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So, What exactly makes this suzuki listed for sale a "cafe racer"? Oh, look, he put clubman's on it! That's why it's a cafe racer. Oh, wait, no, he put them on upside down! Doh!
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/mcy/2758626318.html
Mark Davis
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
amateur photographer, hot rodder, motorcyclist, adventurer
"Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
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Shiny put his on upside down to.  "Price is very negotiable."  TOOLS
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1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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True,I put my stock bars on upside down...poorman's clubmans.At least I got my real clubmans on right!HAHA some times it doesn't take much to make you feel better about yourself
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There's a lot of guys running stock bars upside down for the cafe look instead of buying clip ons or clubmans. At least you did it right. This wing nut went out and paid for clubmans, then did all the work to install them just like the stock bars! Now that's funny! lol
Mark Davis
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
amateur photographer, hot rodder, motorcyclist, adventurer
"Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
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I think it is the seat that makes it a cafe.
1972 xs650 stock(traded)
1977 xs650 bobber(sold)
1972 titan 500(sold)
1971 titan 500(traded)
1984 Honda xl250r (sold)
1984 Honda Nighthawk 650 (never should have sold)
1971 Honda CB750 (Current Project and keeper)
1974 Honda CB360T Bobber (will be 4 sale)
2005 Suzuki C50 VL800 Long Tripper
2009 Yammaha VSTAR 650 (Wife's Bike)
Nothing that jb weld duct tape and chicken wire can't fix.
POW * MIA Never Forgotten
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I think it need the lower bars, the seat and tail, the gauges lowered, and the center stand removed. (cafe's were all about removing "unnecessary" weight!
Mark Davis
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
amateur photographer, hot rodder, motorcyclist, adventurer
"Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
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Most cafe's I have seen will have a center stand, but not a side stand.
TOOLS
Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."
1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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TOOLS1 wrote
Most cafe's I have seen will have a center stand, but not a side stand.
TOOLS
That is true...but I hate the center stand  .Seems like a good way for one to roll off to me
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I cut mine off, saved me a ton of weight. Cant believe how heavy it was.
 ---1976 CB750F CAFE---
Florence, Colorado
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A lot of modern cafes seem to keep them, but back in the day, it was the single heaviest non essential part you could get rid of to save weight. After that you just gotta use the drag racers creed…instead of looking for one place to lose a pound, look for 16 places to lose an ounce. :)
Mark Davis
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
amateur photographer, hot rodder, motorcyclist, adventurer
"Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
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That is true.Funny thing though...ever noticed most guys at the drags are fat and overweight? 
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LOL, yeah…big old 350 lb rednecks talking about how they bought a $1200 carbon fiber part to save two pounds….I'm thinking…lay off the cheeseburgers for a week or two, you'll have your 2 pounds, your $1200, AND an additional $140 in the bank you would have spent on the cheeseburgers! LOL
Mark Davis
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
amateur photographer, hot rodder, motorcyclist, adventurer
"Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
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