Xs750 Cafe Racer

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Xs750 cafe racer. Dave Taylor’s XS750 Cafe Racer. Words by Dutch · Category: Shed Builds Bike by · Posted on 29/07/2013. David Taylor and his family have built so many bikes on the Bike Shed we might need to give him his own category. This latest brat/cafe/tracker custom was built as another family collaboration by David and his youngest son, Tom, and all. The bike featured today is “Lola,” a 1978 XS750 cafe racer built by the talented crew at Backdoor Garage of Portugal, who express their mission as follows: “Projects developed for art, painting, photography, video, music and motorbikes, with no restrictions to expression.” They are a busy crew, customizing 12 bikes per year. Silver Triple: 1979 Yamaha XS750 cafe racer! The Yamaha XS750 was a well-balanced, 67-hp Triple whose “exhaust note alone is worth the price of admission,” said Cycle World.The bike is one of our favorite candidates for cafe racer versions, owing to the sleek lines, knee-indented tank, and triple-cylinder song. The xs750 really does make a great looking cafe racer,and with the benefits of an upgrade. This is the bike to emulate and I will be doing so, with an xs850 that is a bite of a wreak but love a challenge.. hope to see it here too..

“XS900” Cafe Racer: Builder’s Specs. It is a XS 850 from 81. Bought by me in original shape. And teared down and build it to what it is today. Now it is 900 ccm, 750 tank. Seat and seatpan are oneoff. Front from a Ducati, with brakes from Aprilia and Yamaha; Electric from Motogadget. Small and minimalistic as possible. For a completely different style of Yamaha XS750, check out this cafe racer from Spirit Of The Seventies. Filed Under Custom Motorcycles TAGGED Yamaha cafe racer, Yamaha motorcycles | By Chris Hunter. SHARE THIS ARTICLE. Share 212. Pin 3K. 3K Shares. READ NEXT. Post navigation. Goedenavond liefhebbers/kenners, Ik heb jullie hulp nodig, ik heb vorig jaar een xs750 uit 1977 gekocht. Bij aanschaf liep hij niet maar ik hou wel van een uitdaging. Het plan is de motor eerst mooi aan het lopen te maken en vervolgens er een café racer van te maken, is dit een goede volgorde... Between 1976 and 1979 Yamaha sold around 150,000 XS750’s and Cycle World Magazine listed it as one of the top 10 motorcycles of its time. Despite being 40 years old Matt Schindler at Dapper Rat Motorcycles figured the XS750 still had plenty of appeal and thanks to some well executed upgrades managed to turn it into one hell of a sexy Cafe Racer.

12 Steps to Building a Cafe Racer. Bike EXIF Guides. The Skills You Need To Build A Custom Motorcycle. Motorcycle reviews. Here’s the new BMW R18, with specs, prices and more. Bike EXIF Guides. Tutorial: Motorcycle Wiring 101. Custom Motorcycles. Gorilla Racer: A Honda Monkey 125 with attitude. Est. 2006 Return of the Cafe Racers is the world's premier cafe racer focused website. We publish regular features on custom motorcycle builds, riding gear reviews, how to guides and event coverage from around the globe. If you're a fan of cafe racer motorcycles and style then you've come to the right place! "Clean, crisp, and appealing to everyone like an Oxford shirt". Jesse Meyer's aptly named 'Oxford' Yamaha XS750 cafe racer ticks all the boxes. Prior to taking delivery of the XS, it had been accommodating mice in the garage where it sat for 25 years. Read on to see how he transformed it into this amazing cafe racer. Veronica – Fly Wheels XS750 Cafe Racer. Buying any customised or incomplete motorcycle can be fraught with danger. That’s why we recommended against it in our 10 cafe racer mistakes article. Unfortunately, some “bargains” are too hard to resist. Occasionally you might get lucky. More often than not you’re inheriting another person’s.

The term ”cafe racer” was originally meant to be derogatory, making fun of the rider as a ”motorcyclist who played at being an Isle of Man road racer, but is someone who owned a racy machine but merely parked it near his table at the local outdoor cafe,” according to freelance writer Wallace Wyss. For auction is my XS750 'cafe racer'. This bike is a '78 so therefore tax and MOT exempt. The bike starts and runs and I have just done a 50 mile trip on it. Obviously the bike is 42 years old so not perfect but a great starting point for someone wanting to get into vintage motorbikes or cafe racers. Spirit of the Seventies XS750 cafe racer. There’s a new kid on the custom block. It’s an English outfit called Spirit of the Seventies, and it’s bucking the current European trend for all things raw and grungy. The company was started by Tim Rogers and graphic designer Kev Taggart, friends who share an obsession for motorcycles “and. The Yamaha XS750 isn’t the most common choice for a cafe racer conversion, this one has had its frame re-worked and has a custom 3 into 3 exhaust set up that gives it a urgent, almost angry sound when being ridden properly.