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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #25 on: September 04, 2017, 04:34:19 AM »

SG103 piled on fairly early to steal the beemerbum's thread...maybe he should take his sidetracked discussion to his own thread instead of adding chaff to the original poster's thread.
Sell your nice original bike for a project bike that does not have a collection of original parts given its 15k miles...

They are only original once and if well cared for or just a good job of caring for it the bike will be far more valuable as original.  Unless your vision is lined up with someone else's your market to sell your bike is going to be small, unless they are going to chop up your efforts  to make it their own.
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #26 on: September 04, 2017, 01:50:40 PM »
Most current Cafe/Bobber/Brat bikes are just the parts bikes of the future, I should stock up on standard un-cut frames, forks, fenders and whatever else gets thrown to build a rolling POA (Piece Of Art) nowadays, in anticipation...... ;D
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #27 on: September 04, 2017, 02:03:03 PM »
I live by the rules of: buy what moves you, build what you like, ride what you enjoy. It's your money, it's your bike. Why ask for opinions on making your own decisions about how you spend yuor time and your money?

Whether you spend $1,200 or $12,000 it's all about the time on a bike, the enjoyment, the fulfillment. Personally, I ride for me- not for anyone else. Couldn't care less if there was another bike on the road or it was filled with them. Yes, I enjoy riding with family and friends, but I'll ride alone just as often because that's what I love to do and how I recharge my soul.
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #28 on: September 04, 2017, 02:13:06 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on September 04, 2017, 02:03:03 PM
I live by the rules of: buy what moves you, build what you like, ride what you enjoy. It's your money, it's your bike. Why ask for opinions on making your own decisions about how you spend yuor time and your money?


Holy sh*t - I agree with Cal on something ;D.

Your bike, your build. We all have our opinions. I like total stockers. Doesn't mean there aren't some cool cafe's choppers etc. out there. First bike I fell in love with (at 10) was a Triumph Chopper with straight bars. I wouldn't buy or make that bike now - but dude, your bike your build. Just don't f*ck it up for the sake of "one of a kind". That's not always the nicest thing to say about a bike.

Edit: Cal, just kiddin' around. your 'lectric's knowledge is legendary.
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2017, 05:54:35 PM »
Quote from: Gene on September 04, 2017, 02:13:06 PM
Holy sh*t - I agree with Cal on something ;D.


Quote from: calj737 on September 04, 2017, 02:03:03 PM
Whether you spend $1,200 or $12,000 it's all about the time on a bike, the enjoyment, the fulfillment. Personally, I ride for me- not for anyone else. Couldn't care less if there was another bike on the road or it was filled with them. Yes, I enjoy riding with family and friends, but I'll ride alone just as often because that's what I love to do and how I recharge my soul.

Me to. Who woulda thought?
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #30 on: September 04, 2017, 06:34:32 PM »
Yep the op screwed up because he had to ask. Why? do waka do.
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #31 on: September 04, 2017, 08:37:44 PM »
I'm bored, I think I'll start an oil thread....... ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #32 on: September 04, 2017, 08:53:15 PM »
Fork brace. Yay or nay?
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #33 on: September 04, 2017, 08:53:40 PM »
Electronic ignition. Yay or nay?
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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 or nay?
« Reply #34 on: September 04, 2017, 08:53:55 PM »
LED lights. Yay or nay?
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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 or nay?
« Reply #35 on: September 04, 2017, 08:54:16 PM »
Motogadget. Yay or nay?

Okay that was enough!
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #36 on: September 04, 2017, 08:56:25 PM »
What type of chain oil should you use on a cafe racer?
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #37 on: September 04, 2017, 09:10:12 PM »
What brand of gym boots and skinny jeans? ;D
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #38 on: September 04, 2017, 09:49:15 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on September 04, 2017, 08:37:44 PM
I'm bored, I think I'll start an oil thread....... ;D
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #39 on: September 04, 2017, 09:57:09 PM »
Quote from: PeWe on September 04, 2017, 09:49:15 PM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on September 04, 2017, 08:37:44 PM
I'm bored, I think I'll start an oil thread....... ;D
YES, OIL THREAD!
Which oil will you use in your hillbilly bike? ...

 Bacon grease.
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #40 on: September 05, 2017, 02:20:33 AM »
Quote from: PeWe on September 04, 2017, 09:49:15 PM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on September 04, 2017, 08:37:44 PM
I'm bored, I think I'll start an oil thread....... ;D
YES, OIL THREAD!
Which oil will you use in your hillbilly bike? That bike is also a project that fits this thread. Maybe the project turns to become a nice CB with good manor?

Thanks for thinking of my build Jerry Joe Jnr, well I believe choosing the right oil is critical when re-awakening a beast that hasn't been run in several years, so I intend to use the cheapest possible oil available from my local supermarket. My redneck reasoning being that it'll still be better than the stuff that we could buy when our bikes were new, and if the engine's fcuked, I haven't wasted good money that I could have otherwise spent on cheap booze.

Once I've (hopefully) determined that the engine is not indeed fcuked, I'll do a few hundred miles to wash all the crap into the filter, dump it out along with the filter and probably use some slightly better quality oil, maybe one of them fancy pants semi-synthetics I've been reading about? Not "Motorcycle" oil mind, I think we all know that "Motorcycle" oil is just a world wide conspiracy allowing the Illuminati to get even richer flogging car oil in a fancy container for twice the dough, so it'll be a semi-synthetic car, truck or lawn mower oil for me. Cheers, Terry. ;D   

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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #41 on: September 05, 2017, 02:57:26 AM »
Proud of you TB,dat be sum gud logic y'all used.  My thoughts xactly....LBB
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #42 on: September 05, 2017, 03:11:06 AM »
Thanks LBB, I'd feel sorry for hijacking the OP's thread, but it looks like he abandoned it pretty much after his first post, so I think there's plenty of scope for arguing about oil, tyres, steering dampers, politics and gay marriage, before some hall monitor, er, I mean moderator comes along and shoots down our fun........ ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #43 on: September 05, 2017, 08:29:27 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on September 05, 2017, 03:11:06 AM
Thanks LBB, I'd feel sorry for hijacking the OP's thread, but it looks like he abandoned it pretty much after his first post, so I think there's plenty of scope for arguing about oil, tyres, steering dampers, politics and gay marriage, before some hall monitor, er, I mean moderator comes along and shoots down our fun........ ;D
Nope, just sitting here watching
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #44 on: September 05, 2017, 01:58:03 PM »
Oops.......  :-[  ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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« Reply #45 on: September 05, 2017, 02:11:43 PM »
Quote from: BomberMann650 on September 04, 2017, 09:57:09 PM
Quote from: PeWe on September 04, 2017, 09:49:15 PM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on September 04, 2017, 08:37:44 PM
I'm bored, I think I'll start an oil thread....... ;D
YES, OIL THREAD!
Which oil will you use in your hillbilly bike? ...

 Bacon grease.

Hipster beard oil.
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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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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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« Reply #46 on: September 05, 2017, 02:18:42 PM »
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CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
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K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
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Re: Cafe or nay?
« Reply #49 on: September 05, 2017, 04:32:06 PM »
'77 and '78 stock exhausts are prettier than earlier ones. What the hell.
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