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Athame57:
Not all Cafe Racers are a fashion statement or whatever, I really like the one you see here. It is the steed of a very lovely Tasmanian lady called Katie Abdilla. She had crashed her standard bike and it was basically saved by going down the cafe racer path. The only thing I'm not sure about is the digital instruments, and I would personally prefer a small fairing too. She is no poseur either, her interesting instagram account proves that. More picks of her bike named Billie and other stuff she rides in sport here: https://www.instagram.com/katieabdilla/?hl=en

Bryanj:
Back in the 70's if somebody brought in a customised bike to trade in we started at the resale price then deducted the retail price of all the parts to return it it to standard, its very difficult to sell one mans dream to a different person.

Rozabikes Tim:
My comment about fashion statements was relating to those who just want the look without the effort or ability to do it themselves. I love lots of cafe racers and would love to eventually build one. Love the idividuality etc.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I have to own up to putting a racing seat on my Ariel Arrow back in 1966 - reason was simple - I never carried passengers, it was not a proper Golden Arrow but had a brand new Golden Arrow engine fitted when the crank coupling broke on me.  A new racing style rear seat was cheaper than a replacement seat from the local Ariel parts dealer.

The bike modification that has me puzzled is the folk that convert a perfectly good reasonably modern bike frame into a "Bobber" - I just do not see any reason for such a drastic change? I assume this modification is not able to be done with a mono shock rear set up.

Bryanj:
Same as when i was at college my Royal Enfied 250 got semi choperised as i had a free bantam tank, the extensions i made in the workshop and the high exhaust pipe with high bars was cheaper than standard ones. I was earning a whole £28 per month and the bike in bits cost me £7/10/6

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