cafe

Thanks for your help in advance. I am in the process of resto modding a 77 XS650 into a cafe racer. I have a radian swingarm I will be using as part modification and looking for recommendations for shocks for this combination. From what I could find, seems that 14" eye to eye is about...

I found the Dime City Brat Seat a while back but it was never in stock, until a week ago when i got an email saying they got them into their store. So i ordered one immediately to see how she'd fit. Well, it doesnt fit, at least not yet. But the seat itself is fantastic and very high quality...

HERE IS MY 1981 XS650 BOBBER/CAFE RACER BUILD "2012 WINTER BUILD".. I LOVE ALL MY BIKES TO BE LONG AND LOW. I BUILD CUSTOM SPORT BIKES AND I DRAG RACE MOTORCYCLE FOR 6 YEARS. I LOVE BOBBER. JUST THE WAY THEY LOOK AND BARE BONES. SO I WANTED SOME THING LOW LONG AND LIGHT AND HAVE REALLY CLEAN...

I am putting together parts for an early hot rod motor and am leery of counting on the stock rods. Anyone know anything about a stronger rod to use instead? I'd just throw a late model crank and rods in the block but I already have a 750 kit with 22mm wrist pin pistons. maybe I'd be better...

I've been sitting on some nice Japanese parts from webike and just started putting this 78 together. I've got a nice Beams exhaust and a VM36 carb to install and I'm upgrading the brakes front and rear to YZF R1 blue dots.

I've buttoned up the last of my wiring and now I'm trying to mount my seat...my question is will it be ok to put some foam underneath the seat and between the wiring or should I be worried about heat? I am planning on drilling several holes in the aluminum to help with dissipation. This is my...

So doing a cafe out of my 81 xs. So wanting to get some stuff ordered been doing some research but wanted to get some of you guys opinions. I was thinking about ordering Rim and spokes from mikesxs to give them a shot, and tires from where ever i can. I plan on doing 18 front and back. Here...

I am starting this thread to document the build of my 77 XS650 cafe racer. Bought this bike about a year ago (my wife passed away shortly after buying it so I had other priorites) and finally getting around to starting on the reconstruction and conversion. Been interested in building a cafe...

Hey guys, I'm looking to get some details nailed down for my first bobber/cafe build. I've got a stock 1983 xs650 partly dissasembled, once I get the engine running I'll be tearing into it. I'm having a hard time decide between a hardtail bobber and a cafe racer/bobber cross sort of. I just saw...

I wanted to get a few opinions on what people think about getting rid of the fenders for a cafe build? Or whether I should just get rid of the rear and keep the from fender and maybe make it smaller? I am asking for the possibility of downsides to doing these things also. Thanks ahead...

Hey so i have my tank all primed and ready for color, i had an idea of making the bike a little different from the norm. so my idea was to get the seat reupholstered with a colored leather. i cut the stock seat foam so it looks flatter then the stock seat. So my question is Seat color and tank...

I'm wondering if anyone has used these bars or anything like them with the same length, angle? The add says that they have a 7 degree angle, too little...too much?? Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks http://www.ebay.com/itm/200898351620?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

I got this 84 heritage special back in November, was able to get it for free after rescuing it from a shed. To say the least, it had seen much better days. The frame was hacked up pretty good, I'm guessing in an attempt to lower it, they welded in some much thinner bar stock and repositioned...

Has anyone bit on one of those $100 Rebel gas tanks with the 3.4Gal capacity, including the gas cap and keys? Seems like a pretty cheap way to go if it's the look you're after. I was wondering if you guys think it would work with the Mikes Cafe seat, or if the style's all wrong.

Well, i wasn't even wanting to keep track, but my wife just finished the books for our taxes. She wasn't too happy to find that i have spent over 38 hundred so far on the xs since july (including actual bike purchase with ride gear) . Not too bad, but considering I'd like to plop down another...

My Dad is EXTREMELY proud of his XS650 and I wanted to start a thread about the bike so he can show it off. What makes this bike special (other than actually being a Heritage Special) is that it was also my first bike. My Dad rode many, many years ago. There was always a bike in the garage...

I was looking at the Vincent seat pan from 750 cafe, and I was just wondering if anyone else has ever used his seat pans? are there any problems with them fitting on our frames?

Polished : http://www.mikesxs.net/product/34-1903.html Black : http://www.mikesxs.net/product/34-1904.html Spokes : http://www.mikesxs.net/product/19-0067.html Has anyone ordered/installed the 18" Conversion yet? I'm interested in doing so. It should look pretty great IMHO. The OEM...

Well, here we go. I bought this bike last year with all the intentions of turning it into a hard tail and now... well... I have no idea what I want to build. So with that in mind, let me introduce you to my bike. It's an '81 Special II. Pretty, right? So... umm... yeah. The only thing I...