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The Legend of the Café Racer
« on: February 19, 2011, 01:44:12 AM »
. . . case you had some questions about it:

[youtube=425,350]WgpGy8e2Ghc[/youtube]

<edit> Finally figures out how to embed Youtube videos on this forum.
« Last Edit: February 20, 2011, 08:48:18 PM by swellguy »
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2011, 04:34:54 AM »
Ha ha ha, brilliant...only Carpy (and his old man of course!) would attempt to change history and invent the cafe racer for themselves! Funny as f***.  well done Carpy, well done!
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2011, 07:16:13 AM »
Pretty funny good job!

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2011, 07:45:14 AM »
Yep, that answered all my "super effing" questions.  Good find. Too funny.
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2011, 07:49:24 AM »
wow glad all the info is right there and now i dont have to go out of my way to look..... ;D
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2011, 07:51:38 AM »
speaking of movies about cafe racers if you guys haven't seen "cafe society" buy it it is well worth the history lesson
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2011, 10:40:07 AM »
 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

oh crap, that's funny

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2011, 11:27:44 AM »
Is this someone making fun of a dotheton forum topic?
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2011, 01:55:59 PM »
Is this someone making fun of a dotheton forum topic?


Hmmm. Do ya think?

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2011, 02:03:24 PM »
I want the t-shirt!
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2011, 02:18:54 PM »
WOW!!! ROTeffinFL!!
  who made that??  genius!!
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2011, 02:48:03 PM »
Classic.  I am going to show it to my friends who don't ride so they can all be "basically a professional cafe racer."  This is basically how it sounded the first time Al Gore discussed his invention of the internet.   

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2011, 09:26:02 PM »
Wow I thought I knew a lot, but after that I now know I knew nothing  ::)
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2011, 01:27:23 AM »
boo :'(

all ive done is put clubmans on keeping the internal wiring. decked the head, lapped the valves, ported and polished a pound out of the head and intake runners. rejetted for pods so it burns coffee on the plugs. cut and welded my pan so it sits up to the kz900 rear loop i welded in, but also utilizes the stock hinges, registration pocket and frame protectors. not to mention all that other stupid stuff like pulling every engine cover off to hand polish, and paint my tank and side panels. i should had just gone to bcr. now ill never have a cool cafe racer like everyone else.

great vid
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2011, 07:54:32 AM »
No, Crapy could sell you a real one too, remember that.
"Well, Mr. Carpetbagger. We got somethin' in this territory called the Missouri boat ride."   Josey Wales

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2011, 08:38:20 AM »
I'm super fu#king savvy!
CLASSIC!
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2011, 09:02:13 AM »
Holy fauk the dude is wearing a birdhouse on his freakin head.  .   WTF

If the chick didn't have bolts coming out of her chin .... I'd do her.

Anyone confirm the original source for this vid?

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2011, 09:35:55 AM »
It's not a birdhouse,it's an outhouse.
I think he's a sh!thead. ;D
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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2011, 09:51:05 AM »
I love it, it pretty much makes fun of everyone all at the same time. "why would someone make a cafe racer out of an old british bike, that's #$%*ed up" hahahaha.

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2011, 11:29:55 AM »
I love it! Classic. I didnt know much about bikes 4 years ago but i was never that dumb.

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2011, 11:45:00 AM »
That was fantastic!


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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #21 on: February 20, 2011, 06:07:06 PM »
Wow that was some funny #$%*!!

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #22 on: February 20, 2011, 08:40:10 PM »
He's so f**king stoked.  That was hilarious.

Where can I get one of those T-shirts? ;D

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Re: The Legend of the Café Racer
« Reply #23 on: February 20, 2011, 08:57:03 PM »
Where can I get one of those T-shirts? ;D

With the roll of toilet paper (oops, Cuban oil filter) on it?
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