Thumper, V-twin, Inline 4 Cafe racer

[irk miller]

Some people graduate from that class, and others just keep on hacking.

Intention is a very important consideration here. To say graduate implies a naivety or lack of learning. I'm also trying to be at least a little humble.

 

[DohcBikes]

Intention is a very important consideration here. To say graduate implies a naivety or lack of learning. I'm also trying to be at least a little humble.

Point taken. Although my statements intention was clear, concern with verbosity is not my strong suit. How's that for humble.

When it comes to mechanical knowledge and competency I personally have no reason to feign humility.

 

[Erskine]

If you race your bike between the cafés on the M25, then it is a Café Racer.

Have you been round the M25 recently? I drove a van round a 25 mile stretch of it the other day and it scared the crap out of me!

 

[Sonreir]

Have you been round the M25 recently? I drove a van round a 25 mile stretch of it the other day and it scared the crap out of me!

Been about six years, but I can only imagine it's gotten worse. I was in my GTI, though, so it wasn't too bad.

 

[VonYinzer]

Everyone knows a cafe racer is a Triumph with as much checker print added as possible. The rider needs a dumbass pudding bowl lid and a silk scarf. Aviator glasses are also a must. And I swear, if you dont roll your kneee highs down over your clunky engineer boots, you're not worth the thread your 59 patch is sewn onto your $1000 Bates leather jacket with.

 

[Sonreir]

And also, no R1s.

 

[VonYinzer]

Hey... Who cares about engines when ya got CLASS?! All the birds will love ya mate.

 

[jag767]

Leave it to me to put a kink in the hose.

The idea that all it takes to be a Cafe Racer are performance improvements, is ridiculous. One of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

Ok wait my opinion is that any bike with improvements is a drag bike. Wait wait any bike with performance improvements is a superbike. Oh, no, wait wait wait, any bike with performance improvements is a trials bike.

So dumb.

An R1 is not a Cafe Racer. If you think it is then you have no concept of the history of motorcycles.

A cafe racer is not simply any bike that has had performance improvement. Gimme a break.

Sorry it was getting too ridiculous and it had to be done.

Jesus, who pissed in your cheerios? Your certainly in title to an opinion, but why the need to be so cranky about it? Regardless of conventional definition, things in life are always being redifined, perhaps the term cafe racer is one of those things as well. I don't think anyone is trying to argue an R1 is a cafe racer, nor is it being argued the sole defining characteristic is performance, although it is a portion of what defines it. At any rate, I have yet to see one where the goal was solely an aesthetic. I don't think 'playing dress up' with a bike makes its a cafe racer any more than just improving horsepower for example.

That being said, while I can't speak for all the 'hacks', this hack picked up the hobby of building a functional yet aesthetically pleasing motorcycle from start to finish as an enjoyable learning experience. I can only imagine with each one I build, my skills will improve, as will the final product. Personally I don't care what category a build winds up in, so long as I'm happy with the end result.

 

[540Nova]

DohcBikes needs to leave the attitude at the door. I'm sure plenty of "hacks" on this site can build a bike as nice or better than him.


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[VonYinzer]

DohcBikes needs to leave the attitude at the door. I'm sure plenty of "hacks" on this site can build a bike as nice or better than him.


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[DohcBikes]

Thanks for all the attention guys I really appreciate it. My opinion must really matter to ya.

 

[Sonreir]

nar·cis·sism
ˈnärsəˌsizəm

noun

extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one's own talents and a craving for admiration, as characterizing a personality type.

 

[canyoncarver]

It was a one post user.

 

[DohcBikes]

I know! Even more significant!! Way to go me.

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

I did it I cant keep a secret :

 

[DohcBikes]

I did it I cant keep a secret :

That made me laugh so fuckin hard

It's just a personality guys. I'm not the devil. The attitude brings aggressive discussion. Stop being so fuckin uptight.

That is all.

 

[irk miller]

That made me laugh so fuckin hard

It's just a personality guys. I'm not the devil. The attitude brings aggressive discussion. Stop being so fuckin uptight.

That is all.

I hope people warm up to you soon, man. Because you and Barnett had me rolling at 2am last night to the point I woke my fucking kids and wife up.


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[DohcBikes]

I hope people warm up to you soon, man. Because you and Barnett had me rolling at 2am last night to the point I woke my fucking kids and wife up.


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Thank you. I know barnett will appreciate that as well.

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

wow without wishing to be rude it seems most americans not all, wouldn't know a real cafe racer if it dropped out of the sky and hit you on the head you have took a particular style and run off in the wrong direction ,TBH what you call cafe racer we call streetfighters
50s-60s cafe racing british bikes were about taking away weight to emulate the racing BRITISH SINGLES AND TWINS
google 50s -60s cafe racer there aint no inline fours cause we had no inline fours till late sixty's and the cb750 hit our shores and they were classed as super bikes

No worries mang!

You did leave off the Wiki I was commenting from, written by a Brit. I personally don't subscribe, but the guy was basically saying the Majority of cafe bikes were owned by clowns hopping from bar to bar (known as cafe's) wif pantyless split tails aboard ... Ive read the facts right here that seem to verify this behavior in a long list of stories from a very reliable source hahahaah

Too much fun in the serious cafe biz :

 

[DohcBikes]

wow without wishing to be rude it seems most americans not all, wouldn't know a real cafe racer if it dropped out of the sky and hit you on the head you have took a particular style and run off in the wrong direction ,TBH what you call cafe racer we call streetfighters
50s-60s cafe racing british bikes were about taking away weight to emulate the racing BRITISH SINGLES AND TWINS
google 50s -60s cafe racer there aint no inline fours cause we had no inline fours till late sixty's and the cb750 hit our shores and they were classed as super bikes

I agree. Ass.

I will say this. Authentic cafe racers are usually kinda funny lookin'. In my opinion most british bikes are ugly and dont run well for very long. Us dumbass americans may not know how to categorize our builds, but it is apparent that we prefer better looking, more reliable bikes that the u.k. has ever been able to produce.