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Old March 18th, 2011, 10:13 PM   #81
rickyny
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I don't know why...but it seems like im starting to fall in love with those cafe racer bikes. I'm really itching to get my hands on one, anyone else have this feeling? Post pics of ur cafe racers!!!
I totally love them
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Old March 19th, 2011, 10:09 AM   #82
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Thanks for the input. You are correct that the rear needs to come up . That is a compromise I have to make. The bike is still more racer than cafe at this point. I desined the tank to maximize my riding position. What I did was mount a large block of foam to the frame then cut away the foam untill I could only touch it with my chin.pushing my helmet chin into the tank allow me to see better. I am looking up at the top fork clamp when fully tuked and I have removed the top of the fairing so I can get inside the bodywork.

When everythinh is done and the suspension is set the tank will look a little bit better. But not perfectly level.
One day I will do the cafe part. That will involve adding front brakes lights and a seat with padding. At that point I will mount the tank so it is level.
Hard to argue with function over form

I think the side panels will help and the fact that you will mostly be going really fast on it, so people won't get much time to see it still heh.

Maybe just bringing the tail height down a bit will do the trick?

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