Cafe Racers

[RumpleFugly]

Mr2Mike said:

Can someone explain why people are putting rear tyres onto the fronts of modern cafe racers, making the whole bike look clumsy and front heavy? It's clearly not some kind of retro styling as the pics of cafe racers from the 60's that I've found don't have huge front tyres.

It's less to do with cafe racers as such and more to do with the convergence of styles that has happened in the last few years to form what is colloquially know as 'New Wave Customs'. Covering the classic styling a of Cafe Racers, trackers, scramblers and bobbers with influence from the Japanese Brat Style, from who the trend for oversize front tyres on classic looking bikes really stemmed from.

[Schtum]

18 pages and not one pic of the Team Incomplete boxer is something that needs to be rectified.





http://www.teamincomplete.com/boxer/boxerhome.html

Edited by Schtum on Saturday 13th December 23:23

[Yazza54]

[RumpleFugly]

Schwing! Any more details Yazza? Very nice.

And the Team Incomplete bike is just a legend. Amazing build, even if the website is very Web 1.0

[Yazza54]

It's my dads, 650SS Norton, Andy Sidlow seeley frame, all chromoly tube. Lovely thing, he's just not sure what to do with it. May be for sale.

[RumpleFugly]

Lovely. My Dad's got a 650ss as well, will ask if he wants a Seeley Frame for it

[Yazza54]

Haha it won't be getting split up but he can buy the complete bike

[hebegb494]

You never told me about that one ,Ryan !! Cool.
Here's a little stter parked up on the street on hols in Thailand. I complimented the kid who pulled up on it and I think he told me to fk off in Thai !

[dingocooke]

Here's my Egli Vincent, waiting for the photographer (and girl) for the 2015 Crossbow calendar shoot!!

[srob]

Can't see the photo at work, but that's quite a collection you have there mate

[srob]

Is that a Godet Vincent?

Very nice, and a proper caff racer at last

[Andy XRV]

srob said:

Very nice, and a proper caff racer at last

Amen to that

[Benni]

Egli Vincent question : for what is the second lever near the clutch, decomp ? brake ?

Some early E-Vs had the Brooklands exhaust, is this the case here ?

Beautiful bike beast, congrats.

[dingocooke]

srob said:

Is that a Godet Vincent?

Very nice, and a proper caff racer at last

Cheers fella, its a JMR (John Mossey) built version; chassis number 1! It's pretty similar to a Godet, they're both following the same path.
I looked at a used Godet and JMR before I spent; I chose the JMR, but seriously either are nice! I'd post up the Crossbow pics, but then the whole thread would be NSFW!!!

[dingocooke]

Benni said:

Egli Vincent question : for what is the second lever near the clutch, decomp ? brake ?

Some early E-Vs had the Brooklands exhaust, is this the case here ?

Beautiful bike beast, congrats.

Yup, the second lever is the valve lifter, and if you look at the offside pic below, the short stubby ball end lever next to the gearbox gear change link is a detented lever for selecting gears by hand (at a stand still; useful for finding neutral sometimes); another Vincent curiosity!

[scunnylad]

dingocooke said:

Here's my Egli Vincent, waiting for the photographer (and girl) for the 2015 Crossbow calendar shoot!!

Fantastic looking bike

[dinkel]

Wow, you can tell where Ducati got its inspiration from.

[Pothole]

dinkel said:

Wow, you can tell where Ducati got its inspiration from.

erm....

[dinkel]

[Mr2Mike]

RumpleFugly said:

It's less to do with cafe racers as such and more to do with the convergence of styles that has happened in the last few years to form what is colloquially know as 'New Wave Customs'. Covering the classic styling a of Cafe Racers, trackers, scramblers and bobbers with influence from the Japanese Brat Style, from who the trend for oversize front tyres on classic looking bikes really stemmed from.

Fair enough, though (IME obviously) it spoils at lot of otherwise lovely looking machines.