Oilycafe
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Lived bikes from the time I was 12 until my late 20s. Worked part time in a Honda shop a couple summers. (changing oil and ugh - changing tires
Getting back into bikes after a literal lifetime, I gave up riding in 1982 after a couple of close calls. My soon to be wife was an influence.
My Dad really put the nail in it when I was telling him about the close calls. He said, "It takes two to make an accident and you're the common denominator".
Got my jollies over the years with over the top Hot Boats and Snowmobiles.
Most of my friends stayed in the hobby and sometimes would encourage me to get another bike. My wife would tell them, "He can't get another motorcycle 'till he grows up".
She told somebody a couple of months ago that I was 60 going on 18. YES! I thought - all these years of being 16 and now I'm grown up!!
Don't need a go fast. (Wife calls Sport Bikes Zoom Splats).
Restoring vintage cars has taught me to appreciate the past ( It's not miles per gallon but smiles per gallon ) so cafe racers hold an appeal.
Some of my more recent Restorations / Restomods http://www.supermotors.net/users/Snakoil
Been lurking here for months and looking all last summer doing research and soaking up anything "cafe" on the internet - a loose term to be sure...
I'm leaning Honda of course. Last bike was a 82 750F .
Came across an original owner CB 550 "Barn Find" that I know won't be going anywhere so I've filed that one away.
Friend has a 650 junker - file that... mmm 650 motor, bore kit in a 550 frame with Cognito Moto oozing from the seams....
Then I see the SOHC pics - Classic lines but they seem like a-holes and Chevelles everybody seems to have one - But wait, how many do I see around here...NONE
Sometimes the internet makes things bigger or more prevalent than reality.
As with vintage cars, seems the best one find you not the other way around.
So I'll keep looking... In the mean time maybe I'll look for that 82 750F.... until I find a bike that I can cobb - I mean Cafe.
Danny
Getting back into bikes after a literal lifetime, I gave up riding in 1982 after a couple of close calls. My soon to be wife was an influence.
My Dad really put the nail in it when I was telling him about the close calls. He said, "It takes two to make an accident and you're the common denominator".
Got my jollies over the years with over the top Hot Boats and Snowmobiles.
Most of my friends stayed in the hobby and sometimes would encourage me to get another bike. My wife would tell them, "He can't get another motorcycle 'till he grows up".
She told somebody a couple of months ago that I was 60 going on 18. YES! I thought - all these years of being 16 and now I'm grown up!!
Don't need a go fast. (Wife calls Sport Bikes Zoom Splats).
Restoring vintage cars has taught me to appreciate the past ( It's not miles per gallon but smiles per gallon ) so cafe racers hold an appeal.
Some of my more recent Restorations / Restomods http://www.supermotors.net/users/Snakoil
Been lurking here for months and looking all last summer doing research and soaking up anything "cafe" on the internet - a loose term to be sure...
I'm leaning Honda of course. Last bike was a 82 750F .
Came across an original owner CB 550 "Barn Find" that I know won't be going anywhere so I've filed that one away.
Friend has a 650 junker - file that... mmm 650 motor, bore kit in a 550 frame with Cognito Moto oozing from the seams....
Then I see the SOHC pics - Classic lines but they seem like a-holes and Chevelles everybody seems to have one - But wait, how many do I see around here...NONE
Sometimes the internet makes things bigger or more prevalent than reality.
As with vintage cars, seems the best one find you not the other way around.
So I'll keep looking... In the mean time maybe I'll look for that 82 750F.... until I find a bike that I can cobb - I mean Cafe.
Danny