Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I hear ya @timattalon but won't be going down that route . Besides fitting a bobber style sprung seat to hopefully lessen any jarring through my back on the crap roads here I don't intend to make any major changes . I am well aware it's no sports bike... But after a lifetime of racing bikes it just doesn't feel natural to me sitting upright and is no good for my back either .
So I will have a crack at making some old style salt racer bars which will be low but swoop back along beside the tank so reach is not so far . Should be a good compromise between upright and racer crouch and make the bike look more old school , along with the seat , which is the style I am going for .
I do miss my R1 ....

@Ftx in that case you may enjoy what I looked at before I got my Katana....Sol Apollo....

https://www.solinvictus.com.au/pages/apollo-cafe-racer

If it looks familiar , it should. Its an Aussie / chinese copy of the GB400TT from Honda...Around $8k new...

Yep , that looks good . Just my style . Would really like a 1200 triumph thruxton with top fairing but can't afford one of those (thanks to the kids...) but love the classic cafe racer styling . Like an old Bonnie I built many years ago but without a fairing . One of those machines I wish I had kept .

Made a start on new bars for the VT by cutting up the original western bars and will make inserts so can fit them to some clip-ons I have kicking around the shed in my random bike stuff .(original bars 1" , clip-on clamps for 7/8 bars)
Should look something like this when done...


They should wrap around front of tank and will be 4 inches or so further back at the grip hopefully .
Should sit something like this...



Heaps of room for the switchblocks and more oldie looking shape . Saves me having to make shorter cables to suit the bars on there at the moment too . So hopefully they work out okay and being clip-ons will retain full adjustability .

Well that's the plan anyway.......