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Offline bensterman69

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cafe racer project CB500
« on: March 07, 2014, 02:27:08 PM »
Hi Guy's,

my name is Benny and i live in Europe Belgium. I'm building a  500 cafe racer and i will share it with all of you. Here  are some pics...
I have modified the rear end, building a new seat that fits perfect on the frame, at this time i'm fixing themounting points for the gas tank, it's a polyester tank made for a 750.
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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2014, 02:46:21 PM »
The 500 as I received it
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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2014, 03:49:26 PM »
Quote from: bensterman69 on March 07, 2014, 02:27:08 PM
Hi Guy's,

my name is Benny and i live in Europe Belgium. I'm building a  500 cafe racer and i will share it with all of you. Here  are some pics...
I have modified the rear end, building a new seat that fits perfect on the frame, at this time i'm fixing themounting points for the gas tank, it's a polyester tank made for a 750.

I'm glad that second picture was a BEFORE picture.  I can see from the first picture that you have since welded the shock mounts and gusseted the frame.  Just out of curiosity, why did you modify the triangle braces?
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2014, 03:13:19 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on March 07, 2014, 03:49:26 PM
Quote from: bensterman69 on March 07, 2014, 02:27:08 PM
Hi Guy's,

my name is Benny and i live in Europe Belgium. I'm building a  500 cafe racer and i will share it with all of you. Here  are some pics...
I have modified the rear end, building a new seat that fits perfect on the frame, at this time i'm fixing themounting points for the gas tank, it's a polyester tank made for a 750.

I'm glad that second picture was a BEFORE picture.  I can see from the first picture that you have since welded the shock mounts and gusseted the frame.  Just out of curiosity, why did you modify the triangle braces?

Yes the whole bike was a disaster when i bought this, i mounted another frame because it was messed up by grinding and bad welds also the same for the electricity and other things.
I saw a picture of the M&M CB 500 and i liked it so that i deceed to build something like that.
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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2014, 01:09:38 PM »
update

need some help for choosing the colors, frame black or white ?
« Last Edit: April 26, 2014, 01:11:33 PM by bensterman69 »
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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2014, 04:58:25 PM »
That frame looks great.  I'd love to see it white, but you're the one who'll have to clean it.
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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2016, 01:14:17 PM »
More than 2 years later....

18 inch on the rear, frme and wheels black powercoated. Flashers integrated in the frame.

Home made housing forthe gauge, home made rear set.
Rear light build in into the frame, new TEC rear shocks, Modifying an original top yoke from a VFR 750, build in with fork tubes CB600 from 2003.

To do:new engine assembling and mounting in the frame with ported head by myself , GS 750 carbs and a 650 cam. Big bore kit 602 cc, new valve guides kibblewhite.
Some photo's still shown the old engine an not all of the powercoated parts

Will be continued
« Last Edit: December 25, 2016, 02:09:03 PM by bensterman69 »
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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2016, 02:01:34 PM »
Neat looking project.
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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2016, 02:33:56 PM »
Quote from: Bootsey on December 26, 2016, 02:01:34 PM
Neat looking project.

           I agree, checking this out myself.  ;)
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Re: cafe racer project CB500
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2016, 08:04:02 PM »
If you can,you might want to raise the seat so it's bottom is at the same height as your tank - so there will be only one continuous body line.
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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold
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