Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
- Smokinjoe73
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Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
I have seen similar vtr projects but that is really beautiful. I like the 2 different wheels. Really awesome bike. I woulda gone double headlight. Which is a small nitpick.
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Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
Well done, that is differant. Would like to see that one
redvtr
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Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
A work of art, fantastic lookin bike, well done 

Stevie
- agentpineapple
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Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
good work buddy, i think i posted a pic of your bike in the bike chat section a month or so ago, i really like it, hows it fuelling?
i also like the mix of old and new, a lot of people fail when trying to achieve a special look, for example the christine named bike from the states, that looks awful.
any more plans to tinker with it stew?
as for the donor bike, i almost bought the rear end from it a while back, but the homemade nature of the rear subframe put me off.
i also like the mix of old and new, a lot of people fail when trying to achieve a special look, for example the christine named bike from the states, that looks awful.
any more plans to tinker with it stew?
as for the donor bike, i almost bought the rear end from it a while back, but the homemade nature of the rear subframe put me off.
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Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
Mate that is a gorgeous looking bike well done on the build
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Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
That is seriously awesome!
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
epic piece of work there, especially if you made the frame and the exhaust pipes yourself!
it needs some fancy rearsets to finish it off and I would paint the 2 engine mounting lugs the same colour as the engine so they disappear...........but its easy for us armchair critics to pick out fine detail when none of us could have come up with the concept or fabricaton............you have made somthing very sepecial there so I assume it wasnt your first [if it was then you are a star!], so are there photos of your other projects?
it needs some fancy rearsets to finish it off and I would paint the 2 engine mounting lugs the same colour as the engine so they disappear...........but its easy for us armchair critics to pick out fine detail when none of us could have come up with the concept or fabricaton............you have made somthing very sepecial there so I assume it wasnt your first [if it was then you are a star!], so are there photos of your other projects?
AMcQ
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
Hey
Credit to you, very original along with a sh1t load of work ..................................
Cheers
Matt
Credit to you, very original along with a sh1t load of work ..................................

Cheers
Matt
1998 VTR, One of the red fast ones, Harris Laverda
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
How long did it take to build? The donor bike was still on E Bay up to a couple of months ago!
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F3, 954 USD front, K Tech springs, Braced swinger, Ohlins shock, Six spoke Mockesini wheels, Harris rearsets, QaT, Flywheel diet!, A&L stacks, stick coils, K&N, FP Ti jets, Mori pipe's [colour]
F3, 954 USD front, K Tech springs, Braced swinger, Ohlins shock, Six spoke Mockesini wheels, Harris rearsets, QaT, Flywheel diet!, A&L stacks, stick coils, K&N, FP Ti jets, Mori pipe's [colour]
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
Very nice, love the frame
Maybe I Don't Like Your Bike Either!
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
Hi.... Sorry cant take the credit for the exhaust system had to have that made as too many tight curves to deal with.AMCQ46 wrote:epic piece of work there, especially if you made the frame and the exhaust pipes yourself!
it needs some fancy rearsets to finish it off and I would paint the 2 engine mounting lugs the same colour as the engine so they disappear...........but its easy for us armchair critics to pick out fine detail when none of us could have come up with the concept or fabricaton............you have made somthing very sepecial there so I assume it wasnt your first [if it was then you are a star!], so are there photos of your other projects?
Yes first bike build although have tinkered in the past but not to this extent.
No more projects on the go at the moment still tinkering with Rogue....
Thanks for the nice feedback
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
Hi....Kev L wrote:How long did it take to build? The donor bike was still on E Bay up to a couple of months ago!
I have been advertising the frame on ebay but don't believe there was a full pic of bike on the advert.
Check out the back ground noted earlier.
Thanks
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
The more I look at this the more it's growing on me
I admire your skills and thought process of building something different based on the Firestorm, well done
Chris.



Chris.
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
Very neat! Kudos for the creativity and execution!
As an aside, what is the tail on the donor bike from and how hard was it to install....
As an aside, what is the tail on the donor bike from and how hard was it to install....
99 VTR1000F Firestorm, a.k.a. The Carbon Express
Re: Cafe racer VTR something a little different....
Hi...Thanks for your comments, the donor bike tail unit I believe came off a GSX model but had a handmade subframe to attach to bike so not an easy project.mik_str wrote:Very neat! Kudos for the creativity and execution!
As an aside, what is the tail on the donor bike from and how hard was it to install....
Thanks