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Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:43 pm
by The Spin Doctor
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:27 pm
The Spin Doctor wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:23 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:43 pm
Cassington bike night would make more sense...its also 3 miles from my office.
Might try to make that this year, if we're not still social distancing 50 miles away!
I used to work in Eynsham and I live in MK, so I drove past/through Cassington every day. I commuted by bike often and I went through the bike night several times. Convincing them I didn't want to park and was just passing through was always a challenge.
My new job is even closer
Well, it was all in a good cause
Good to see the locals embracing the bike scene too... completely unlike the shenanigans at Rye where someone liberally dosed the hardstanding where the bikes park with tin-tacks the other day.
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:44 am
by Taipan
Another kettle!
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:48 pm
by cheb
Ace bars, or just standard one repositioned?
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:17 pm
by Taipan
cheb wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:48 pm
Ace bars, or just standard one repositioned?
They look like flipped standard bars from this angle?
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:12 pm
by cheb
That's what I thought too.
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:50 pm
by The Spin Doctor
Taipan wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:17 pm
cheb wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:48 pm
Ace bars, or just standard one repositioned?
They look like flipped standard bars from this angle?
Pretty common back then for cash strapped riders
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:00 am
by Taipan
The Spin Doctor wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:50 pm
Taipan wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:17 pm
cheb wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:48 pm
Ace bars, or just standard one repositioned?
They look like flipped standard bars from this angle?
Pretty common back then for cash strapped riders
We all did it on our FS1es'!
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:41 am
by demographic
Few build series fabrication videos.
Quite interesting to watch and show the skills of the people making the really nice parts.
Hand bending a titanium exhaust.
Mudguard? Cough...splutter... on a cafe racer? Next they'll be making airboxes. Sheesh.
Lobsterback bend spannie, there will be a lot of maths that went into the design stage of this one before they got to the shape development for the sheetmatal though.
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:59 pm
by The Spin Doctor
Taipan wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:00 am
We all did it on our FS1es'!
I swapped the high bars on my CB125S for the flats off a SS50 - they were the only other ones that used a Bendix throttle.
Re: Cafe Racer thread.
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:15 pm
by demographic
The Spin Doctor wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:59 pm
Taipan wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:00 am
We all did it on our FS1es'!
I swapped the high bars on my CB125S for the flats off a SS50 - they were the only other ones that used a Bendix throttle.
I actually had proper looking* ace bars on my 130 quid fizzy.
*I assumed they were but realistically they were on the bike when I bought it and looked right so I'm calling em Ace Bars and they weren't the standard bars they came with.