Oh why did I click on this thread?! Bad. Bad. Bad. Have wasted an hour reading it and another half hour looking on Craigslist after reading it. Evil...

storz
 

Someday I'm converting a sporty

STORZ PERFORMANCE MOTORCYCLE ACCESSORIES

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Last time I talked to Steve the "everything" package was about 8K in parts

More storz....

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Welcome to the sickness...:D

More bike porn here:
Classic motorcycles, custom motorcycles and cafe racers
Pipeburn - Purveyors of Classic Motorcycles, Cafe Racers & Custom motorbikes

My son's first project he is just finishing up. Right now he has only about $600 into and a lot of labor!

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Geat looking project. Now loosen that chain a bit and ride the snot out of it.

Remember a happy chain makes a smile

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I'll bet that 750 is a handful, even by today's standards. Very nice bike, considering age and condition. Or is it.....heck, I'm not sure WHAT that thing is, except to say a two-stroke 750 is a ferocious thing.

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that thing looks nothing like the original "water buffalo" I had. Fun bike. Nose was so heavy you couldn't get it to wheelie, instead just smoked the rear tire like crazy. Got lots of weird looks at the lights cause the damn thing sounded like a dirtbike...

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I'd say that thing would sound like a wild dirt bike too with that expansion chamber exhaust under the engine :D

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Just installed a new Motolanna seat on the beast

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AWESOME HAND BUILT * CAFE RACER * 1 OFF * DUAL OVERHEAD EXHAUST!!

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My friend had the 550 version of that bike... it is a wonder we didn't kill ourselves... easily hit triple digits.

Not mine but its for sale, interesting take on a HD
 

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Love the vintage rides but the amount of technology into the latest BMW HP4 S1000RR is incredible.

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$5500 Lake Forest CA, Craig's List...


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Boy, thats sure not your "Grandfathers BMW!" by any means! Very nice!

Umm, if I could go back in time.

When I was a school boy my buddy Michael had a Triton. We thought it was kinda cool being in a Norton frame but he lusted after a real Norton (Commando) :rolleyes:

Me, I had a 1966 Triumph 650 called a Saint. It was a factory built cop bike and Saint stood for stop anything in it's tracks or something like that. I wished it was a real Bonneville. Again :rolleyes: .One sold recently at auction for $40,000.

I swapped the Triumph and a Morris 1100 for a Yamaha 650. Please someone slap my face.

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Jim, that's a street-fighter, not a cafe.

Indeed. And not far from stock, either.

A little light reading: Cafe Racers? - The Jockey Journal Board

yea, but I find it the sexy. And I would feel less of a poser if I was riding it instead of a thruxton.

Classic Cafe bike. Love it!

Used to have one that looked exactly like this, but with a BMW.

Axel is making some nice bikes.

kaffeemaschine - gallery



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local guy CL ad looking for this bike he built in 76 Sportster engine in a Norton frame.
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Yeah, thats not a cafe racer. And who gives a rip? Damn nice machine. Clean, tight, all business. I think Buells will appreciate nicely.

There have been some decent attempts at Buell cafes:

Tubers:

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XB9 out of Japan

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Nobody said Buells weren't kickass bikes. They are. I very nearly bought two...but sadly finances got in the way.

I don't know about appreciation, though. With The Factory committed to only another 8 (7?) years of support, I suspect the parts situation will weigh heavily on resale.

I'm pretty sure that is an aftermarket 'feather bed' road race frame made to fit a Norton. - they are/were hand made to order in England. In their day extremely light and strong. Really old world craftsmanship all jigged and tigged by hand.

Somthing about a Guzzi Cafe. Nothing else quite measures up...

Here's mine. Started out as an ugly 81 cb650 custom. It's better now

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I think you're right. Rickman, maybe?

Motor is much older than a '76. It has an early tin primary cover, and there is no hump for a starter solenoid and the Bendix drive. I believe the kick start only XLCH's retained the hump, since it was a part of the left engine case. I can't remember for sure.

My first street bike ever was a '76 XLCH, purchased in '77. My third was another '76, but an XLH, purchased in 1980. I still have that one. It's currently in pieces all over the garage (and the Northwest - heads are at Baisely's in Portland, cases at Cyclepath in Kirkland, etc.), but here is was last summer:

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I may wind up going for more of a cafe' look when it goes back together later this winter.

Lots of cafe sporster pics here, Jeff....36 pages to be exact!

Official Sportster Cafe Racer Picture Thread - Harley Davidson Forums

A few:

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And now for something completely different


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