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    injunjack
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    Joined: 19 Feb 2010

    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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      FurattoHeddo
      Joined: 25 May 2010

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

      "Don't ever be sorry"

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        Lucifer
        Joined: 31 Aug 2011

        @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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          Finn666
          Joined: 20 Jan 2011

          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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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            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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              Lucifer
              Joined: 31 Aug 2011

              @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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                Finn666
                Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                thx guys!…

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                  injunjack
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                  Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                  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.

                  last edited by 27 Jul 2012, 13:33 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    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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                      Blackheart
                      Joined: 4 Mar 2011

                      I want it.

                      last edited by 30 Jul 2012, 15:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        injunjack
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                        Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                        why does it have scrambler exhaust on it?

                        last edited by 30 Jul 2012, 17:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          Finn666
                          Joined: 20 Jan 2011

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

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            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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                              injunjack
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                              Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                              how did ya find that?

                              last edited by 8 Aug 2012, 09:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                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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                                  injunjack
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                                  Joined: 19 Feb 2010

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

                                  last edited by 8 Aug 2012, 09:39 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    MikeC
                                    Banned
                                    Joined: 7 Nov 2011

                                    I did the same and found the same article.

                                    last edited by 8 Aug 2012, 13:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      Moonshine
                                      Joined: 4 Mar 2012

                                      @Giles:

                                      Nice one Injun…

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

                                      Good stuff!

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

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                                        Mild7
                                        Joined: 3 May 2012

                                        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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                                          injunjack
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                                          Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                                          Nasty crack, hope it's about OK.

                                          Get a bike with footclutch and handshift. That might solve your problem… 😉

                                          last edited by 16 Aug 2012, 10:39 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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