Any Cafe Racers?

[caferacer]

i live in illinois i know about the riding time i shed a lot of weight just git n rid of metal body parts air box 4/2 exshaust going to a 130 /70/17 back tier and a low pro front i have clubmens on my bike just use a metal shim and i have a fairing custom back fender and fruntfender i would like to send you pics if you know how i can do that i am not that bright on computer

[mason79]

is this considered a cafe racer?

[50gary]

Mason is that your handi work? that's a smokin' hot bike and you can call it what ever you like. I'd call it a cafe/streetfighter/turbo monster.
I've been pondering my rear swingarm, I know some have converted to chain drive but I'd like to keep the shaft drive. I figured I could mill out and reweld the inner left side of the swingarm for a small bit of added clearance to fit a 150... I haven't taken the shaft out yet to check the shaft to inside tube clearance. You seem to have it figured out? What size tire is that? Great bike.
Cheers, 50gary

[caferacer]

that is way radical its alitie to modernfor me i like the old school cafe look with a little twist plus no garage so i do it in the drive and all my bikes are bone yard bikes this full dress i paid 75.00 for it and had it on the road in 6 months and it will move with only small mods done to the engine i tried to send picks but the take up yhe whole page

[50gary]

Caferacer, I bought mine for $750.00 with full touring gear and removed it. Then sold everything on ebay for $550.00 and now I've got only $200.00 in it. It had been in storage for many years so it's a lot of work to get it back on the road. Part of the fun I guess?
Cheers, 50gary

[GNEPIG]

You say "cafe racer", I say "bar hopper"

.. tomatoe's, tomoughtoes.. whatever

is this considered a cafe racer?

.. yeah, thats the first thing that i think of when someone says "cafe racer" to me.
..this bike must be in XS11 heaven! in the last picture, i see two 1100 standards to the left of it and four specials behind it. i want to go there!!

[caferacer]

how can i send pics to web sight

[mason79]

Originally posted by 50gary
Mason is that your handi work? that's a smokin' hot bike and you can call it what ever you like. I'd call it a cafe/streetfighter/turbo monster.
I've been pondering my rear swingarm, I know some have converted to chain drive but I'd like to keep the shaft drive. I figured I could mill out and reweld the inner left side of the swingarm for a small bit of added clearance to fit a 150... I haven't taken the shaft out yet to check the shaft to inside tube clearance. You seem to have it figured out? What size tire is that? Great bike.
Cheers, 50gary

sorry i don't even know enough to identify some of the parts on the bike but i ran into these pics and saved them cause i like the paint job among other things,

and it is an exciting bike to look at

[Geezer]

Originally posted by mason79
is this considered a cafe racer?

That bike is way more than a cafe racer. I'm curious if it has any over heating problems with the large oil cooler and the intercooler for the turbo. Did you notice the color of the header pipes?

I'll bet it runs out of revs way before it rouns out of power in top gear.

Geezer

[mason79]

at least he doesn't have to worry about chain stretch

[50gary]

If I had to guess I'd guess it a German made bike. The Germans build some way over the top bikes. With that size of oil cooler I'd say no problems with heat?
Cheers, 50gary

[81XS1100-2006]

I'm really into that mono-shock set up on the rear. mmmmmmm.

[bgrubb7]

Originally posted by caferacer
hey out there i have took a full dressed 1980 xs 1100 out of the junckyard and turnd it into a cafe/ streetfighter in my small toun no body likes it but 9 out of 10 people ride harley i did it in my drive way in 7 months not cunting the motyor work and paint

So you must be the guy cruising around on that Black & Yellow hotrod? If so, I've seen you a couple times around town. I can't speak for the rest of our Harley lovin' town, but I give your ride 2 thumbs up!

Check out this link on posting pics.
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread...&threadid=7387

Otherwise email me your pics to bgrubb7@hotmail.com and I'll post them for you. Your bike definately needs to be shown off!

I went to www.webshots.com and signed up for a free account. Then you can upload pics, and they automatically give you a link to your pic that you can copy and paste for forum use.

My 81H is still a basket case of parts right now and not yet worthy of pics.

[Trikerneil]

That Turbo XS was at the XS1100 International Rally held in the U.K. last weekend.
There was also a wicked little XS11 mini-moto.

See them HERE

In all about 160 XS1100s turned out from all over Europe.

[50gary]

Trikerneil, thanks for that great group of photos. What was the technical drawing of?
Do you know what might be the rear wheel of choice for the XS11 wider is better to a limit I would like to fit a 4.5"X17" for a tire size of 160? But with standard swingarm clearance there is no room. I have a plan however there may be others too?
Cheers, 50gary