"Cafe Racer" such a loose term! Craigslist "Gem" of the week!

pwafer said:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mcy/5179062773.html
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Ohhh... that thing is really terrible... makes me want to write sad music. I think I'll call it "Requiem for a T Dub". Almost makes me want to buy it so I could put it back the way it should be.
 
Luugo86 said:
Yeah, it might have its shitty parts, but I think thats a pretty cool, fun looking little scooter.. just for blasting up and down the block.
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the point is it is unridable LOOK AT IT
 
late to the party on the kdx, I think it looks cool but what did they do to the front end?!? That's not just lowered is it - the trail looks pulled in as well. Or is that just cause it's lowered so much. Actually looks like "my mate Dave's" bike after he pranged it.
 
strang said:
late to the party on the kdx, I think it looks cool but what did they do to the front end?!? That's not just lowered is it - the trail looks pulled in as well. Or is that just cause it's lowered so much. Actually looks like "my mate Dave's" bike after he pranged it.
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hence the unridable, it will wobble bad enough to spit off the best rider at any real speed
 
strang said:
late to the party on the kdx, I think it looks cool but what did they do to the front end?!? That's not just lowered is it - the trail looks pulled in as well. Or is that just cause it's lowered so much. Actually looks like "my mate Dave's" bike after he pranged it.
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Very little offset in the trees pull the forks closer so it looks funny. The forks on it are probably shorter than the stock unit and then lowered another 2" making it even worse.
 
the kdx stock with full travel and set up for knife edge handling(correctly rear spring and set rear sag is the key) will wobble slightly coming off throttle hard in certain situations.they have a 26.5 degree head angle from memory pretty steep for that generation of dirtbike... that pos dropped in the front like that is just a huge tank slapper waiting to happen,probably not long after the poor dumb bastard that buys it just starts to get used to it :-\
 
xb33bsa said:
the kdx stock with full travel and set up for knife edge handling(correctly rear spring and set rear sag is the key) will wobble slightly coming off throttle hard in certain situations.they have a 26.5 degree head angle from memory pretty steep for that generation of dirtbike... that pos dropped in the front like that is just a huge tank slapper waiting to happen,probably not long after the poor dumb bastard that buys it just starts to get used to it :-\
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If it don't body slam yuh ass it's all good... i'm pretty sure you have felt the shit knock on your rubber band before :eek:
 
Re: "Cafe Racer" such a loose term! Craigslist "Gem" of the week!

xb33bsa said:
the point is it is unridable LOOK AT IT
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Betcha a nickle and a high five I could ride it. (You never said how fast or far)
 
xb33bsa said:
seen stars fergot whitch way wus :eek:
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I see what you did therrr... fact IS when you were 13 if you seen that stoopid thing you would of sold used newspapers to get yer grubby hands on it... and now you would have the ground off forehead to show for it :eek:
 
1974 Yammy 360 with pipe, reed valve and set up right. I still have scars from that one. I can only imagine how bad I could screw myself up on that miserable kdx.bj
 
Tune-A-Fish said:
I see what you did therrr... fact IS when you were 13 if you seen that stoopid thing you would of sold used newspapers to get yer grubby hands on it... and now you would have the ground off forehead to show for it :eek:
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i was smarter than that , still am and everybody back then was too......that pos would get laughed out of any converstituation for what it is...when i was 13 i was selling newspapers and i bought one of these with that and the yard work money
notice it was a facatory cafe racer stylin'
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When I was 13, I rode this and I was an absolute idiot on it.

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That said, I'd ride that KDX too. I've done far worse at that age.
 
all this i'de ride it horshit holds zero water ::) sure you could get on it and wobble down the road on the way to the crash,. but you cant RIDE it it is gonna ride you ,i am embrassed for anybody that thinks othertwise
 
Well, we rode the manure cart backwards down the hill, through the electric fence to the bottom of the horse pasture; jumping the steps in the land the whole way. So yeah, I'd ride that shit.
 
deviant said:
Well, we rode the manure cart backwards down the hill, through the electric fence to the bottom of the horse pasture; jumping the steps in the land the whole way. So yeah, I'd ride that shit.
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Flashbacks of using a red wagon handle as a steering wheel on a 'gravity go-cart".
 
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