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    • LuciferL
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      IJ: What do you think of this thing: http://www.finn.no/finn/mc/used/object?finnkode=36207258&reference=2012%2F7%2Fvertical-6%2F25%2F8%2F362%2F072%2F58_207450812.jpg (don't know how much norwegian you can read, but the guy dismantled it, and don't have time to put it together again, price is about 2000 euros)

      Seize the day and don't you cry.

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      • injunjackI
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        well, I speak swedish, so I can read norwegian…

        If it's really all there, and only needs to be put together, and you get it around that 2K€, should be fine.

        Also should be aesy to make a caferacer out of that.

        (I really don't know that much about japbikes though, so I cannot tell you what to look for, ie probable problem areas?)

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        • FurattoHeddoF
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          What's your opinion on Kawasaki 250tr, IJ?

          "Don't ever be sorry"

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          • LuciferL
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            @injunjack:

            well, I speak swedish, so I can read norwegian…

            If it's really all there, and only needs to be put together, and you get it around that 2K€, should be fine.

            Also should be aesy to make a caferacer out of that.

            (I really don't know that much about japbikes though, so I cannot tell you what to look for, ie probable problem areas?)

            Thanks for the feedback! Scouring local ads to find a good deal now 🙂 give me a year and I'll pop by your neighbourhood in a old-new cafe racer 😃

            Seize the day and don't you cry.

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            • Finn666F
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              i love the look of cafe racers 🙂

              btw is it actually just the wind shield that makes for a typical cafe racer or is there more to it?…

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              • GilesG
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                http://classicmotorcycles.about.com/od/historicaldevelopment/ss/Caferacer.htm

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • LuciferL
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                  @Finn666:

                  i love the look of cafe racers 🙂

                  btw is it actually just the wind shield that makes for a typical cafe racer or is there more to it?…

                  I am, and I mean really, no expert, but as far as my experience in looking at nice ones:

                  minimalist style
                  small seat
                  minimalist rear end
                  custom handlebars
                  little or no plastic covers

                  Seize the day and don't you cry.

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                  • Finn666F
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                    thx guys!…

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                    • injunjackI
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                      As I said earlier, I don't know much about japbikes, but if I'd judge by the pics of custom ones it has potential to chopped bobbed or whatever.

                      Mechanically can't say a thing as I don't know it.

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                      • GilesG
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                        Now, this is what I call a Cafe Racer…...

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • BlackheartB
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                          I want it.

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                          • injunjackI
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                            why does it have scrambler exhaust on it?

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                            • Finn666F
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                              i really could picture G. on this one 😛 …(oh and o/course myself!) 😉

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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
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                                Nice one Injun…

                                http://www.virtualindian.org/xmas04/manitou.html

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • injunjackI
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                                  how did ya find that?

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                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
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                                    Googled the motorcycle club you advertise on your back….

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • injunjackI
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                                      ahh..didn't remember it was mentioned there…

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                                        I did the same and found the same article.

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                                        • MoonshineM
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                                          @Giles:

                                          Nice one Injun…

                                          http://www.virtualindian.org/xmas04/manitou.html

                                          Good stuff!

                                          www.moonshineleatherworks.tumblr.com
                                          instagram.com/moonshineleatherworks

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                                          • Mild7M
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                                            Hi guys,

                                            I love IH, and I love bikes too. So much so that i quit my office job around 6 years back to sell bikes for a living, mostly Italians 😉  Unfortunately I haven't ridden a bike in just over 4 years due to a nasty leg break under the engine bar of a Moto Guzzi California Classic.. Heavy bitch she was!

                                            Here's some images from the day of the accident, sorry if they're off putting, they're not intended to be. I still love bikes, but for now I don't have the range of motion in my left ankle for the gear lever..plus my brain tells me it's dangerous.

                                            8 surgeries later I'm still determined to get back on, but it's a tough slog.  Push bikes keep my 2 wheel urges slightly fulfilled, but no substitute for an oil cooled 1100 v-twin.. You know 😉

                                            Thanks for letting me share guys.

                                            Mike.

                                            Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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