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Going in without a plan or even an idea is risky business. It's true that there's plenty of us creative types that prefer to work that way but then again we're the type who will never be "Done" with a project.
Most people see a cafe bike as having pods instead of a stock airbox, a different exhaust and different seat. The seat part is easy, when you get into going over to pods instead of an airbox and changing out the exhaust NOW you're getting into retuning and rejetting territory with the carbs which can become a nightmare if you've never messed with that before.
Changing out the tail behind the seat is often part of a cafe build too, cutting up or replacing the fender, tail light, blinkers and license plate goes with that. Then there's the handlebars, easy enough to do but then you often need to swap out the throttle and clutch cables plus replumbing the brake lines.
It's going to end up taking a few bucks to make the conversion and when you're done it may turn out you have a bike worth less than a stock one. Personally if you're not a relatively well experienced mechanic and metal fabricator.then you might not want to take on making a cafe bike. Then again, if you do a good job of it you'll have learned a LOT along the way.
Most people see a cafe bike as having pods instead of a stock airbox, a different exhaust and different seat. The seat part is easy, when you get into going over to pods instead of an airbox and changing out the exhaust NOW you're getting into retuning and rejetting territory with the carbs which can become a nightmare if you've never messed with that before.
Changing out the tail behind the seat is often part of a cafe build too, cutting up or replacing the fender, tail light, blinkers and license plate goes with that. Then there's the handlebars, easy enough to do but then you often need to swap out the throttle and clutch cables plus replumbing the brake lines.
It's going to end up taking a few bucks to make the conversion and when you're done it may turn out you have a bike worth less than a stock one. Personally if you're not a relatively well experienced mechanic and metal fabricator.then you might not want to take on making a cafe bike. Then again, if you do a good job of it you'll have learned a LOT along the way.
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