Yeah, that's a great site. The cafe racer craze kinda cracks me up, because I was very into it the first time it was happening back in the 60s to 70s. Cafe racers back then were mostly Triumphs, Nortons, big Hondas and Kawis - big meaning 750cc. You would see an occasional Beemer, RD 400 or CB400F. But no respectable cafe racer rode some tiddly little sub 350cc bike.
Except me. I bought a beat up Suzuki TS 185 from a guy who worked for me, for $50. I fixed the burned up primary gear, re-ringed it, ported it, repainted it, put on street tires, clipons, cut the seat down and commuted on the back roads to school once or twice a week. Got it all the way up to 80 once. Riding at 55 was like flying on a weed whacker.
Nowadays there are tiddly little cafe racers all over the web. Col really loves the "modern" cafe racer thing, but seeing as we have a pretty original bike I am kinda digging the more faithful restoration idea. I think we can meet somewhere in the middle with more of a vintage racer replica.
