a cafe'd nevada from portugal

[Lumpy Idle]

i originally saw this on pipeburn's most recent bikes of the week. the maker's site has good pics but its in portugese.

link to maker's site:

http://revivalofthemachine.com/blog/2017/11/06/8-by-rua-machines/

[Shiftonthefly]

That's freaking perfect right there. The fairing is a bit odd but I like it anyway. The color combos are spot one. Wish I could read about it.

[Guzzistajohn]

An improvement over the stock Nevada fer sher

[Lumpy Idle]

ooops - my bad! the post was on the Bikexif "bikes of the week" site NOT pipeburn.

http://www.bikeexif.com/custom-bikes-week-113  (scroll down - way down)

you can go there for a brief english description of the bike

[chuck peterson]

[JeffOlson]

That is beautiful!

[Unkept]

Goodbye U-Joint my old friend...

 

[Lumpy Idle]

agreed. you cannot get that tail end altitude without some cost - and the cost here comes in the unacceptable angle for the u-joint.

[Zoom Zoom]

agreed. you cannot get that tail end altitude without some cost - and the cost here comes in the unacceptable angle for the u-joint.

I was thinking the same thing, but it is a nice job none the less. 

John Henry

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

That's freaking perfect right there. The fairing is a bit odd but I like it anyway. The color combos are spot one. Wish I could read about it.

cut and paste the url here: https://translate.google.com/

I didn't translate it, but the electrics are in the tailpiece (fiberglass), the tank is a modified ducati 350, and the exhaust is stainless. They say it's not very loud. It's got bitubo brakes & tarozzi controls.

I love it, looks sweet.
I would shorten the shocks and drop the forks in the yokes to keep the stance/geometry and ride the wheels off of it

[alanp]

Possibly the most aesthetically pleasing cafe bike I have seen.  Almost too beautiful to ride, though.

[Diploman]

The exaggerated u-joint angle is a major design flaw here, one that would cripple the bike in actual usage.  Perhaps they've worked on too many chain-drive bikes.

Otherwise, this is a truly beautiful cafe rendition.  Love the Cordova leather seat cover. 
One of the very best Guzzi cafe's. 

[JeffOlson]

Sometimes looks are paramount.

One of my sons was way into E30 BMWs. His always needed to be slammed to the ground. It was so low he was constantly cracking his drain pain, but man, it looked cool!

[Lannis]

agreed. you cannot get that tail end altitude without some cost - and the cost here comes in the unacceptable angle for the u-joint.

That bike would look even better if the tail was gotten down out of the skies a bit, and it would make it rideable with the U-joint angle too.    It needs to be ridden and not just looked at.

I'd like to know what the photo backdrop was for that bike, all those brick in a motordrome sort of setting.   I scanned the text looking for a place-looking word but didn't spot one ....

Lannis

[hidn45]

I know near zero about such things, but would the rider's weight bring the drive angle down into acceptable spec's during actual operation?  It is a lovely creation, & yes, nearly too pretty to ride, which is a shame.