My cafe in progress

[red123456]

Hello here is my cafe that i started with 1969 Kawasaki Bushwacker . But it is a work in progress

 

[brewtown16]

knobby tires! lol

 

[rawfish]

bars look solid! I always thought about turning a dirt bike into a cafe.

 

[dcmspikes]

i like where this is going. youre making your own tank? are you going to weld a headlight bracket on to the handlebar bracket?

 

[red123456]

Yeah I'm still deciding if i am going weld the brackets and also building a gas tank and seat cowl from scratch.

 

[NJWanker]

You did an great job shaping out that tank. It looks like it's coming along nicely. Well done .

 

[Swagger]

That is a great start!
I'm eyeballing a Yamaha DT400 that's for sale for $150 just down on the other end of the business park my shop is in.
It's a runner and all there....just tired. Licensed for the street too.
Great work man, love the tank

 

[coolatula]

That is a great start!
I'm eyeballing a Yamaha DT400 that's for sale for $150 just down on the other end of the business park my shop is in.
It's a runner and all there....just tired. Licensed for the street too.
Great work man, love the tank

For that price you can't go wrong even if it didn't have a title or street gear. I'd snatch that up in a N.Y. minute!
The DT's were pretty mean back in the day and a 400 will make for a better road bike than the smaller cc two-stroke singles.
With the power they put out they can get away with pulling much taller road gears whereas the little bikes are kinda screwed in that department.

 

[ROne]

Man, seriously nice project. Wouldn't have consider such a bike to begin with, but I guess that's what is good about being individual. Everyone has their own take on ideas.

Great stuff!

 

[red123456]

Thanks you guys for all your comments. So far this is what i have so far i finally finish tack weld the tank and seat cowl. I've already welded the gas tank mount and still deciding on the cowl. I still have a ways to go, but I still have to create the headlight/speedo mounts and the oil tank.

 

[tobiism]

Wow. Thats pretty damn sweet. Nice metalwork. That seat came out perfect!

 

[Ease]

Nice job!

 

[seven54]

I dont mind the look of the tack welds. I think you should consider leaving them exposed. You'd have y'self a cafe rat racer.

Nice work man......

 

[red123456]

I need an opinion on this headlight/speedo bracket keep it or trash it. Thanks

 

[Hdaddy]

IMO it takes away from the overall clean lines that your bike has; I suggest a heavy gauge metal tab that comes off of the top cross bar for your gauges, remove the hoop that goes to the gauges now and you are all good.

BTW nice metalworking skills, I am impressed with the one off parts for this scoot.

 

[red123456]

Thank you...... Come to think of it now it looks like a bike rack on a bicycle ;D

 

[Quicklimegirl]

BTW nice metalworking skills, I am impressed with the one off parts for this scoot.

+1 wholeheartedly.....this is exactly what I love about sites like this, seeing people taking something that isn't "the usual suspect" and making it into an uber-cool Cafe.

I'm an big fan of 2 strokes (own 9) and have a particular fondness for small ones. I have two projects waiting, a '72 G5-100 Kawi and a couple of '72 Suzuki TS50's (all three street legal) although they won't be cafe style. But ever since I had my KX-80 Mini MX I wanted to make that into a Cafe or 'Fighter....maybe someday.

Meanwhile, awesome job so far. You rock!

 

[dcmspikes]

i agree with losing the hoop. use flat stock. i like the tank. how did you build the valley?

 

[red123456]

I just bent a sheet metal around a 2" pipe.

 

[red123456]

Hello all well i been real busy working on this bike so this what i have finish so far.