my boss' bike

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Apparently this is how you do a cafe racer if you have money:

2001 Kawa tribute cafe

Thought I'd share this since my boss just put it up for sale, I'm a little late though, it's been up ther for a few days, but I just now found out about it. I'm sad that he's selling though because I've never gotten to see it in person.
 
The bike looks great! Although, the only real changes have been a new tank, suspension and seat. No? What warrants a $5500 price tag?
 
Well, the tank would have run about $1000-$1500 or so, minimum. Another few hundred for the Works shocks, and a couple of bills for the seat. That's about $2,000 or so minimum for the three parts, plus of course the value of the bike itself, so $5400 doesn't seem rediculous. That doesn't include the RAASK rearsets, Progressive front springs etc.

I would have done a few things differently, such as the filler on the tank. I don't like the modern filler lid - I would have gone with a traditional Monza cap. And the seat bump is a little big for my tastes.
 
Agree on the monza cap but I like the seat. It has a pretty nice flow with the rest of the bike. Not quite norton-ish though. I'd like to see that rear fender chopped if not removed entirely.

Do a lot of folks have the real estate issue with the kick start and rear sets?
 
Yeah the kickstart issue is a very common one. Often you'll end up fitting a kicker form a different bike.

I completely agree with all of your' stylistic comments Tim, those were all basicly my first thoughts when I saw it. But that's what's great about these things, the new owner can buy a great bike and tweak it to their tastes without much trouble (the filler might be some trouble).

As for the price you do realize that it's a 2001 right? So it's a thoroughly modern bike, with a vintage look. Anyway, it sold to some guy in Cali... I wonder if he'll find his way over here?
 
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