X-Mas present for my Dad, Shadow 800 Cafe Racer - Who lives in Jacksonville, FL?
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Mr.E
Got to keep the loonies on the path...
Yippy ki yay... here's an idea: everyone build a shadow caff just like dcc's, then ride them, THEN we can all argue and speculate about how a bike does or does not handle when 99% of us will never actually get to pilot it thru the twistys...
Jason, herm, it looks great. What are the chances we will get to see it at barber next year? And kudos to you guys for thinking outside the cafe box!
Jason, herm, it looks great. What are the chances we will get to see it at barber next year? And kudos to you guys for thinking outside the cafe box!
Basement rat
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Id just love to see what it looks like in a normal picture!
Swagger said:
this also.
Not arguing, just wondering what deemed the change in rake. whether it was a drop in front suspension height but the same rear suspension height, or something else. It's just interesting to me because the guys at DCC really know their bikes well and I'd like to learn from their great wisdom
LOL... So much chatter.
I didn't change the front end on the bike guys. I lowered it 4.5" by running the forks up through the tree. We're in the process now (since I was able to get my Dad on the bike and see how it reacted to his weight) of cutting the fork tubes down and make a set of custom pre-loadable fork nuts. Once those are done we're going to get the right combination of spring/spacer figured out with Progressive and the results should be a nice stiff front end.
As for the rear, I moved the shock mounts forward 1.75" and then up 2" increasing the length to 14". The new top rear section of the frame I built has a slight "upward" pitch for aesthetics.
After putting over 200 miles on the bike I can confirm this is one of the most FUN bikes I've ever ridden. It's not flickable like Honda 450 Twin but on the highway you can cruise at 100MPH with no issue at 5,000RPM in 4th gear with plenty of juice. Plus, because the front end is raked out a bit it makes for a much more stable go at high speeds. To give you an idea, when a truck passed on your left the bike doesn't jump to the other lane like the smaller and lighter bikes we're used to. It just stays planted... Too cool.
There will be a full spec sheet and new photos once the last few things are finished up via Bike EXIF in the month or so. Stay tuned! This isn't the last one of these to come out of DCC...it might be our new LOVE!
J
I didn't change the front end on the bike guys. I lowered it 4.5" by running the forks up through the tree. We're in the process now (since I was able to get my Dad on the bike and see how it reacted to his weight) of cutting the fork tubes down and make a set of custom pre-loadable fork nuts. Once those are done we're going to get the right combination of spring/spacer figured out with Progressive and the results should be a nice stiff front end.
As for the rear, I moved the shock mounts forward 1.75" and then up 2" increasing the length to 14". The new top rear section of the frame I built has a slight "upward" pitch for aesthetics.
After putting over 200 miles on the bike I can confirm this is one of the most FUN bikes I've ever ridden. It's not flickable like Honda 450 Twin but on the highway you can cruise at 100MPH with no issue at 5,000RPM in 4th gear with plenty of juice. Plus, because the front end is raked out a bit it makes for a much more stable go at high speeds. To give you an idea, when a truck passed on your left the bike doesn't jump to the other lane like the smaller and lighter bikes we're used to. It just stays planted... Too cool.
There will be a full spec sheet and new photos once the last few things are finished up via Bike EXIF in the month or so. Stay tuned! This isn't the last one of these to come out of DCC...it might be our new LOVE!
J
