Cafe Racer Magazine

Just got back from the custom show at All Pally and picked up a copy of Cafe Racer Mag, they wanted to do a small feature on my bike and I emailed them all the details of the build etc and they have completely forked it up, the engine is a 1052 and they have it listed as a GSXF750 Katana !!!! they say I bought the tank from a swap meet..bollox, they say it has Harris triple clamps...bollox and that it claimed to have a 120bhp at the crank when I gave them the dyno sheet showing 128 bhp at the wheel and they claim this this is impressive for a very lightweight bike, anyone out there ever lifted a Norton frame with a GSXR motor in it, light it aint and to top it all they have given thanks to John Cody for photo`s ... bollox he is a mate of mine who has had a mention in the build but its not his bike.

All they had to do was copy and paste my write up into their mag and if tailor it if it was to long, I think they have made themselves look incompetent, most of us can recognise engines and parts and look to relate the write up with the photo`s, they are not even close.


TWATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

honestly you would think these people would get it right

the editor needs a good editing

used to have a lot of cars mag featured that we'd built.

generally found they'ed make half it up as they wrote it.

never did they get one completely right.

don't they call it journalistic license

Just sent the wankers an email, lets see if they reply

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Dutch

All ready on there Dutch, its the Norton Suzuki, whats happening regarding Brands Hatch mate ?

Oncas wrote:

All ready on there Dutch, its the Norton Suzuki, whats happening regarding Brands Hatch mate ?

Good work fella - and hi...

Regarding Brands, we're still on in principle. I'm having a bit of chicken & egg, where Brands Hatch wants numbers to recommend a date, and potential participants want a date to confirm their attendance.

I'm also in talks with "a major cafe racer manufacturer" who may be interestd in sponsoring the events, which would reduce costs of entry and help make it a bigger event, so am also waiting on news from them.

Meanwhile, either way, there will be a huge posse of cafe racer, scrambler, flat tracker and custom riders assembling on a track day at brands HAtch some time this late Spring/Summer for a hairy-arsed thrash round the track, with or without sponsors and support.

As soon as we have dates and firm plans, it'll all be posted on The Bike Shed website, and on our Facebook page (/BikeShedMotorcycleClub), as well as re-posted on BikeExif, Iron & Air, Sideblog. Pipeburn and elsewhere, so watch this space.

Meanwhile I'll be really grateful for people simply emailing me their interest so we can add a weight of names (in principle) to this event. to info@thebikeshed.cc

The event will almost certainly be on a weekday, as Brands Hatch is used for racing an big events on the weekends. For people who you don't have one piece or zip-together race leathers MSV do rent them out, but I'll confirm this.