Hello everyone!
Is this the twelve step program for Cafe Racer Madness?
I've been riding for a few years, learned to ride on a Honda CB350F the first year they were introduced! I started on Japanese bikes including a Yamaha XS650 Heritage Special (wish I still had that!) and Suzuki's, moved to Harleys then in 1995 discovered Buell. I have two 1995's. Always tinkering with my bikes, I got into drag racing a few years ago (my son's fault). Here I am on one of my projects, a turbo V-Rod I built that ran 10.30 at 145mph in the quarter.
Last year I was looking for a new project bike and discovered the Cafe scene, thanks to Steve Carpenter and sites like Do the Ton. After some shopping on eBay now I'm here in central Pennsylvania with two 1976 Honda CB750's in my garage a K and an F. The K is a POS I bought on line. Then a friend who works in a bike shop said he thought there was a CB750 in the shop that a customer hadn't picked up and they had the title. We dragged it out and she had an expired 1996 Maine license plate and had been in the shop ever since. New gas, new battery, a squirt of carb cleaner, 10 kicks and she started.....after 12 years!!! Now my son and I have Cafe project bikes.
I'm glad I found you guys and I'm looking forward to keeping up to date on your projects and offering help and advice when I can.
Scott
Is this the twelve step program for Cafe Racer Madness?
I've been riding for a few years, learned to ride on a Honda CB350F the first year they were introduced! I started on Japanese bikes including a Yamaha XS650 Heritage Special (wish I still had that!) and Suzuki's, moved to Harleys then in 1995 discovered Buell. I have two 1995's. Always tinkering with my bikes, I got into drag racing a few years ago (my son's fault). Here I am on one of my projects, a turbo V-Rod I built that ran 10.30 at 145mph in the quarter.
Last year I was looking for a new project bike and discovered the Cafe scene, thanks to Steve Carpenter and sites like Do the Ton. After some shopping on eBay now I'm here in central Pennsylvania with two 1976 Honda CB750's in my garage a K and an F. The K is a POS I bought on line. Then a friend who works in a bike shop said he thought there was a CB750 in the shop that a customer hadn't picked up and they had the title. We dragged it out and she had an expired 1996 Maine license plate and had been in the shop ever since. New gas, new battery, a squirt of carb cleaner, 10 kicks and she started.....after 12 years!!! Now my son and I have Cafe project bikes.
I'm glad I found you guys and I'm looking forward to keeping up to date on your projects and offering help and advice when I can.
Scott
