hey guys just finished my latest bike,, i decided this one had to be very rideable over long distances,, no more baboon butt for me...lolol...i even chose not to use my standard coker firestones just so i could get this one up to highway speeds and not only do the ton but continue doing the ton for hours at a time ..... nvp
phat cafe bike for those long hauls....
- Thread starter rtccp
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:-*i guess i should have mentioned , it is a 1983 goldwing , starting off with a 30,000 mile ( low mileage for a wing) original , i bascially stripped off all the unwanted crap , chopped the rear subframe a wee tad, stripped the wheels done to nothing , new bearings, totally new brakes , rotors sent to detroit for resurfacing and drilling, seat got about 6" cut out of the middle and then redone, new paint , all mech gone through and running top notch, new paint, low bars off of a new 2014 cb 1100,, new front chrome fender off of a old cb 900, marine grade stainless 1.75" tubing grab bar, led fast taillights,.. etc etc etc... oh yeah before anybody threatens me with bodily harm over calling this monstrocity a cafe racer, remember i did this to turn it into my "long distance rider" and boy does it do that great,,, it will run 120mph for hours on end and not even get warm,,, smooth as silk, and actually it is very nimble without all the crap on it ,, just last night i went to niagra on the lake via the back roads of jordan and was going 90+ in 4th reving just 4500 up hill around a treed corner and had it leaned over quite a bit , a young guy on a ninja caught up to me a couple of miles later and was out of his mind at the angle i had it laid over for a goldwing,,,,, i told him , beware of phat guys on phat bikes,,,lolololol... anyway later... nvp
Speedfreak
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Really nice bike, but not a café racer in my opinion.
