Thinking about a cafe racer project, need some advice....

Nice work! Looks good.

Warner

i've always appreciated the wrenchmonkees take on kz's.cafe?muscle bike?
you decide


leon

Why are people so worried about what genre a bike is? Just build to what suits the bike. And stay away from stupid tire trends.

DoctoRot wrote: Why are people so worried about what genre a bike is? Just build to what suits the bike. And stay away from stupid tire trends.

+1. Just build what you want. Whats in a name??

loudhvx wrote: You can make a cool looking inline four, but from the front they just look like a big plow coming at you rather than a light-quick looking blade. The inline four lends itself to a more muscle-bike look.

Yeah, I think that's really what i'm after. I LIKE the look of all-engine coming at you.

Warner

davido wrote:

DoctoRot wrote: Why are people so worried about what genre a bike is? Just build to what suits the bike. And stay away from stupid tire trends.

+1. Just build what you want. Whats in a name??

Agreed. This is exactly how I feel about it, too. And I'm not a huge fan of the car-tire look that I've seen on some of the muscle/steroid cafe bikes, either.

Warner

531blackbanshee wrote: i've always appreciated the wrenchmonkees take on kz's.cafe?muscle bike?
you decide

leon

THIS is the type of bike I'm wanting to build....thanks.

Warner

Well, I worked out a deal on the 79 KZ1000 LTD from my co-worker/carpooling buddy. It pretty much needs everything....carb rebuild, battery, tires, etc. This is fine....I'm going to completely disassemble the entire thing anyway. Looking into swingarm and fork options.....just learning, and there's a LOT to learn. I'm fascinated by the Motogadget M-unit stuff; I really like that idea. It's $$$, but looks very cool and clean. Here's what I'm starting with.....less than 19k miles, too.

Warner

I think you can make almost anything you want out of that. You may want to peruse some of the incredible builds on this site for some inspiration.

ThatGPzGuy wrote: I think you can make almost anything you want out of that. You may want to peruse some of the incredible builds on this site for some inspiration.

Will do, GPzGuy. Thanks. I'm not super familiar with the site yet, but I'll be doing some homework here, for sure.

Warner

Looks like a good starting point. I would make sure the engine runs well before you dive into the other stuff, unless you are planning on rebuilding regardless.

Gotta say this, I'd clean it up, get it running well then decide if you want to make changes that can't be reversed. Looks like a solid survivor to me and worth some real money.
Steve