Well I have embarqued on my first cafe style build with, of all bikes, a 1983 GS1100L Shafty. Started today with a 10 hour day of driving for this beauty. She is very clean and well taken care of and I aquired her in a straight up trade.
Project Goals:
-Model after some of my favorite designs by Wrenchmonkees and other online beauties.
-Incorporate a convertable solo seat to dual seat to accomadate a passenger.
-Build a simi-comfortable bike that will deal with my 6'1" 250lbs stature
-Do it all with minimal moneys and alot of elbow grease (like they did in the good ol' days).
1100cc isnt the best for a good cafe build but I wanted a bigger bike to handle my build. I believe that a larger bike can handle like a smaller/lighter bike if the driver has the weight to throw it around. This GS is pretty clean and mostly stock as seen in pics.
Project Goals:
-Model after some of my favorite designs by Wrenchmonkees and other online beauties.
-Incorporate a convertable solo seat to dual seat to accomadate a passenger.
-Build a simi-comfortable bike that will deal with my 6'1" 250lbs stature
-Do it all with minimal moneys and alot of elbow grease (like they did in the good ol' days).
1100cc isnt the best for a good cafe build but I wanted a bigger bike to handle my build. I believe that a larger bike can handle like a smaller/lighter bike if the driver has the weight to throw it around. This GS is pretty clean and mostly stock as seen in pics.