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 Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! | « » 5:49 PM 11-21-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 6:06 PM 11-22-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 7:52 PM 11-22-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 1:41 AM 11-23-2004 | |
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Trayvessio) » | « » 12:55 PM 11-23-2004 | |
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| 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.
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Thanks. Next project may be a Harley Sportster Flattracker. 
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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?
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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) » | « » 8:38 PM 11-23-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 10:28 PM 11-23-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 10:41 PM 11-23-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 9:31 AM 11-24-2004 | |
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oh my... i want one!
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (jetta2dr_84) » | « » 10:54 AM 11-24-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 1:53 PM 11-24-2004 | |
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If/when I get a bike, it will be along the cafe style. 
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Rennwagen) » | « » 12:59 PM 11-25-2004 | |
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| 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) » | « » 2:29 AM 11-26-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 10:40 AM 11-26-2004 | |
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http://www.richmonddubs.com
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (durksterVR6) » | « » 2:33 AM 11-27-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 9:04 AM 11-27-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 2:39 PM 11-27-2004 | |
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that triumph is beautiful 
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (Trayvessio) » | « » 12:01 PM 11-29-2004 | |
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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... -Tim
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (SilverSLC) » | « » 6:35 PM 11-29-2004 | |
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what do you people think about the honda cb750
heres a quarter, go down town and have a rat naw that thing off your face!!
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (speeddemon) » | « » 8:07 PM 11-29-2004 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by speeddemon » | | what do you people think about the honda cb750 |
Awesome
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (durksterVR6) » | « » 10:30 PM 11-29-2004 | |
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sweet bike also durkster. 
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (durksterVR6) » | « » 3:43 PM 11-30-2004 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by durksterVR6 » | |
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (vapor) » | « » 6:03 PM 11-30-2004 | |
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heres a modern royal enfield single cafe interpretation (all factory parts too !):
and with race fairing:
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (hawc) » | « » 11:59 PM 12-1-2004 | |
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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) » | « » 7:15 AM 12-2-2004 | |
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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. -Tim
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (SilverSLC) » | « » 5:34 PM 12-8-2004 | |
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does anyone have any sites with build ups and such ? im really liking them
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (ArpyArpad) » | « » 2:42 PM 9-9-2005 | |
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| 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) » | « » 9:39 PM 9-16-2005 | |
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where is vduben's GB250?!?! I'll NEVER get tired of seeing that thing!!!!!
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| Re: Cafe Racer Appreciation Thread!!! (rx7racr) » | « » 3:37 PM 9-22-2005 | |
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| 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) » | « » 1:25 AM 9-23-2005 | |
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Old thread! -Still my favorite
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| Re: (Piper_VW) » | « » 5:47 AM 9-23-2005 | |
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here's my friend's awesome 78 cb750. and my POS in the 3rd pic
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