i am all about it. out of curiosity, did you try a black spade with white X's? i think either way we are onto something. great work.
i have two friends in mind. he is an older guy, but has been building bikes most of his life. he had an pretty trick sr500 back in the 80's that was in the cafe racer style. currently he has a royal enfield, amongst others i think. he is a good craftsman too. he built his own rear sets on the enfield, and builds pretty much anything else he wants. my other friend has a couple of RD 2 strokes, but i am not sure i would call them cafe, yet. he was pretty inspired by my CB550, so he may be into swapping some bars and what not. he just got laid off for the winter too. seems to be a theme here.
anyway, my bike is far from road worthy, and not working it feels like it is getting further away. i am hoping to have the carbs rebuilt in the next week or so, and i stripped my seat down to the pan, so i will be working on that. i am trying to figure out how i will mount the tail light in the seat, but i have some ideas. then i can confirm the rest of the electrical is working. hopefully if santa is generous i can get some adjustable clubmans from omar's dtr. tires are next, and i should probably get my endorsement. so thats where i am at.
later,
ryan