Motorcycles

[FurattoHeddo]

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

[Lucifer]

@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

[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?…

[Giles]

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

[Lucifer]

@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

[Finn666]

thx guys!…

[injunjack]

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.

[Giles]

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

[Blackheart]

I want it.

[injunjack]

why does it have scrambler exhaust on it?

[Finn666]

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

[Giles]

Nice one Injun…

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

[injunjack]

how did ya find that?

[Giles]

Googled the motorcycle club you advertise on your back….

[injunjack]

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

[MikeC]

I did the same and found the same article.

[Moonshine]

@Giles:

Nice one Injun…

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

Good stuff!

[Mild7]

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

[injunjack]

Nasty crack, hope it's about OK.

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

[Giles]

Ouch.