Fishboyfury
New Member
Hi everyone. First post. Hope I get it right. Here's the before and after shots of my BSA M21. Found the original bike down the side of a bloke's house in the sunny Australian city of Adelaide.
Mate and I carted it home and spent most Wednesday nights for the next 18 months transforming it into the purple bike it is today.
Took a while to find the bits (how'd people do it before the internet?) but it's finished now and goes like a charm, although that rigid frame is tough on the nether regions.
The beauty of this machine is that it could be returned to original within a day, if you had the parts.
I haven't made any changes to the integrity of the bike, just threaded new rims to the original hubs and stuck on my own rear guard, pipe, carbie, bars and controls.
Even that tank is the original, although it's got a pile of bog and welds underneath the paint.
Is it a cafe racer? I guess it's a matter of opinion.
Whatever it is, I like riding it and the sound of that 600cc single certainly is impressive.
Hope you like it.
Mate and I carted it home and spent most Wednesday nights for the next 18 months transforming it into the purple bike it is today.
Took a while to find the bits (how'd people do it before the internet?) but it's finished now and goes like a charm, although that rigid frame is tough on the nether regions.
The beauty of this machine is that it could be returned to original within a day, if you had the parts.
I haven't made any changes to the integrity of the bike, just threaded new rims to the original hubs and stuck on my own rear guard, pipe, carbie, bars and controls.
Even that tank is the original, although it's got a pile of bog and welds underneath the paint.
Is it a cafe racer? I guess it's a matter of opinion.
Whatever it is, I like riding it and the sound of that 600cc single certainly is impressive.
Hope you like it.
