Cafe Racer Thread

[pavulon]

out of curiosity, how would one term that last Ducati?

[dlockhart]

Originally Posted by pavulon

out of curiosity, how would one term that last Ducati?

Scramblers .
I think it was a 60s thing.

Triumph still offers one right off the showroom.

2013 Triumph Scrambler | motorcycle review @ Top Speed

[Dueller]

I think that Duc is what is called brat style..

Google it....you ll see what I'm referring to.

[intakexhaust]

Make some noise with this cute Yami 80cc 2 smoke. Spotted on fleabay - not mine -
Yamaha Other | eBay

[Chocaholic]

I don't get the no-front-fender thing. Purely a fashion statement with no practical value no matter how far you stretch. Kind of like ape-hangers. Ridiculous. Does anyone prefer getting sprayed with water every time they encounter a wet road?

[intakexhaust]

Mike- Surely is a minimalistic stylin' thing. No practical value. The high moto-x 'mudguards' evolved for clogging mud and the evolution of suspension travel. Funny when I now think of it, my old Rickman dirt racer had low mount mudguards. Anything goes today.

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[Fishcop]

My CB77... more racer than cafe...

[widgeon13]

Here you go, ride this baby home.

https://albany.craigslist.org/mcy/4690433938.html

[Bill Douglas]

I didn't have my camera with me - argh. But it was very impressive. About 150 to 200 guys did a "Mods and Rockers" ride around the bays yesterday. Lots of cafe racer bikes, scooters with guys in suits white shirts skinny ties. The leather jackets riding triumphs and Nortons. I'm not sure where the brawl would be as we don't really have a mini-Brighton around here.

[Eric 951]

Finally after 7 years. It started , ran, and moved....I think I can say...it's done. 78 750F--which I took on trade for my 80 Moto Morini 500. 16K miles I swapped the highway bars for drag bars, dumped the highway pegs, ditched the pods for the stock box, cleaned sealed carbs, completley rebuilt the brakes (including calipers, lines and MC), new tires/tubes, cleaned up/painted the areas where the battery had leaked, had the king/queen seat cut down and recoverd and now have this:









Finished just in time for...... winter...

[Eric 951]

Now, I get to move on to this:

75 750F very tatty--with a bizarre seat/rear section. Luckily I have a Dunstall which is going to look juuust right--but have to tackle some other issues first.

[DByers]

Hoping someone in this thread can ID the bike in this poster or maybe the era? The poster was recently given to me by a customer.

Thanks

[motion]

Originally Posted by Fishcop

My CB77... more racer than cafe...

VERY nicely done!

[356racing]

Originally Posted by DByers

Hoping someone in this thread can ID the bike in this poster or maybe the era? The poster was recently given to me by a customer.

Thanks

1950's John Surtees?

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by peteremsley

IOM I would imagine, Brit or Italian bike is a guess. Google "dustbin fairing".


edit - perhaps a 57 Guzzi?

Yeah, Google image search says its a Guzzi racing bike, and it looks pretty similar to this one

[motion]

Did someone say dustbin?

[Jeff Higgins]

That was the eight cylinder 500 GP bike Moto Guzzi ran from the mid to late fifties, the "Otto Cilindri". Pretty fascinating bikes. One of the endless gearhead shows on television featured a running example a few years ago.

[Eric 951]

Some progress over the weekend. Replaced the front brake line with a correct-length unit and removed the exisitng tail to start the mock-up of the Dunstall unit. Going to start mounting the hardware and lights tonight.
Old look


new look