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The_AirHawk · 04-26-2007, 09:07 AM

Frickin' Sweet!!

Buzglyd · 04-26-2007, 09:19 AM

I came across this site a while ago because he had a RD400 cafe racer on Ebay. I didn't buy it and now someone else is fogging their neighborhood.

He seems to specialize in Honda 4 cylinders. Nothing like the simplicity of two wheels and an air-cooled motor.

Aero_Doc · 04-26-2007, 09:20 AM

Somebody explain to me what's with cafe racer's? I just don't get it. Are the bikes made to be ridden or just ridden/posed down some boulevard and parked outside a cafe all day....

Buzglyd · 04-26-2007, 09:28 AM

No. This is friggin' <a href="http://news.motorcycle.com/article.motml?thold=-1&mode=thread&order=1&sid=2283">Sweet!<a>

Kenneth_Moore · 04-26-2007, 09:31 AM

A CafÃ© racer, originally pronounced "caff" (as in Kaff) racer, is a type of motorcycle as well as a type of motorcyclist. Both meanings have their roots in the 1960s British counterculture group the Rockers or the Ton Up Club, although they were also common in Italy, amongst Italian motorcycle manufacturers and other European countries.

Rockers were a young and rebellious Rock and Roll counterculture that wanted a fast, personalised and distinctive bike to travel between transport cafÃ©s along the newly built arterial motorways in and around British towns and cities. The goal of many was to be able to reach 100 miles per hour (called simply "the ton") along such a route where the rider would leave from a cafe, race to a predetermined point and back to the cafe before a single song could play on the jukebox, this was called record-racing. They are remembered as being especially fond of Rockabilly music and their image is now embedded in today's rockabilly culture. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

schizuki · 04-26-2007, 10:00 AM

In the Beginning, young men of iron on both sides of the Ocean didst strip their motorcycles of useless weight and worldly encumbrances, leaving only the Essence of the machine, which was Good, and in doing so gave their mounts the grace of Handling; they didst then perform the Holy Rites of Porting, and Polishing, and all other manner of Massaging unto the engine, and in doing so gave their mounts the grace of Speed; and they didst cavort upon the straight roads of America as Bobbers and the winding lanes of Britain as Cafe Racers, brothers in spirit. But thence came the Great Schism, when the two like tribes diverged, and the Bobbers did take the Road to Cruiserdom, and the Cafe Racers did ride to Sportbikedom, and they did pollute the lands along their paths with their abominable spawn of Choppers and Stuntaz and like manner of unholy douchebaggery. Amen.

Kreb_Cycle · 04-26-2007, 10:01 AM

Why, oh why, did you have to do that?

I just spent some more of my life reading 4-year-old lies by that fool. I feel a little sick now.

schizuki · 04-26-2007, 10:06 AM

I've had this bike bookmarked for quite a while. I think the Cafe Racer "scene" was the absolute coolest moto culture ever. I love the idea of a modern interpretation of a cafe racer. So much so that every year I look at my Bandit and think, "Hmm, strip off the fairing, put on some rearsets and clip-ons, put on a headlight bikini fairing, chrome the tank... maybe a custom 'Ton-Up Bandit' decal on the tank..."

schizuki · 04-26-2007, 10:17 AM

Cool, now I know where the tube-top reference comes from.

The_AirHawk · 04-26-2007, 10:31 AM

AND the Boomstick/Broomstick.............

04-26-2007, 09:07 AM	#1
The_AirHawk Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Livin' in a Van: down by the Mariana Trench Posts: 10,891	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! Frickin' Sweet!! __________________ *Parfois, on fait pas semblant* Sometimes, it's not pretend Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear политики предпочитают безоружных крестьян Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now...

04-26-2007, 09:19 AM	#2
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,137	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! I came across this site a while ago because he had a RD400 cafe racer on Ebay. I didn't buy it and now someone else is fogging their neighborhood. He seems to specialize in Honda 4 cylinders. Nothing like the simplicity of two wheels and an air-cooled motor. __________________ Jay Leno: "President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama."

04-26-2007, 09:20 AM	#3
Aero_Doc Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 49	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! Somebody explain to me what's with cafe racer's? I just don't get it. Are the bikes made to be ridden or just ridden/posed down some boulevard and parked outside a cafe all day.... __________________ Life is too short so ride with a smile

04-26-2007, 09:28 AM	#4
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,137	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! No. This is friggin' <a href="http://news.motorcycle.com/article.motml?thold=-1&mode=thread&order=1&sid=2283">Sweet!<a> __________________ Jay Leno: "President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama."

04-26-2007, 09:31 AM	#5
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! A CafÃ© racer, originally pronounced "caff" (as in Kaff) racer, is a type of motorcycle as well as a type of motorcyclist. Both meanings have their roots in the 1960s British counterculture group the Rockers or the Ton Up Club, although they were also common in Italy, amongst Italian motorcycle manufacturers and other European countries. Rockers were a young and rebellious Rock and Roll counterculture that wanted a fast, personalised and distinctive bike to travel between transport cafÃ©s along the newly built arterial motorways in and around British towns and cities. The goal of many was to be able to reach 100 miles per hour (called simply "the ton") along such a route where the rider would leave from a cafe, race to a predetermined point and back to the cafe before a single song could play on the jukebox, this was called record-racing. They are remembered as being especially fond of Rockabilly music and their image is now embedded in today's rockabilly culture. (Courtesy of Wikipedia) __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

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04-26-2007, 10:00 AM	#6
schizuki Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 4,413	A reading from the Book of Velocity In the Beginning, young men of iron on both sides of the Ocean didst strip their motorcycles of useless weight and worldly encumbrances, leaving only the Essence of the machine, which was Good, and in doing so gave their mounts the grace of Handling; they didst then perform the Holy Rites of Porting, and Polishing, and all other manner of Massaging unto the engine, and in doing so gave their mounts the grace of Speed; and they didst cavort upon the straight roads of America as Bobbers and the winding lanes of Britain as Cafe Racers, brothers in spirit. But thence came the Great Schism, when the two like tribes diverged, and the Bobbers did take the Road to Cruiserdom, and the Cafe Racers did ride to Sportbikedom, and they did pollute the lands along their paths with their abominable spawn of Choppers and Stuntaz and like manner of unholy douchebaggery. Amen. __________________ “[The video] should be sent for example to ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN and maybe PBS and VOA. As for Fox News, let her die in her anger... I used to think that MSNBC channel may be good and neutral a bit, but is has lately fired two of the most famous journalists – Keith Olbermann and Octavia Nasser.” - Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn. Or any American lefty.

04-26-2007, 10:01 AM	#7
Kreb_Cycle Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 872	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! Why, oh why, did you have to do that? I just spent some more of my life reading 4-year-old lies by that fool. I feel a little sick now. __________________ He was a fattish but active man of paralyzing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms—one of those completely unquestioning, devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the thought police, the stability of the Party depended. - George Orwell _1984_

04-26-2007, 10:06 AM	#8
schizuki Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 4,413	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! I've had this bike bookmarked for quite a while. I think the Cafe Racer "scene" was the absolute coolest moto culture ever. I love the idea of a modern interpretation of a cafe racer. So much so that every year I look at my Bandit and think, "Hmm, strip off the fairing, put on some rearsets and clip-ons, put on a headlight bikini fairing, chrome the tank... maybe a custom 'Ton-Up Bandit' decal on the tank..." __________________ “[The video] should be sent for example to ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN and maybe PBS and VOA. As for Fox News, let her die in her anger... I used to think that MSNBC channel may be good and neutral a bit, but is has lately fired two of the most famous journalists – Keith Olbermann and Octavia Nasser.” - Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn. Or any American lefty.

04-26-2007, 10:17 AM	#9
schizuki Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 4,413	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! Cool, now I know where the tube-top reference comes from. __________________ “[The video] should be sent for example to ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN and maybe PBS and VOA. As for Fox News, let her die in her anger... I used to think that MSNBC channel may be good and neutral a bit, but is has lately fired two of the most famous journalists – Keith Olbermann and Octavia Nasser.” - Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn. Or any American lefty.

04-26-2007, 10:31 AM	#10
The_AirHawk Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Livin' in a Van: down by the Mariana Trench Posts: 10,891	Re: Screw the Cool; Look and Drool !!!!! AND the Boomstick/Broomstick............. __________________ *Parfois, on fait pas semblant* Sometimes, it's not pretend Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear политики предпочитают безоружных крестьян Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now...