conkerman wrote:Too young for the rose tinted specs. I do remember them weiging as much as a small moon.
They were a tad heavy, although I think it weighed less than my cb550k3 that I chopped in p/ex?
The critical thing though is that it had a perfectly placed centre of gravity. Perfect gearing for the power available. I think it may have been the first bike with tubeless tyres too?
They put a contra rotating clutch in there (sound familiar recently?) to cancel the "torque"reaction. True, that maybe robbed it of some character perhaps, but you could throw it around with impunity. It pulled very impressive wheelies, if you were into that sort of thing. I wasn't, but given a fist full in first it was difficult not to.
McBoxer wrote:[That's my favourite so far in this post,
Confession time
I actually emailed deus to get a price on that Sportster Cafe.
It came out at about £22,000
A bit hard to stomach considering it's based on the relativel cheap 1200 Nightster, and although it looks rad, there isn't much changed from original spec, and engine is untouched.
Ouch!
But, hey - if you can afford it, why not?
I can't, in case you were wondering......
I'd like to do my something similar to the R100 pictured on my old R65 eventually, but I'm pretty sure I won't be spending £22,000.
In fact, I'll try and avoid spending £220. No Scottish jokes please!
Big Scottish Al
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2004 BMW R1150R Rockster 80 Jahre
On "The Motorbike Show" they reported that the bottom has dropped out of the bespoke custom market (OCC etc.) but the retro / cafe market has taken off.
Trouble is, that prices of conversions are hideously expensive because it's where the money has now moved too.
There is no excuse for that Sportster costing as much as it does.
Pretty much all of that bike is totally standard apart from the seat, rear (chopped) mudguard and handlebars.
Amazing the effect that drilling a few holes here and there can have.
It's lovely, but they haven't done much to it.
When I had my GN400 I REALLY fancied converting it to this
or maybe this
To me a cafe racer really should be a single or a twin ..... a triple ..... may be but preferably not ... and not a four or a six .. oh and preferably air cooled too
Although I did fancy one of these at one time too
as an oddball choice
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1, '05 K1200S
Ouch!
But, hey - if you can afford it, why not?
I can't, in case you were wondering......
I'd like to do my something similar to the R100 pictured on my old R65 eventually, but I'm pretty sure I won't be spending £22,000.
In fact, I'll try and avoid spending £220. No Scottish jokes please!
How about Yorkshire jokes?
Q: What's the definition of a Yorkshireman?
A: A Scotsman with all the generosity squeezed out of him.
It's close though, so the joke works either way around. Ha ha.
Ouch!
.. oh and preferably air cooled too
