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A tough looking CB500T. That’s not a typo.

This one almost slipped past me in my spam filter for some reason. Sorry about that Robert. I love where you took it. More proof that you don’t need big bucks for a cool looking ride.

What to do with a CB 500T and some power tools you ask?

I made this thing a long time ago just messing around in my friends garage. I kept this bike out on the street in NYC and had been knocked over and fucked with so many times I decided to go with it. Rust seemed to make the bike look better. I etched out the pattern on the gas tank to make it look even more F-ed up and older while revealing the layers of paint. After all it’s just a CB 500T. Note the angle of the seat matches the frame rail so it looks more a part of the bike. I made it with scrap metal from the roof of junked Nissan 240sx. Hehehe
Great Site, love the bikes. I own a 71 Yamaha R5 350. Will send some pics of that soon.
Best,
Robert

Cafe Sporty.

I don’t post many of these but I do like them generally.  In this case the description was so honest I couldn’t resist.

Jim ~~
Attached is a pic of my identity-challenged naked, flat track, super moto, cafe chaser. Lot of fun to ride.
Love your site, keep up the great work.

Hermit hold

I might go for different colored wheels but different strokes and all that.  Would definitely be a fun back roads scoot.

TX750 Yamaha – Cafe racer

Nice build. If I had $2k and I liked this engine more I’d go buy it. Clean and nothing over the top. For Sale Locally.  No I don’t know the bike or the owner.

A truly stunning Cafe’d 1972 Puch JC Penny Flyer moped.

Or maybe it’s more of a board track racer.  Either way, the pictures really don’t do it justice.  Whatever your tastes you can’t deny the work and imagination that went into this tiny cafe.  Very well done.

An Ariel Square Four Featherbed (and an excellent gallery).

Fantastic Gallery from Mr. Vince Fyie

Hello,
More pictures – took these today at the Gilmore Museum Vintage Motorcycle Day.

Thank you very much sir.

Is there anything they won’t put into a featherbed frame? I’ve heard of them but I think this is the first I’ve seen… or for sure the nicest.

Here are som othe great shots well worth checking out.

Stunning Triumph Cafe Racer. The latest from our old friend Murph.

The latest from our old friend Murph. This is a stunner indeed.

Steve, I’m in Clog and Windmill country with people speaking a language that sounds hilarious to me !!!. Doesn’t even sound like they understand each other !!.
While riding through Eindhoven last week, I bumped into a guy sitting outside the front door to his apartment cleaning a pretty sweet looking Triumph, so I naturally got off the bike and took a bunch of shots. Well, it led to an amazing discovery, the guy has a museum in his attic with all sorts of old stuff, bicycles, mopeds, engines.
The post is just up on www.wherethehellismurrph.com, but I thought you might like to put up some of the shots of the Triumph, although that Seeley is scorched in my mind now, beautiful.
As always, keep up the good work, see ya in church !!!.

Regards from Holland,

Murph.

To see the complete collection that he’s referring to check out his post HERE. What a Fantastic find!

Another very creative “Dime City Cycles” Cafe Racer.

It’s an 88 Honda Shadow VT 800c engine.  I love “outside the box” bikes like these. You’re starting to see a lot of cafe’d Viragos out there so it’s cool to see another common V-twin platform incorporated. Nicely done.

A 1964 Triumph Triton T150 (by special request)

Someone wanted to see “the bike parked next to the RC30”. Here you go.