Cafe Racers
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Both lend themselves to the café racer well. The lines of the Guzzi from some angles may have the edge. The BMW,s still have the edge on price but the gap is closing, i,d like to do a café in a year or two but fashion may price me out...maybe a Tonti framed 850 Guzzi hidden in a barn by a kind benefactor...I can but dream
kernow,the last bit
cornishflat wrote:Both lend themselves to the café racer well. The lines of the Guzzi from some angles may have the edge. The BMW,s still have the edge on price but the gap is closing, i,d like to do a café in a year or two but fashion may price me out...maybe a Tonti framed 850 Guzzi hidden in a barn by a kind benefactor...I can but dream
With the bird in the guzzi photo (other thread), that's not a bad dream.
The black guzzi above looks good. Don't do fairings. Don't do plastic for that matter.
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Corvus wrote:cornishflat wrote:Both lend themselves to the café racer well. The lines of the Guzzi from some angles may have the edge. The BMW,s still have the edge on price but the gap is closing, i,d like to do a café in a year or two but fashion may price me out...maybe a Tonti framed 850 Guzzi hidden in a barn by a kind benefactor...I can but dream
With the bird in the guzzi photo (other thread), that's not a bad dream.
The black guzzi above looks good. Don't do fairings. Don't do plastic for that matter.
Mmmmmm
kernow,the last bit
Grip Fast wrote:Agree with Bikesnbones on cafe racers. I have toyed with the idea of making a cafe racer out of the R12S, but I won't. It would no longer be a practical bike, and I do tour on it.
After I first got my bike, I was down at a local coffee stop where bikers meet , and this young guy took a shine to my bike and came over.
He asked
"Is that the café racer version of the GS"
I explained that it wasn't but after I got home I thought, hang on a minute, the young whipper snapper may have a point.
Drop handlebars, top half fairing, (like the endurance fairings that were popular on bikes of the 60's), single seat with hump at the back, and of course an old school air cooled twin engine.
Ever since, I tend to think of my bike as a modern take on a café racer.
Blackal wrote:
Triumph's Thruxton is bloody nice - for a factory bike, too.
Al
Too true.
And don't forget Guzzi's V7 Racer.
This was mine, as seen in the love hate thread.
Out of the box Café Racer that was a complete headache to own.
If I were building one, I might be inclined towards a Harley Sportster as a base.
This is nice.
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