Connie14 Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 http://www.throttleroll.com/how-to-be-a-cafe-racer/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Posting this to a Honda cafe racer Facebook page full of hipsters cobbling their bikes together from cheap Chinese eBay parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Edited April 8, 2016 by Tonik Fixed broken image tag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 By the way this is going I must be the anti-cafe owner. I have the cafe racer style bike but none of the rest of it fits. I don't like coffee or tea, I don't own a single flannel or skinny jeans. Pretty much have the same goatee for the last 20 years and i ride with modern full gear. Shit, maybe this is why nobody likes me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfeman28 Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 I always try to correct people when they call my bike a 'cafe racer' and they look at me like I have a dick growing out of my forehead. I do wear a shirt when I'm out riding and know I'll have my jacket off. It says 'Call it a Cafe Racer and I'll punch you in the face'. Love that shirt. Hipsters ruin everything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Here is my idea of Cafe Racer; Modern fuel injected bike with as many custom and one off parts as can be made or afforded, still unreliable as sin. Fat sticky tires and riding to the edges of them at speeds that give most of your riding buddies cause for concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 1 hour ago, vf1000ride said: Here is my idea of Cafe Racer; Modern fuel injected bike with as many custom and one off parts as can be made or afforded, still unreliable as sin. Fat sticky tires and riding to the edges of them at speeds that give most of your riding buddies cause for concern. Yes we get it. You want attention. That qualifies you as a cafe racer.... Fucking hipsters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 8 hours ago, CrazySkullCrusher said: Yes we get it. You want attention. That qualifies you as a cafe racer.... Fucking hipsters.... Aaaaand, proving my point from the previous post that nobody likes me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlboro man Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 I used to have a bike with Yugo headlight electrical taped on the bike for lighting reasons because I was poor. These mofos got sisters jeans on But their bikes don't look too chopped up probably could be brought back to stock to make money off of bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence1 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Once the fad wears off some of these guys and gals will stick around and become motorcyclist. Not sure where the hate comes from. Not everybody can start on a dirt bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 6 minutes ago, Lawrence1 said: Not sure where the hate comes from. We pretty much hate everything. At least I do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence1 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 (edited) Hey Spike, whatta you like? Edited April 11, 2016 by Lawrence1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 4 minutes ago, Lawrence1 said: Hey Spike, whatta you like? Ok, Tom Petty I like. Well, like is a pretty strong word. Lets go with 'don't hate'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Ok, so I learned I need to pose like Captain Morgan, grow a bread like the Duck Dynasty guys, and park in front of coffe shops, drinking a normally hot beverage loaded with ice cubes. Got it. And the cool kids called the other electrical tape design a hash-tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence1 Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 6 hours ago, Tonik said: Ok, Tom Petty I like. Well, like is a pretty strong word. Lets go with 'don't hate'. You caught that, you're good! Maybe the best I've ever seen. Oh, we got another one, just like the other ones Another bad ass, another troublemaker I'm scared, ain't you boys scared? I wonder if he's gonna show us what bad is? Boys, we gotta man with a dog collar on You think we oughta' trow ol' Spike a bone? Hey Spike what do you like? Hey Spike what do you like? Here's another misfit, another Jimmy Dean Bet be's got a motorbike, What'a y'all think? Bet if we good we'll get a ride on it If be ain't too mad about the future Matbe we oughta help him see The future ain't what it used to be Hey Spike, you're scarin' my wife Hey Spike what do you like Please Spike, tell us 'bout life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Hey, anyone that banged Stevie Nicks is ok in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 12 hours ago, Lawrence1 said: Once the fad wears off some of these guys and gals will stick around and become motorcyclist. Not sure where the hate comes from. Not everybody can start on a dirt bike. I will admit the fad thing to be annoying. I built my first "Cafe" style bike back in 1994 from a '75 Honda CB750. Crashed it maybe two years later (new rider and all). Second "Cafe" style bike was around 2003 when I picked up a Kawasaki KZ1000 and had it tricked out. Got rid of it in 2008 when I got the Ducati. I like the fact that the Cafe style bikes became popular but it is a double edge sword because there really are more posers than riders in this genre. Other than 2012 when it spent the entire riding season getting rebuilt after hitting a turkey I have ridden the crud out of that poor bike. I've got 26k miles on it and it has been ridden (no not trailered) as far as Georgia and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 My issue is kids with zero knowledge or experience buying a $700 heap off Craigslist and then putting a bunch of shitty eBay bolt on parts on it and sharing the road with me on a bike that is likely unsafe. I've tried to tell these guys that those $80 shocks may look neat but they're sprung for a 150cc moped and have maybe 2 inches of useabke stroke. Their reply is 'I don't care, it's about how the bike looks'. Hope they at least buy decent gear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Hey, anyone that banged Stevie Nicks is ok in my book. She was probably unaware it was even happening, so it doesn't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.504 Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gMwxnLwcIOs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> https://www.youtube.com/embed/gMwxnLwcIOs https://www.youtube.com/embed/gMwxnLwcIOs in case it wont embed: https://youtu.be/gMwxnLwcIOs Edited April 12, 2016 by Tonik FTFY 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 LOL, tried to fix that for you and made it far worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Lol, video is pretty spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusnak_322 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Ok, the video is funny, but I don't understand the hate. Sure, there are lots of kids wrecking crappy old bikes with bad modifications but there is always a fad like that. Do you really think that the Ace cafe was full of highly detailed Tritons and commandos back in the 1960's? then the 1970's chopper craze with 8 foot long forks and no front brake. You had street fighters and stupid choppers. At least with the cafe and brat craze there is now a lot of aftermarket parts and some people are making money selling them parts and working on bikes for those who are not mechanical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfeman28 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 19 hours ago, CrazySkullCrusher said: Hope they at least buy decent gear. They don't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfeman28 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 6 hours ago, Rusnak_322 said: Ok, the video is funny, but I don't understand the hate. Sure, there are lots of kids wrecking crappy old bikes with bad modifications but there is always a fad like that. Do you really think that the Ace cafe was full of highly detailed Tritons and commandos back in the 1960's? then the 1970's chopper craze with 8 foot long forks and no front brake. You had street fighters and stupid choppers. At least with the cafe and brat craze there is now a lot of aftermarket parts and some people are making money selling them parts and working on bikes for those who are not mechanical. The fads always come with rightful hate, just the way it is. I personally dislike the cafe fad since it ruined the hobby for me. 3 years ago these 70's/80's bikes and parts could be had for pennies. The well off hipsters throwing out money caused a very fast surge in pricing on everything. What I've seen in the vintage metric bike market is equivalent to gentrification of city areas. I've been 'pushed out' of my hobby because I can no longer afford it, it's now for well off folk. That's my reason for the hate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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