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Bobbers and Cafe Racers

Started by _panthervs_ , Jun 03 2011 12:03 AM

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#1 _panthervs_

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 12:03 AM

hey Guys

Im looking into buying and building a bike. I really like the bobber look with cafe racer style bars. Im probably looking to go down the Jap 250 route as I dont yet have my bike licence. Post up pics of nice bobbers/ cafe racers and any tips or suggestions of the route I should go down

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#2 Heath

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 12:31 AM

I know nothing about bikes and I'm not really "into" them, but occasionally I see one that gets me pumping a bit hahahaha
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#3 _evilsim_

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 09:00 AM

Check this web site ...

http://www.huntermotorcycles.com.au/content/view/60/109/

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#4 lcgtr1970

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 06:29 PM

try this website....the thread ive linked to is awesome...shows the before and after pics so you can see just how modified some of the bikes are...fantastic stuff...

http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=2495.590

heres some pics too.

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#5 lcgtr1970

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 06:31 PM

and some more

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#6 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 06:56 PM

I prefer Bobber over Cafe racer personally, all the ones pictured in this thread have been Cafe bar the one Heath put up, thats a Bobber.

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#7 _wix2250_

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 07:13 PM

Hi here are some street trackers.
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#8 Heath

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 09:11 AM

Yeah I'm not much into cafe racers, I just like bobbers with nice short bars off a cafe racer etc.

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#9 _panthervs_

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 01:39 PM

heath thats exactly the look im after.

This bike is the one that kinda got me onto the idea

http://www.ebay.com....=item19c5e3137d

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#10 Heath

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 04:10 PM

Man, I really don't need any more projects, I shouldn't look at any more of this stuff!

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#11 _Woodsy_

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 04:22 PM

I'm turning mine into a semi cafe racer, i still want something comfortable to ride. I made my own bars from a set of bent bars. look up perthstreetbikes.com.au , alot of cafe racers on there, a good bunch of blokes.

I'm not modifying the tail on my bike though, i want to keep the frame as is.

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#12 _wblje_

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Posted 05 June 2011 - 01:52 PM

you will definatley need old school steel tube frame to pull off the cafe look. i like the street fighter look myself. sort of modern cafe racers looking really agro...

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#13 _wblje_

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Posted 05 June 2011 - 01:58 PM

Hi here are some street trackers.

love the red dirt squirter conversion.

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#14 _dickiep_

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 04:33 PM

i like this one. nice and simple. would be pretty cheap to do too

cafe before.jpg 123.16K 1 downloads

Cafe after.jpg 70.75K 2 downloads

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#15 _Woodsy_

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 06:04 PM

Only thing that puts me of a Cafe is cutting the frame.

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#16 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 06:08 PM

One above doesnt appear to be cut??

No where structural anyway.

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#17 _Woodsy_

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 07:04 PM

I would say its had a good few inches chopped off the back, the most expensive part is the fibreglass tail.

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#18 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 07:43 PM

Like i said, nothing structural.

Usually the rear section from the shock mount back is bolt on/off anyway.

If your converting the bike to a singe seater like that one is then you dont really need anything back there.

That glass cowel would be easy enough to make

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#19 _Woodsy_

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 07:55 PM

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#20 _dickiep_

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 08:13 PM

the one i posted is a cb250 i think. would be really cheap and easy to do. not alot of change, only seat and tank. wouldnt be the fastest but is pretty cool