Hello from down kent

hi guys n gals

loved cafe racers for a while now and thort id get my self on a fourm to start the ball to my first cafe racer project

So to start off with sorry for my realy bad spelling im dysleix ( lazy )

so im 18 i ride a hornet 600 1999 and love rideing it lovely handaling lovely power even at 33bhp. ive had a Xj600 in the past and resotred that from a right reck in to a lovely bike and after being abel to almost anything to any of my bikes i fell im ready to start out in cafe racers.

love the look of them love the rideing position of one and was going to order a load of parts to begin to turn my xj in to a kind of cafe racer but it blow up and had to sell it on.

at the moment im a aprentice paint sprayer so i know how to paint and i know people who can help me weld so thats a great start.

but where im totaly lost is what bike to buy to start tunring in to a cafe racer. i prefrably want a 2 smoke and a old one where theres no laws on noise. also im on a very tight budget being an aprrntise so would be after a cheeper end bike and a smaller cc bike because of my restriction. so guys and girls hope to talk to u all soon

oh and would like to add that allllll my mechinial noledge is all self tort comeing from a family that done even know how to top up the washer fluid on there car.

and problay being the youngest meber on here YES i do prefer the older looking bikes back to the day when engines where simple and easy. fuel in, air in, noise out, power out.

Welcome Jimmy and good luck with the build. Don't worry about your spelling pal, we'll manage!

Hi and welcome this aint school so speak and spel like we does m8

hello jimmy, problem is most 2 strokes over about 15 bhp are going to cost you alot of money, especially old ones, ie pre 85 . might be better looking at some 4 strokes in the 250 - 500 bracket .