Recent content by Dirty1

@ Milky, I'm not confusing Style with Preformance, surely Cafe Racers are about both unlike Chops etc. But IMO a Cafe Racer has to have that classic 'look' otherwise a modern sports bike with no fairing could be defined as a Cafe racer. I love the new wave of Cafe/Brat/Trackers but there's guys...

I don't hate it. What I don't like is the amount of crap builds being passed off as Caferacers based on bikes that were never good or cool when they were new, let alone with a chopped seat an stock bars turned upside down.

I'm only chiming in on this now and haven't read everything. I've been into Cafe racers all my life, every bike I've ever owned has been modified cafe style, I was doing this at 16, fitting ace bars an a tz race seat to my RD80. Right now I haven't the time or money to finish my current build...

Its been a while since I got to do anything with this but I finally got back at it after weeks of messing woth other projects etc. Time to start making the rest of the subframe! Im kind of figuring this out as I go, its hard to tell if my positioning an proportions will be right, but hey I can...

Okay Its been a while since Ive done anything to the Bimmer, Ive been away foe a couple of weeks and the busy with other stuff so tonight I finally got back to working on it!!! I made a start on the subframe, I'll post a few pics of what Ive done just to update this thread but its only a small...

Just checkin back in, I just arrived in Dallas tonight, but unfortunatly too late to drop by the Amsterdam bar, plus my GF booked our hotel a little too far out town we're staying in Allen tonight! We were in Austin on Sunday/Mondat nd saw alot of Cafe bike around South Congress, A Red New...

Front brake calipers stripped, cleaned, painted and rebuilt!! I junking BM's car like hoses and going to make up a set of braided lines! All in the name of weight saving, these old boxers go quiet well when you junk all the anorak stuff! Time to piss off the purists!!! Thats me done on...

I hate the wheels too but it's a budget built so we'll see how it ends up, if I like it it may warrant me getting a set of wire wheels! The wheels restrict you along with the shaftdrive on tyre size too. Ritmo Serrano run a more modern 3 spoke on their bikes but probably crazy money.

I fly back on the 22 so I'll have to miss the swap, but anything you guys think of in the next 2 weeks would be appreciated! Thanks

Well all this has given me an idea of what I want so I broke out the Chartpacks and started sketching to see what way I am going to approach the rear end! I goal is to build a subframe for the single seat and fabricate the seat onto it! I also want to be able to swap the subframe back to the...

Thanks for all the positive comments, who knows where it will end up, my taste ould be up my a-hole for all you know!!!! ;) Anyway, these shots are taken over the last couple of weeks, Ive been working on it most evenings after I get home from work, Ive got a deadline for the first unpainted...

I just used a regular parts washer with Jizer or Gunk in it, after hours of washing I decided to take out the Dremel with a wirebrush attachment, I should have done it from the start!

I coming to the US from Ireland between the 8th an 22nd of Oct and I'll be travelling around Texas, mainly in Texarkana visiting relatives but I'll be travelling around too, to Dallas, Austin and where ever I decide to go!!! Im looking for stuff to do , places to visit, Im a petrol head so...

Next I stripped the front end, the fork seals where leaking so I put in new seals and fresh oil. I cleaned up the head bearings while I was at it and repacked then with fresh grease. I Didnt paint the lower legs yet as they have a nice patina, but also as im building it up first and when its...

I quickly threw off all the panniers, and the mis-matched fairings that came with it and stripped it down before anyone started to question my sanity!! My Dad had heard the bike run, altough it wasnt charging and the fuel was years old and the carb rubbers where split!! I ordered new...