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    Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!!

    11-21-2004 05:49 PM #1
    I just fell in love with cafe racer's when I was browsing this forum and saw Rennwagon's beautiful CB500. Absolutely gorgeous.

    Post up your cafe racer pics!

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Trayvessio)

    11-22-2004 06:06 PM #2
    I just saw a custom Harley Sportster cafe racer a week or so ago in town. It was sweet.
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (VW-BMW)

    11-22-2004 07:52 PM #3
    i cant post pics but i have a 79' Yamaha RD400 thats pretty sweet. I'll send you a pic if you wanna post it for me.
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (demonseed_90)

    11-23-2004 01:41 AM #4
    Man technology has come a long way.
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Trayvessio)

    11-23-2004 12:55 PM #5
    Quote, originally posted by Trayvessio »
    I just fell in love with cafe racer's when I was browsing this forum and saw Rennwagon's beautiful CB500. Absolutely gorgeous.


    Thanks. Next project may be a Harley Sportster Flattracker.

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    11-23-2004 02:49 PM #6
    it's pretty obvious what distinguishes a cafe bike, but where exactly did that name come from? did people drive these bikes to starbucks often?
    -Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog

    I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, the bus would explode! I think it was called, "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
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    11-23-2004 07:16 PM #7
    From places on the 'net...

    Definition: A Cafe Racer is a style of bike popularized in London in the '50s where bikers wanted a fast, personalized and distinctive bike to travel from cafe to cafe. Many Cafe Racer bikes have distinctive small low-cut fairings.

    And here's quite the tribute to the Cafe style... http://www.ace-cafe-london.com/

    A streetfighter site that recognizes it's Cafe Racer roots... http://www.streetfighters.plus.com/history.html

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Trayvessio)

    11-23-2004 08:38 PM #8
    1985 Yamaha RZ350

    Oh and my 1989 YSR80

    haha try to picture a 6'1" 210lb guy riding this thing! slow but fun

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (jetta2dr_84)

    11-23-2004 10:28 PM #9
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    haha try to picture a 6'1" 210lb guy riding this thing! slow but fun

    As someone once said to me when I was on a CB350, "It looks like an elephant screwing a football".

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Rennwagen)

    11-23-2004 10:41 PM #10
    lol from a distance it looks like theres a guy hovering down the street, kinda funny to see the look on peoples faces when i wheelie across intersections
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (jetta2dr_84)

    11-24-2004 09:31 AM #11
    oh my... i want one!
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (jetta2dr_84)

    11-24-2004 10:54 AM #12
    RZ350 is a cool bike, but not a cafe racer.

    The BMW looks so nice, not the fastest but really cool.

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (apeirce)

    11-24-2004 01:53 PM #13
    If/when I get a bike, it will be along the cafe style.
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Rennwagen)

    11-25-2004 12:59 PM #14
    Quote, originally posted by Rennwagen »

    As someone once said to me when I was on a CB350, "It looks like an elephant screwing a football".

    Thats freakin great.

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (demonseed_90)

    11-26-2004 02:29 AM #15
    I've always loved cafe racers, would love to turn a triumph into one. The problem is finding a cheap bike to start building.
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (igneousGOlF)

    11-26-2004 10:40 AM #16
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (durksterVR6)

    11-27-2004 02:33 AM #17
    Hey DurksterVR6, that Triumph is sweet! what model is it? and is it yours?
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (demonseed_90)

    11-27-2004 09:04 AM #18
    That is a 2000 Triumph thunderbird sport with some major mods, not my bike though.

    Mods of note include the rear fender delete, steering damper, daytona wheels ( this model stock come with spoked rims) , speed triple forks and gauges, brembo brakes.

    There is a lot more done to it but you get the picture.

    this is mine :




    Modified by durksterVR6 at 5:29 PM 11-27-2004

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (durksterVR6)

    11-27-2004 02:39 PM #19
    that triumph is beautiful
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Trayvessio)

    11-29-2004 12:01 PM #20
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    Well...

    Damn.

    That is an absolutely GORGEOUS bike.

    Combines my love of BMW's and my love of Cafe racers.

    Hmmmm....

    Time to see if I can find a 70's R100 or R80 to do that to...

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (SilverSLC)

    11-29-2004 06:35 PM #21
    what do you people think about the honda cb750
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (speeddemon)

    11-29-2004 08:07 PM #22
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    what do you people think about the honda cb750

    Awesome

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (durksterVR6)

    11-29-2004 10:30 PM #23
    sweet bike also durkster.
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (durksterVR6)

    11-30-2004 03:43 PM #24
    Quote, originally posted by durksterVR6 »


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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (vapor)

    11-30-2004 06:03 PM #25
    heres a modern royal enfield single cafe interpretation (all factory parts too !):


    and with race fairing:




    Modified by durksterVR6 at 6:06 PM 11-30-2004

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (hawc)

    12-01-2004 11:59 PM #26
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    thats gotta be photoshopd. but beauty, my fav bike. besides an old moto-guzzi
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (PieroGti)

    12-02-2004 07:15 AM #27
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    thats gotta be photoshopd. but beauty, my fav bike. besides an old moto-guzzi

    Nope.

    It's not a photoshop. That's the Ducati Sport 1000 - it's part of a new line of "retro" Ducs that they're putting out, called the "Sport Classics." It goes along with the GT 1000 and the Paul Smart 1000.

    It's 100%real!

    And I agree with you, it's REALLY pretty. These bikes have taken the title of my favorite Ducs away from the Monster series.

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (SilverSLC)

    12-08-2004 05:34 PM #28
    does anyone have any sites with build ups and such ? im really liking them
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (ArpyArpad)

    09-09-2005 02:42 PM #29
    Quote, originally posted by ArpyArpad »
    does anyone have any sites with build ups and such ? im really liking them

    http://www.tottimotori.com
    he's got some nice cafe racers on there.
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (inurb)

    09-16-2005 09:39 PM #30
    where is vduben's GB250?!?! I'll NEVER get tired of seeing that thing!!!!!

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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (rx7racr)

    09-22-2005 03:37 PM #31
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    Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (MRVW01)

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    09-23-2005 12:01 AM #33
    Quote, originally posted by rx7racr »
    where is vduben's GB250?!?! I'll NEVER get tired of seeing that thing!!!!!

    I'm glad, because there's even more pics comin' at yah!!



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    Re: (vduBen)

    09-23-2005 01:25 AM #34
    Old thread! -Still my favorite


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    Re: (Piper_VW)

    09-23-2005 05:47 AM #35
    here's my friend's awesome 78 cb750. and my POS in the 3rd pic

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