Hey Guys,
Been farting around about the idea of buying an old junk bike and rebuilding it into a Cafe Racer. Does anyone have any experience with this? More so along the lines of getting it road worthy.
Posted Aug 27, 2014, 1:10 AM UTC
I would speak to the guys at Rocker or Ellaspede. They might be able to give you some hints.
I've been looking into it a little as well, and the only things I've found are:
Cheers for the link, I had seen Rocker but not Ellaspede.
I've done converting my xt250 dirtbike to road use but I'm not sure about tearing a bike down completely and rebuilding it.
Minor obstacles.
Hey mate, how have you gone with this ?? Ive done a few cafe's over the last couple of years. Its pretty much impossible to throw one together with different frames / motors etc.. So much work in engineering. Your best bet is to find the frame style you like. The CB series all have a nice flat line through them, they come in heaps of different motor sizes aswell - 250 - 350 Twin & four - 400 Twin & four - 500 Twin & Four - 550 Four etc...
It's shamefully been put on the backshelf as my mums health took a turn for the worst. I have been keeping an eye on gumtree for any awesome deals. This is a project I'm fine with taking a while to do :D
That sucks mate, all the best for her ! I come across a fair fairly often, do you have any ideas what you are looking for ??
Yeh, like you said it seems the cb series have been the easiest. I actually found an old cb 400 for about $200 a month or so back but missed out on it by about 4 hours.
You win some, you lose some.
Has anyone tried making a frame from scratch?
I'd be interested to know if you could get that roadworthy. Attach compliance plate from engine donor bike maybe?
I think people make car trailers themselves and get them rego'd.
Yeh, this was my biggest unknown, altering/fabricating a frame and compliance. Certainly be interesting to find out.
I'm pretty sure you have to get the special / experimental rating on your license and be on your opens to ride it.