Purchasing First Bike

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:07:33 -0000, "Beav"
<beavis.original.RemoveThis@ntlwoxoorld.com> wrote:

>> You don't buy a cafe racer, you build it yourself. My guess is that
>> they've gone out of style. Some of the ones I've seen look very
>> pretty but they look extremely uncomfortable.
>
>Ducati, Triumph, Moto Guzzi and a few other don't seem to thik they've gone
>out of fashion. Al of them are producing "Factory" Cafe racers now. Only the
>Paul Smart Duc is really uncomfortable too, the rest are pretty reasonable.

Those aren't really cafe racers, they're sportbikes. Different
category altogether. But maybe that's just -my- definition.

In the US we have a tradition of 'hot rods'. It started back in the
30s when kids could buy beat-up old cars really cheap. They'd put
speed equipment on them, bigger carbs, etc., they'd paint them up with
flames or skulls or whatever, put on wider wheels and flare out the
fenders and cut louvers in the hood. Some of them were very fast,
others only looked bizarre. The idea was, though, that they were
home-made, customized, no two alike.

The tradition continues to this day, but today they are -adult- toys
and they cost a lot more.

But a Corvette is not a hot-rod, it's a production sports car. Even a
Plymouth Prowler, a mass-produced car designed to look like a custom
hot-rod, is not a hot-rod.

A cafe racer is like this. If you didn't make it yourself, if it
isn't unique, it's not a cafe racer. In my view, anyway.

>> But why would you do that today when you can buy an R6 or a GSXR?

>Coz they're cock-rockets and not the ideal first bike for a newbie?

I can't argue with that. 8^) But 'cafe racer' is about style, not
necessarily performance. Just like some 'sports cars' just -look-
like sports cars.

Yes Sir; I'm on a GS1000 zuki,that I'make a caféracer of,my recuest was
what is on the webb about the subject?????
From stockholm sincerely "DG"
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> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:07:33 -0000, "Beav"
> <beavis.original.RemoveThis@ntlwoxoorld.com> wrote:
>
>>> You don't buy a cafe racer, you build it yourself. My guess is that
>>> they've gone out of style. Some of the ones I've seen look very
>>> pretty but they look extremely uncomfortable.
>>
>>Ducati, Triumph, Moto Guzzi and a few other don't seem to thik they've
>>gone
>>out of fashion. Al of them are producing "Factory" Cafe racers now. Only
>>the
>>Paul Smart Duc is really uncomfortable too, the rest are pretty
>>reasonable.
>
> Those aren't really cafe racers, they're sportbikes. Different
> category altogether. But maybe that's just -my- definition.
>
> In the US we have a tradition of 'hot rods'. It started back in the
> 30s when kids could buy beat-up old cars really cheap. They'd put
> speed equipment on them, bigger carbs, etc., they'd paint them up with
> flames or skulls or whatever, put on wider wheels and flare out the
> fenders and cut louvers in the hood. Some of them were very fast,
> others only looked bizarre. The idea was, though, that they were
> home-made, customized, no two alike.
>
> The tradition continues to this day, but today they are -adult- toys
> and they cost a lot more.
>
> But a Corvette is not a hot-rod, it's a production sports car. Even a
> Plymouth Prowler, a mass-produced car designed to look like a custom
> hot-rod, is not a hot-rod.
>
> A cafe racer is like this. If you didn't make it yourself, if it
> isn't unique, it's not a cafe racer. In my view, anyway.
>
>>> But why would you do that today when you can buy an R6 or a GSXR?
>
>>Coz they're cock-rockets and not the ideal first bike for a newbie?
>
> I can't argue with that. 8^) But 'cafe racer' is about style, not
> necessarily performance. Just like some 'sports cars' just -look-
> like sports cars.