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luckydevil

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My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« on: March 31, 2008, 04:55:04 PM »
Thought some of you might be interested in seeing my 1993 CB250 Cafe Racer.  Lot's of time and work went into this, and it went through two different cafe versions.  Hope ya like.


How it is now.







How it Was.



Video of how it was.



and original when I got it.

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Offline EdB

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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2008, 07:33:29 PM »
thats pretty sweet. wish the nighhawks were like that back when i took the learners course. nice work
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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2008, 07:36:31 PM »
The 250 nighthawk was NEVER like this.   ;D  Others on a nighthawk forum have tried, but were to afraid of "depreciating" their bike to go this far.  This was a really fun build and a great learning experience in custom fitting parts.
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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2008, 08:44:33 PM »
Quote from: luckydevil on March 31, 2008, 07:36:31 PM
The 250 nighthawk was NEVER like this.   ;D  Others on a nighthawk forum have tried, but were to afraid of "depreciating" their bike to go this far.  This was a really fun build and a great learning experience in custom fitting parts.

How do you depreciate a 250 nighthawk?
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luckydevil

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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2008, 09:09:21 PM »
My thoughts, exactly.
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Offline hoodellyhoo

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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2008, 09:25:46 PM »
You stole my idea!!!!

The whole time I was taking the msf course last fall (on rebels and gz250's) I was wondering what those bikes would look like as a bare bones cafe. Now I know.
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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2008, 12:29:49 PM »
Hell I think he more than doubled the value....

Thats a great looking cafe bro.
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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2008, 02:04:53 PM »
I need one for my wife ;D
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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2008, 02:47:35 PM »
Devil, Did that 400/4 tank bolt right on or did it take some fabrication?
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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2008, 03:17:50 PM »
i never realized how similar the bikes really are to the old cbs until you got all the ugly off. 
must have been a lot of scrubbin'.   ;D
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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2008, 04:26:53 PM »
tank fit right on the rubbers, but came up about 4" short of the rear tank mount.  Plus the rear of the tank sat about 6" to low.  So, I fabricated a mount for it at the rear.
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Offline magnus72

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Re: My 1993 CB250 Cafe
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2008, 10:26:31 PM »
i took the MSF with that bike. Strange looking at it now, but a great job.
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