Topic: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "

[Retro Rocket]

I think that's your standard 38-24-36...

oh, a high center of gravity then.

Not bad in the curves though....

Mick

And that high center of gravity comes in handy if you happen to lay her down....   

And preferably, before it needs a rebore.....

Mick

[flipprboi]

Here's a customer bike. I really like how it turned out. Makes me want to make one for my own.





for more info: http://www.treatspetresort.com/71cb450/

Benjie
www.benjiescaferacer.com

[Spikeybike]

man benjie

i'm really diggin the rear wheel one the front ... i've been contemplating that for my latest creation .. and i love that taillight ...  

very nice,, very nice indeed     i just popped around your site (havn't seen it in like a year or so)   .. dude you've been busy  ... i love that sportster cafe ..very cool
                                     -cheers

[scunny]

love your work Benjie. nice style on this one

[Ecosse]

love your work Benjie. nice style on this one

i'll have to go along with that. some nice ideas there! don't recognize the tail light; 1930's...?

what's the head light from? gotta have a vdo of that exhaust!

[traveler]

I think that's your standard 38-24-36...

oh, a high center of gravity then.

Not bad in the curves though....

Mick

And that high center of gravity comes in handy if you happen to lay her down....   

And preferably, before it needs a rebore.....

Mick

No matter how good she looks, some guy somewhere, is tired of listening to her b1tch.

~Joe

[Zaipai]

Here's a customer bike. I really like how it turned out. Makes me want to make one for my own.

Benjie
www.benjiescaferacer.com

Dang that is sweet, I agree need a video of the thing running.. Would love to hear it..

.: Scott :.

[traveler]

How did it win "best rocker" in Chicago??  That is a bobber, not a cafe.......me thinks alot of the young guys are getting confused.

Whatever you think of it, it is NOT a cafe racer.

~Joe

[Ecosse]

a shame ya had to hack into such a nice stocker though. wouldn't think finding a suitable beater would be such a chore since you're throwing away everything oem anyway.

"This bike started off as a pristine '71 CB450, garage kept, third owner, 3000 miles. I put a hundred miles on it before deconstruction."

http://www.treatspetresort.com/71cb450/

[traveler]

damn shame...

[fastbroshi]

Awww #$%*, here we go...

[Ricky_Racer]

     RR

[Flying J]

yeah i read that and it felt like he was bragging about tearing apart such a nice bike. I had a hard time cutting on my 550 and it was a pile of crap when i got it. But i guess when you have the money to just pay benjie to build you a 1 off tank and probably pay someone to build it for you then who cares about some 40 bike. It looks like he did it a favor. anyway might be a repost but i hate to rant with out add to the inspiration.

[Ecosse]

wow! it's almost a negative of your bike, ff!

[fastbroshi]

Well done, some nice details there.  Although I have to wonder what people are thinking when they add brackets like that to the rear of the tank.  Aesthetically they look cool, but functionally, I like to keep my nuts intact.

[Sam Green Racing]

How did it win "best rocker" in Chicago??  That is a bobber, not a cafe.......me thinks alot of the young guys are getting confused.

Whatever you think of it, it is NOT a cafe racer.

~Joe

Joe, a rocker is a person who rides bikes, not nessacerally a cafe, the opposition were the mods who rode scooters and liked to dress up. 

Sam.

[Laminar]

Joe, a rocker is a person who rides bikes, not nessacerally a cafe, the opposition were the mods who rode scooters and liked to dress up.  

Sam.

KIDS THESE DAYS. 

[75cb550 (kyle)]

Here's a customer bike. I really like how it turned out. Makes me want to make one for my own.





for more info: http://www.treatspetresort.com/71cb450/

Benjie
www.benjiescaferacer.com

i think it's sexy. even if you deflowered a virgin

[Godffery]

a shame ya had to hack into such a nice stocker though. wouldn't think finding a suitable beater would be such a chore since you're throwing away everything oem anyway.

"This bike started off as a pristine '71 CB450, garage kept, third owner, 3000 miles. "I put a hundred miles on it before deconstruction."

Apparently the search wasn't very exhaustive...
http://www2.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mash.cgi?cat=cpmoto&itm=honda&loc=&fil=450&ys=1965&ye=1976&ps=&pe=&pgs=100&submit=++++go++++  I have to wonder if any WTB post's were put out? I have two baskets with titles I would have sold for chump change.   I'm all for building Custom ass Jewelery, but not at the expense of a truly diminishing classic; afterall, we aren't really owners of these old bikes as much as merely custodians of history.
A damn shame, indeed!

[75cb550 (kyle)]

we can't blame Benjie for what someone else had done to their bike.

especially when it came out so nice

[j squared]

Proper inspiration.




It looks so simple!  Insert tab A into slot B, rinse repeat.

[Flying J]

I want that kit

[sangyo soichiro]

I wonder where the seat is...?

[Spikeybike]

hand controls ... but no bars ?

[sangyo soichiro]

Yeah... I think the owner of those parts got excited and had an itchy picture finger.