Cafe Racer Forum

Hey,

Picked up my first bike last Saturday, I've not even got my license yet! Plan is to rebuild the CB650 while I get my license so when I pass I can have a nice shiny cafe racer to ride!

It's the "ugly duckling" of the CB family doesn't seem to be a popular bike for a cafe racer but I picked it up for £350 so not bad. I know the exhaust isn't standard and those wheels are less than great …

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Thought i would post some pictures of what i have been up to with the build.
It's all at the cleaning stage at the moment, Forks have been rebuilt, and the clocks are on the go.
Found some Modern Tokico calipers from a Bandit but will require new mount's to be machined.(dont make things easy for myself)
Just aquired an amazing set of cylinders and pistons, as over size pistons are like rocking …

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brought this yesterday i pick it up on monday
may keep as is ? so the search continues for a suitible donor bike

http://www.servimg.com/images.php?cat_id=1&324708

I think I should have posted in this section, not gallery..soz.

Anyway, its my CB836 Cafe / Special or whatever, its my cup of tea and hope to others likeing too.

Just about to finish exhaust mounts, rear sets plates and links and oil lines...all subject to helping with my lad homework off course.
Seat pod to be silver and black tram lines and …

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hi
if you have read my introduction (in the introduce me section) you will know why we are building this bike
its based on a 1979 gs550 which was rough at best, the guy i bought it off called it a barn find- more like left in the middle of a field for 20 years (i never saw the barn to see if it had a roof)

Hello all,

Been lurking since the spring when i got my first bike - F650GS - which i instantly loved both in terms of styling a practicality (500 miles a day no aches, 70mpg, rides itself etc etc) However i wanted something more personal. Thus the idea of a cafe/custom bike.

I have just got a CB750 1981 that is not very well at all. I have kind of rushed into it for a few reasons - one was the …

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hi i,m after a bit of advice would a1982 kawasaki z650 be a good bike
to do as a cafe racer seen a few on ebay just a thought thanks

I have always loved cafe racers as my Father owned a number of Triumphs and Nortons bitd, he also had a CB550 which I can always fondly remember from my childhood.

So I took the plunge and bought a 1978 Honda CB550K3, it cost me the princely sum of £400, so a nice bargain.

This is my first ever build like this and I am always so annoyed when night time comes and I have to stop working on the …

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This is a promotional bike for GAZI Suspension.

Milled the T120 Triumph frame to take 2006 Kawasaki ZX-6R forks.

Mounted the GAZI shocks outboard for the widened swing arm.

Tank's painted with the logo.

Close up of the forks

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