Cafe Racer Thread

[Steve Carlton]

The Moto Guzzi V11 Sports are all retro. Some of the special editions more so. Guzzi made 300 numbered Rosso Mandellos for 2001. I had #264. They sold well, so Guzzi made 300 more un-numbered. Typical Italian antics.






"The Legend of the Motorcycle" is probably the best motorcycle concours in the world. Worth checking out- comes each year in May to Half Moon Bay. Some pics from last year:
http://gromitspapa.smugmug.com/gallery/2813653#150337025

[Eric 951]

I am going to look at this on Monday--so I have something to ride until I am done with the Morini.

[Mule]

Originally Posted by Flatbutt1

not strictly a cafe but its nekkid and I rode it 2 up to Cape Cod and back

No need for a throttle, just an on/off switch. I put a lotta miles on an H1 back in the day. Denco's, K&N's, port matching & a little tuning, nothing could touch it in it's day. They were $995 at the local dealer for quite a while. They were so cheap & fast that kids snapped 'em up. I never had to buy parts. I bought several (damaged) bikes from kids on crutches for real cheap.

[Noah930]

I never had to buy parts.

Do sparkplug count? I was constantly fouling them on my KH400A. There was even a little three-plug holder under the seat.

[Mule]

The factory oil injection settings were way too rich. Once you backed it off enough (carefully), the plug fouling went away & the engine came to life. That trick along with matching those little manifolds to the cyls and cutting back those copper rings on the exhaust plus a set of jets and it was on like Donkey Kong. Port timing on 500's was already so radical that any more would have made it undrivable. Mine was beaten twice (both avenged) due to missing gears, once to an H2 (750) and once to a sportster.

[Dueller]

Speaking of spoortsters...here's a new trend in modding them with Buell forks/swingarms. Why is beyond me as you can buy a used tuber Buell for what the mod's cost. Cool cafe racers nonetheless...

[Dueller]

[Dueller]

I have an old buell gathering dust in my garage. I think I'm gonna try to build a budget version of this bike sans the impractical upswept pipes. Anybody go any ideas on a similar seat? The one in this pic is a one off.

[varmint]

want some buell parts cheap?

carbon fibre oval air filter cover
swingarm off 97 cyclone
instrument housing
pm brake bleeder valve
spacer
inner tank off S2 thunderbolt

was cleaning the garage. i want this crap out of my house.

[Dueller]

Air cleaner assembly or just the cf cover? Instrument mount just for speedo or speedo and tach? I assume the swingarm was taken off in recall? Just noticed you have an M2...the 97/98 narrow bodied M2's have a cult following.

[varmint]

just the carbon fiber cover.

the simple speedo mount.

just have an extra swingarm. i ran with about half a dozen guys who all had early buells. as their bikes disintegrated, parts just started accumulating in my garage. sold the cyclone years ago. think this is the last batch.

also have a couple buell patches. and an old rear wheel with a blown bearing. suppose it could be recored, or made into a planter.






sort of random photo.

[varmint]

random

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

wish I never got rid of her

+1

[Dueller]

Originally Posted by Souk

Good timing, I just got some cool parts for the Ducati for winter installation.

Unrelated pic:

Some of you had asked about this bike...concept Honda CB100R at Tokyo 07 m/c show...

[VincentVega]

What are the odds Honda produces this gem?

[Jeff Hail]

Rejoice thy youth!

[Jeff Hail]

Lets step back a few years

[Dueller]

Plans are to build a baby version of the Ecosse out of a Buell M2 rat bike. Some inspiration:

[Dueller]

Neat little cafe racer built in Oz




http://www.deus.com.au/

[Jeff Higgins]

Very cool, Dueller. Makes me want to pick up an old Yamaha thumper and do something like that.