Thread: Cafe Racers
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Old November 2nd, 2010, 07:02 PM   #32
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Name: Andy
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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Motorcycle(s): 1988 Honda Hawk NT650, 1989 Honda Hawk NT650, 1997 GSXR750 Track Bike

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Originally Posted by Sailariel View Post
Andy, It is beautiful--very expensive--a Cafe Racer for sure, but not unique. It is a production bike. The beauty of a real Cafe Racer is that you built it yourself and there is nothing around like it. Building one fron a Honda Shadow or an early 70s Triumph 650 would be the real thing. The Commando would certainly turn heads, but a 67 Norton Atlas set up as a Cafe would be the real thing.
Right I understand the whole custom cafe racer thing. I was really tempted to start a build, but then I found the Hawk and now have a project with that.
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