More photos and description here: http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413679
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Sept. 29, 2011 5:31 p.m. Ranger50 Dork
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Sept. 29, 2011 6:52 p.m. alex SuperDork
Hm. Not sure how I feel about the wheels. And the front end is way overkill, in my opinion - I guarantee that front tire is wider than the stock rear.
But it's a great build. I've been gathering (or should I say, not selling) parts for a build like this for years.
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Sept. 29, 2011 8:21 p.m. Rusnak_322 HalfDork
That cafe racer crap is never going to take off.
Like the bike, bu there is an unwritten rule of cafe racerness - the seat should not extend past an imaginary vertical line that extends out of the center of the rear axle.
the headlight mount is a new one to me.
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Sept. 29, 2011 10:25 p.m. HappyAndy HalfDork
That's a sweet ride! I don't care for the wheels or forks either. If it were mine it would have spoke wheels with high flange rims and conventional, but still relatively modern, set of forks. All in all very well done though.
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Sept. 29, 2011 10:50 p.m. fasted58 SuperDork
Honda badges look out of place now w/ cafe, maybe striping too, the seat tail too long meh. Nice build tho no doubt.
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Sept. 30, 2011 12:59 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork
If ever a bike needed Comstars, this is it.
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Sept. 30, 2011 9:24 a.m. PHeller Dork
If wanted a bike with modern brakes, suspension, and wheels, but with an aircooled engine, I'd look to the 80's.
Not spend 2 grand on a 360cc bike.
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Sept. 30, 2011 9:50 a.m. Josh Dork
I like it. I know it's not a proper cafe racer and it'd be destroyed by a more modern bike, but I love the classic/modern hybrid looks. It looks like a fun bike that would be a huge upgrade over the original in control, that you might actually be able to ride hard without killing yourself unlike modern bikes.
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Sept. 30, 2011 8:55 p.m. stroker HalfDork
If that was an XS650 it'd be really, really cool.
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Oct. 3, 2011 6:22 p.m. alex SuperDork
This is a momentum bike if ever one existed. I love 350/360s, but "powerful" is about the last way one could accurately be described.
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Oct. 5, 2011 8:30 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork
Great paint, attention to every detail, and Ohlns shocks make any bike sexy.
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Oct. 5, 2011 8:43 a.m. Rusnak_322 HalfDork
those are not Ohlins - they are cheap-o ebay shocks. I have the same ones on my CB360. Mine were $100 for the pair.
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Oct. 5, 2011 9:21 a.m. alex SuperDork
I like yours better.
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Oct. 5, 2011 12:09 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
Where do you find rear set pegs for that bike?
Dan
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Oct. 5, 2011 12:12 p.m. Rusnak_322 HalfDork
