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I'm looking to buy a tubing bender that can handle thin wall (16ga) steel and stainless steel tubing, 1.5" and 1.75" OD. I want to make a midpipe slip-on for my bike, and maybe make a handful of copies to sell on eBay to cover the costs of the bender and materials. I need to make one 8 degree...

The vast majority of motorcycle parts have been removed from JC Whitney's site. All google links to motorcycle parts are broken. Talked to a customer service rep; They have a limited selection of parts left, and when they're gone so is the motorcycle section. They stopped the printed motorcycle...

I bought one of these around 10 years ago. 3XL Men's Power Trip Santa Cruz jacket. I spent nearly $400 bucks on it, and loved that jacket. It even has a lot more character now since it saved my skin from a crash. Had it sewn back up and did some minor re-dying, but it looked even better with the...

This is the bike that started my customization fervor. I got a free CX500 (a runner no less!) and a bunch of 500 and 650 parts, and decided I wanted to make myself a chopper. Took me years to put it all together, but I finally came up with the bike below. After riding it for a few years (and...

I can weld, I can build a jig. I want to build a bike with a pretty wild engine, and I'm thinking I can either start with a frame from another bike, (sourced off of eBay) or I can build a frame from scratch and use a headstock from a frame I already have a title for. If I start with a frame from...

I was digging through old photos, and found this bike from my 2012 trip to Charleston, SC. I've never seen anything quite like it, and except for the fact it's an XS650, I really dig it! I love unique chops, and this is visually stunning (at least to me). I wonder how it handles... Charles.

I bought a wrecked 1993 CB750 Nighthawk for $500. It had ran up until two weeks ago, when the guy "laid it down" to avoid a car that stopped suddenly. And what that meant was he and the bike slid under the car, and the left engine case got busted by the car's undercarriage. The left engine cover...

I got it as a complete and total rust bucket. Basically a parts bike. But it had good compression, and a shot of starting fluid down the intakes and it started right up. So, I dropped the engine out, did a triple bypass, fixed the various rusted frame members (cut and weld for some of them), and...

Looking for a good community to share my custom builds and get feedback and advice. Wondering if this is the place. I generally post on CX500Forum.com about my CX builds, but I have other builds I'm working on, and I haven't found a receptive place. CafeRacer.net is locked into a specific type...