Cafe Racer

Fantastic Yamaha TX500 Cafe Rider!

Tyler Hammond sends in another beautiful build! He writes in:

Hello again,
I was excited to see my Norton on your blog….actually more like
honored to be among other cool bikes……then I realized I have built
other cool bikes over the years. So i have transfered some pics from
an old computer to forward to you.

This is a 1974 Yamaha TX500 twin. It never really sold well, but its
claim to fame was it was one of the first Yamahas with DOHC. I built
this bike originally about 12 years ago (in Yellow) then revamped it
about 8 years ago, before the customization it was in stock format and
my daily driver. Its still basically a stock bike. with the exception
of the exhaust pipes I made myself (sportster mufflers) . The Tail
light is a 1959 caddy. I added another disc brake to the original
setup with little fuss…I did convert the master cylinder to handle
the Dual brakes. The Seat was also a custom Job i did myself by
cutting up the stock seat pan and some fiberglass. The bike did get
the complete frame up rebuild including powdercoating the frame. I
sold this bike about a year ago after nearly 20 years of ownership. Of
course Having a Norton Commando in the Garage makes it pretty easy to
forget about this old girl.


Reader Ride. 1980 DUCATI GTV 350 Cafe Racer

Bibu Writes in:

Hi ! … First of all i want to congratulate you for your site ,it’s great .
I’m Bibu from Romania and I’m 100% DUCATISTA … I own a little garage called desmoBIBU “Custom Cycles” …….
This is my 1980 DUCATI GTV 350 (desmo parallel twin) that i’ve modified into a caferacer … It’s a very rare bike ,only 958 built … It took me 11 months to complete .
This is a little movie i’ve maked with the build thread : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhFR070TOCM&feature=player_embedded
Hope you like it .

Check out my blog for my other bikes and other cool stuff : http://desmobibu.blogspot.com/
Good luck !
Bibu,

A Bismark Enfield Cafe.

You gotta love what folks are doing with these bike. Thanks to Doug Nassif of Bismarck, ND.

A seriously Classy CB450 Cafe Build.

Great build thread over on Do The Ton. Be sure to check it out!

Reader Submittal. A homebrewed CB750 Cafe.

Hi my name is nick, I’m from Wisconsin this is my 1971 CB 750 Cafe that I put together. It took me two years it was my first build.

First Build!  Nice Job!  I like the cutouts on the tank.  I’m a little foggoy on Honda’s.  Is that stock?

The Britboy Specials! One BMW and One Triumph.

A pair of local bikes built by my buddy Rich.  That Triumph used to be mine back when it was stock.  One of the best engines in mototcycledom…

 

Think I’ll use the opportunity to go with a few “greatest hits” from the old blog. I present the 1974 Rickman Honda CR

I caught this beauty at the “Riding Into History” show in St Augustine Florida a few years back.  Just Gorgeous!