Continental GT weights 184 kg, 29 hp, and costs 5790 Euro in Italy.





This Cafe Racer, with some minor refinement, is miles head in terms of aesthetics, is more functional (IE, dual seat), and weights 150 kg at most.

Make it produce 35-40 hp and put it on the market at 6000-6500 Euro.

[O]

my `caferacer�







cheers Helmut from Germany

Helmut, 

Every time you post pics of your bike on WG, I have to clean the drool off my keyboard.  That bike is such a beauty.  Love that color scheme!

[Chuck in Indiana]

Yeah, me, too. Tasty..

[Guzzistajohn]

Pretty bitchin'

[kevdog3019]

That is all wrong! Simply not a candidate for a cafe job IMO.  That rear end has to go... but wait... it can't.

[Huzo]

Went to Dumfries in Scotland last time o/s, to visit the Tank Shop, very accomodating old fella and showed me through his shop. Absolute Alladin's cave. Not far from Loch Ness, although you'll need a Tom Tom to get to it, it's kinda in the back woods a bit. Some of the alloy tanks in shot are his work aren't they ?

[cruzziguzzi]

Wow, I don't like it even a little bit.

Retro engine but modern forks, mono-shock and brakes.

Strangs angles on a strangely angled tank. But then, I have yet to see one of these tanks outside of its intended location with intended, complimentary bodywork, ever look good.

Rear fender is either too long or too short depending upon one's take.

I guess at least, it does not have those limp-wristed, bar-end mirrors.

What a mess.


Todd.

[beetle]

I like it a lot.

[kevdog3019]

Found out today that Cafe Racer magazine will have mine in a future publication. Probably some small pic in the back.

[Dogwalker]

Retro engine but modern forks, mono-shock and brakes.

Weren't you phraising the Thruxton in another tread? ;)

However, to me it resembles the 1000 GT, and I think that's the intention of the owner.

[cruzziguzzi]

Weren't you phraising the Thruxton in another tread? ;)

However, to me it resembles the 1000 GT, and I think that's the intention of the owner.

Good point on the Thruxton. Made me think about it again. Sure, the early Guzzi based one looks like the Ducati to a great degree and I do like the Thruxton but I think the Triumph and Ducati would come off poorly too if not for being well balanced objects.

Another very large part of the design conflict for me is the dated engine on the goose. Were the Triumph or Ducati to have true "period" engines in them, they'd smack fould for me as well.... I think.

Maybe, ultimately, it's just that seat and that tank begging greater overall scrutiny? Too, being ass high while riderless isn't helping those angles much, I guess.

Todd.

[Dogwalker]

Yeah, the fact that a "classic-looking-but-modern-details-vielding" bike use a real vintage, and not particularly sporty, engine can be a little unsettling.
But, apart from the fact that I like the general appearance, having found a more detailed image, I'm stunned by the sheer amount of work involved.
The tank seems to be metal, and doesn't seem to come from another bike (maybe i'm wrong, but I don't recognize it).
The seat resembles that of the Ducati, but is not that of the Ducati, and is made to match with the tank.
The frame is a real perimetral frame, custom made for this bike.
So is the monoshock rear swingarm.
Let alone details as the footpegs.
At this point, I'd be really surprised if he didn't something to the engine too. In the end, for how much dated it seems, the 500 horizontal single is an hemi head oversquare engine with 26 hp (in the Nuovo Falcone) with a compression ratio of only 6.85/1 (to make it function with low octane fuel). It's already more powerful than a Yamaha SR400.
To make it produce some more pony, and put it in the same ballpark of several modern days singles is not so difficult.

[Calijackalbob]

Here's mine.
The Bellagio 940 "Evoluzione" (It's a work in progress.)




and his big brother, the California Jackal Bobber.

[drlapo]

My 85 R80

[drlapo]

My son's Ducati Monza Jr

[Guzzistajohn]

I raced a guy to the Waffle House one time after a bong, does that count?

[Muzz]

My son's Ducati Monza Jr

Love those little Ducati singles.

[Aaron1977t3ca]

My work in progress

[Rusnak_322]

Took some pics this weekend -

[Calijackalbob]

The Bellagio "Evoluzione" 940 Cafe Racer is completed. (Until I do something else that is............)












................... ........ ok. I changed the front fender to a custom stainless steel one polished like chrome. (4th photo)
and i've gone back to bar end mirrors. (not shown.)

[Calijackalbob]

here are some cafe'd bellagio

mine stock:

at home w my lemon


customs






mine now - tarrozi clip-ons and rizoma bar ends:


all things bellagio - http://wiki.ab.sk/doku.php?id=guzzi:bellagio

Some of these bikes inspired mine.

[Oldrat]

Reviving an old thread here.

Took my shed built Zagato Guzzi cafe racer out from under its winter blankets last week to go to a custom bike show over here called Kickback.

When I was a teenager, I fell in love with Katrien who was a model sitting on a Guzzi in that famous Davida poster.

Well, four years ago, I stumbled across that very same picture, but because Im much much older, I fell for the Guzzi she was sat on instead now !


In short the bike was owned by Ben Part, the person taking the photograph and he had built it over several years and put some Zagato badges on the tank as a tribute to the Milan design house famous for lightweight aluminium racing bodies for Alfa Romeo and Aston Martin etc

Well my Zagato is a tribute to his, I do hope you like it.

 Heres my Zagato together with with Ben Part�s Zagato and the lovely Katrien

[Dharma Bum]

That's a fine looking motorbike, Oldrat!  A shortened alloy fender on the rear would make it perfect.

[Oldrat]

Thanks for the kind words.  I didn’t fit a fender as the plate covers that role nicely

[gentlemanjim]

Here's one I recently crafted - Sorry its not a Guzzi

[guzzista]

Might as well join in. This is still my favorite Guzzi

[not-fishing]

My son's and my resurrection project.  Dyna S, new front & rear suspension, rearsets, condor bars and a rebuilt bevel box courtesy of Harper's.  yes we didn't get to it early enough

 

;

[Guzzistajohn]

Here's mine.
The Bellagio 940 "Evoluzione" (It's a work in progress.)




and his big brother, the California Jackal Bobber.

I like the colors on the Bellagio, is that chromed??

[Pancake]

It's been changing a little bit every year for the past 21 years I've owned it. It was a Spada 2 when I got it, all very efficient but not nice looking to me, so little by little things changed. The top pic is 10 years ago, the bottom pic is about 18 months ago




how to delete my instagram account

[gentlemanjim]

Yeah, the fact that a "classic-looking-but-modern-details-vielding" bike use a real vintage, and not particularly sporty, engine can be a little unsettling.
But, apart from the fact that I like the general appearance, having found a more detailed image, I'm stunned by the sheer amount of work involved.
The tank seems to be metal, and doesn't seem to come from another bike (maybe i'm wrong, but I don't recognize it).
The seat resembles that of the Ducati, but is not that of the Ducati, and is made to match with the tank.
The frame is a real perimetral frame, custom made for this bike.
So is the monoshock rear swingarm.
Let alone details as the footpegs.
At this point, I'd be really surprised if he didn't something to the engine too. In the end, for how much dated it seems, the 500 horizontal single is an hemi head oversquare engine with 26 hp (in the Nuovo Falcone) with a compression ratio of only 6.85/1 (to make it function with low octane fuel). It's already more powerful than a Yamaha SR400.
To make it produce some more pony, and put it in the same ballpark of several modern days singles is not so difficult.

I like, very trick vintage.  Reminds me of the Ducati GT1000.  Certainly not classic Café.