$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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