Loved this video. Great inspiration! I just picked up a 1980 Yamaha XS11 that I’m hoping to convert to either a cafe or brat style. TBD whether I keep or sell it.
So many vids of builds originating from $500ish USD bikes. On the west coast of the US, you will Not find a $500 candidate with a CLEAN Title easily, so doesn’t seem realistic. Unless a significant number of builds are based upon SALVAGE Title bikes, which I am Very reluctant to do. Am I way off base in this observation ? I’ve been looking for a fair bit, since I got this CR build “itch”. I’m looking at CX GL Hondas, XV Yamahas, perhaps some inline 4s, or V4 Hondas. I have experience with these platforms, and very familiar with their performance potential.
Do you still have contact info for your seat guy in Logan? I'm near there and need a seat done. Would appreciate the info if you have it. Thanks, and nice work on those bikes!
Thanks! And yes, it was Atkinson Upholstery on Main Street in Logan. I don’t have his phone number but I’m sure if you google it his number will show up.
So many vids of builds originating from $500ish USD bikes. On the west coast of the US, you will Not find a $500 candidate with a CLEAN Title easily, so doesn’t seem realistic. Unless a significant number of builds are based upon SALVAGE Title bikes, which I am Very reluctant to do. Am I way off base in this observation ? I’ve been looking for a fair bit, since I got this CR build “itch”. I’m looking at CX GL Hondas, XV Yamahas, perhaps some inline 4s, or V4 Hondas. I have experience with these platforms, and very familiar with their performance potential. Realizing that this vid is 4yrs old, the market and parts prices have changed a bit. $5500 seems to be your target audience. I don’t see many $5500 cafe builds in my market place actually Selling. Parts to thoroughly go through the drivelines are certainly more than a couple hundred, rebuilding or swapping higher performance suspensions is a grand pretty easily. Brake upgrades, electronics …. we’re pushing a few thousand, before even reaching cosmetics, gauges & controls. Even IF the platform started as a clean titled $700 bike, with the numbers above, plus paint, new rubber, etc, seems like you’re really putting in Free labor, with such a small margin …… What am I missing ? 🤔
I just visited your web site and i must say your advertising and vendor list that steals our personal information is very annoying, making it difficult to prevent privacy theft as your unable to switch the vendor list off unless you do one at a time of about 50 vendors
NO ! you DONT need to ok YOUR happiness with someone else ! if that person doesnt like what you do then dont be with them... you should have figured that out BEFORE you put a damn ring on its finger ! cant stand this logic ! 2/3 marriages end in divorce anyways. 80% of divorces are filed by women ANYWAYS.. stop this madness fellas ! live YOUR lives !
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Saving for my first cafe right now, this was such a helpful and well put together video keep it up
What an artist.
Nice vid! And very nice CX! Did you lower the front forks?
Loved this video. Great inspiration! I just picked up a 1980 Yamaha XS11 that I’m hoping to convert to either a cafe or brat style. TBD whether I keep or sell it.
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So many vids of builds originating from $500ish USD bikes. On the west coast of the US, you will Not find a $500 candidate with a CLEAN Title easily, so doesn’t seem realistic. Unless a significant number of builds are based upon SALVAGE Title bikes, which I am Very reluctant to do.
Am I way off base in this observation ? I’ve been looking for a fair bit, since I got this CR build “itch”. I’m looking at CX GL Hondas, XV Yamahas, perhaps some inline 4s, or V4 Hondas. I have experience with these platforms, and very familiar with their performance potential.
Do you still have contact info for your seat guy in Logan? I'm near there and need a seat done. Would appreciate the info if you have it. Thanks, and nice work on those bikes!
Thanks! And yes, it was Atkinson Upholstery on Main Street in Logan. I don’t have his phone number but I’m sure if you google it his number will show up.
@@amandacannon1405 awesome, thanks!
So many vids of builds originating from $500ish USD bikes. On the west coast of the US, you will Not find a $500 candidate with a CLEAN Title easily, so doesn’t seem realistic. Unless a significant number of builds are based upon SALVAGE Title bikes, which I am Very reluctant to do.
Am I way off base in this observation ? I’ve been looking for a fair bit, since I got this CR build “itch”. I’m looking at CX GL Hondas, XV Yamahas, perhaps some inline 4s, or V4 Hondas. I have experience with these platforms, and very familiar with their performance potential.
Realizing that this vid is 4yrs old, the market and parts prices have changed a bit. $5500 seems to be your target audience. I don’t see many $5500 cafe builds in my market place actually Selling. Parts to thoroughly go through the drivelines are certainly more than a couple hundred, rebuilding or swapping higher performance suspensions is a grand pretty easily. Brake upgrades, electronics …. we’re pushing a few thousand, before even reaching cosmetics, gauges & controls.
Even IF the platform started as a clean titled $700 bike, with the numbers above, plus paint, new rubber, etc, seems like you’re really putting in Free labor, with such a small margin ……
What am I missing ? 🤔
I just visited your web site and i must say your advertising and vendor list that steals our personal information is very annoying, making it difficult to prevent privacy theft as your unable to switch the vendor list off unless you do one at a time of about 50 vendors
NO !
you DONT need to ok YOUR happiness with someone else !
if that person doesnt like what you do then dont be with them...
you should have figured that out BEFORE you put a damn ring on its finger !
cant stand this logic !
2/3 marriages end in divorce anyways.
80% of divorces are filed by women ANYWAYS..
stop this madness fellas !
live YOUR lives !