sold scooters

Both sold 

New Project is comming > Cafe racer or Scrambler?

XS 400 12E

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#24, PEUGEOT ELYSTAR 125 ADVANCE ABS (SOLD)

Verkauft !

#24, PEUGEOT ELYSTAR 125 ADVANCE ABS

Fahrzeug 2. Hand TÜV 01/2020
Reifen M+S neu
Fahrzeug ist mit ABS und einem eigenen Stahlseilschloss ausgestattet
Fahrzeug hat einen momentan einen Elektrikfehler (Stromkreis Temperaturanzeige gestört) hat keinen Einfluss auf Funktion.
Thermostat wurde gewechselt, Kühlflüssigkeit erneuert.
Eventuell werde ich noch den Kabelbaum überprüfen.

Just in progress

new tires

fotos: t.hepf

Yamaha SR125 Little Baby by Cafe Racer Dreams

Yamaha SR125 Little Baby by Cafe Racer Dreams

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Honda Rebel Bobber Project - In the Making

BMW R 100 custom built by Fabio Goffi

The Yellow Beemer

                           

BMW R 100 custom built by Fabio Goffi

カフェレーサー 

Honda CB750 by Clockwork Motorcycles

Cherry B

                           

1977 Honda CB750 by Clockwork  Motorcycles

found on : http://www.inazumacafe.com/2016/01/cherry-b.html

RR 1 Bobber Build Part 4

RR 1 Bobber Build Part 3

Kawasaki KZ400 Brat Style

Kawasaki KZ400 Brat Style – Rubén Gonzalez

Kawasaki KZ400 Brat Style – Rubén Gonzalez. Una moto hecha por su dueño con mucha ilusión. Y que hoy quiero compartir contigo toda su historia.
Después de mucho tiempo siguiendo el mundo de las motos, Rubén por fin ha conseguido dar a luz un proyecto propio, esta vez se trata de una Kawasaki KZ400 de 1976 que pudo comprar tras hacer un pequeño negocio con una GS500, la cual no le gustaba para customizar. Ha sido un largo recorrido de unos meses, bueno en realidad, largo solo se le ha hecho a su novia que le ha aguantado como nadie. Según me comenta, la ha vuelto loca durante todo ese tiempo jejeje ¡Grande ella!

Bueno, conseguida la máquina, se puso manos a la obra y comenzó a hacerle algunos cambios superficiales como manillar, intermitentes, así como empezar a quitar hierros. Ya sabes, toda esa serie de cosas que se le añadía a las motos de la época (agarraderas, protectores de motor, cubre cadenas, etc ). Vamos, cosas que rompen un poco el diseño y que quitándolas, la moto se queda más limpia y despejada.
Importante nombrar que esta moto fue transformada casi sin medios, teniendo que ir pidiendo cada herramienta a sus amigos, y poco a poco comprando alguna, por eso hay que agradecer también a todos ellos (Iñigo, Gorka, Diego, Alejandro, etc…).
Como ves, es una transformación simple que mantiene las líneas y el aspecto clásico y genuino que siempre le ha gustado a Rubén. A él no le gustan las transformaciones tan perfectas que parece que salen de fábrica, y que para su gusto, pierden la esencia original.

Muy importante para él, la elección de las piezas y los colores. Aunque me ha dicho que la intención era meterle más color vino/granate, y al final le ha quedado un poco “roja”. Esto fue un fallo en su elección porque su pintor y primo Diego, la clava con su trabajo ;)
El asiento es otra cosa que creo que marca la diferencia, el cual se ha fabricado desde cero gracias a algunos vídeos de Youtube. Trabajo final de tapizado favorable, ya que Rubén tenía mucho miedo con esto, ya que opina que es un 50% de la moto; pero al final creo que lo ha conseguido. Los guardabarros son los de origen, se han cortado al máximo posible y montados (a su pesar) por temas de ITV. Si lo se, para la foto tenía que haberlos quitado, ainsss.
Ha pulido algunas piezas pero no al máximo, como te decía, no le gusta llegar al límite en cuanto a restauración o imagen se refiere.

Sin duda lo más costoso para él, ha sido el corte y soldadura de subchasis, al ser la primera, las ha pasado canutas. Medidas, curvas de acero, chapa para asiento, etc… pero bueno con mucha paciencia, ayuda y unos días medio ciego por la soldadura… todo se pudo conseguir.
En la lista de cambios principales, nombrar:

• -Neumáticos Pirelli Scorpion mixtos.
• Amortiguadores traseros de Harley, 3 cm mas largos que los de origen.
• Asiento hecho a mano, de cuero y base de acero.
• Manillar Renthal.
• Se ha hecho reglaje de válvulas, cambio de juntas, limpieza y restauración de carburadores, y pulido básico de tapas.
• Suprimidas piña de arranque y he metido clausor de coche bajo el depósito.
• Piñón trasero más pequeño, mejora la velocidad punta.
• Escapes cortos abiertos, tienen un ruido bestial.
• Espejos retro mini.
• Velocímetro mini con led vintage.
• El resto ha sido simplificado.

Y bueno después de muchas vueltas innecesarias, piezas enviadas que nunca ha utilizado, piezas que ha roto al montar, y varios días de bajones, etc.. (Todo no podía ser tan bonito), ha salido esta preciosa Kawasaki KZ400, la cual ha sabido retratar uno de sus mejores amigos, Osvaldo Perez Fotógrafo. Que ha puesto su alma en ello solo por una comida. Esto son amigos y lo demás… jejeje.
Muchas gracias Rubén por compartir con toda la comunidad tu trabajo. Se agradece mucho tu aporte y tu amabilidad
found on: http://www.caferacerpasion.com/kawasaki-kz400-brat-style-ruben-gonzalez/

Kingston Customs CXL500

CX500 customs are popping up all over the place at the moment, but the vast majority of them tend to be head down, bum up, cafe racers.  In fact, Dirk and his crew at Kingston Customs in Germany have already blown us away with one such CX earlier in the year.  So, when a customer approached Kingston with the brief that he needed an ultra reliable, everyday bike that he could ride off road, the CXL 500 idea was born.

Now, we have no idea if the story behind the origins of this project is true or not, but what the heck we like it, so we’ll tell it.  The owner of this bike has horses.  In the summer, he used to ride down to the stables on a cafe racer and the horses used to become restless in the paddock.  One day a horse whisperer told him that it was the aggressive riding position on the bike that made the horses edgy and fearful.  And so the brief for an upright, off-road, less horse aggravating bike was born.  Apparently.

As Honda had built a CX 500 and an XL 500, it was obvious to Dirk that he needed to build a Honda CXL 500 Scrambler.  So a ’79 model bike was stripped completely and the frame was glass bead blasted and modified, before being painted.  Kingston themselves then handmade the seat, the battery box, the front and rear aluminium mudguards, the radiator grill and the 2 into 1 exhaust manifold.

They also treated the engine to some thermo-sensitive coating, fitted some K&N’s, and married up a Speed Products exhaust pipe to the aforementioned manifolds.  The result is a perfectly decent, and totally useable 50hp.

The luxurious looking paintwork was clearly influenced by old Honda Enduro bikes from the seventies.  In fact, the level of finish on this build is so damn good that the bike itself looks like it could have been in the official Honda line up in 1979.  But we’ve come to expect that from Kingston.  Great, original ideas, executed flawlessly.

We wouldn’t be surprised if this particular build divides opinion.  But then we also wouldn’t be surprised if Dirk and his gang deliberately build bikes that challenge conventional thinking and cause a little controversy.  And anyway, the horses obviously like it, so who cares.  Thanks to Dennis Zetlitz for the great photos, and thanks to Dirk for once again sharing his jaw dropping (and horse calming) work with us in The Shed

found on: http://thebikeshed.cc

Yako’s Bekano

As gangly trackers continue to give low slung cafe racers a literal thumping in the popularity stakes, certain donors rise to the top; and it’s normally the Honda XR which most type into the search bar first. There are alternatives abound, but they require a little more looking for, like Suzuki’s long-standing DR650. Not commonly found in the EU thanks to the interfering luddites in Brussels, Suzuki instead deemed fit to bring the flatulent Freewind to our shores. But as with the Dominator, behind the plastic lies the prime ingredients for a thumpingly good time.

Yannick Gosset from Dijon in the heart of France sure noticed it. As someone happy to turn his creative hand to a diverse range of media, Yako steadfastly straddles the world of art. Painting both classic frescoes and spraying top notch graffiti, as in our world of bikes, he cares not for the boundaries defining the old and new.
Also a dab hand at building and restoring furniture, it’s his appreciation of material properties that help Yako form this build. With no pretense of being a pro-builder, Yako is like many of us, just a garage tinkerer. Working away in his spare time, without the pressures of clients and profit.

So it was the 1998 Freewind lying deflatedly at the back of his workshop that sparked an imagination. The somewhat insipid styling not really doing it for him, there was soon 25kg of ‘unnecessary’ parts on the floor. Despite being stripped back the bike was to be his everyday ride, so had to remain functional; a twin seat, decent lighting, mudgards all required.
But in that pile on the floor lay one big problem. Freewind builders take note: Once the loom had been simplified no amount of fiddling managed to breath life into the bike. Even Suzuki mechanics pulled out their hair at this mystery failure. Yako finally figured out that the original ignition switch contained an LED that signaled the CDI. Without it no spark, no bark. Lesson learned so back it went.

Working out of a shared creative space, a fellow artist Florent Gautier, happened to be a dab hand with the welder and helped Yako get the bike’s foundations in place. The entire rear end of the bike was redesigned, using various cardboard models, Illustrator sketches and finally with the aid of a giant frikkin’ laser, the sheet steel frame was bolted on.
It certainly defines the character of the bike, along with its name: Bekano. A sly nod to the famous Mecanno toy, it shares the looks of the perforated metal pieces that formed hours of childhood wonder for many of us. The look continues around the bottom edge of the tank, helping bridge the integration with the seat. As Yako wanted, it adds a creative, fun aspect to the bike.

The tank is another rare item, and forgive yourself if you couldn’t place it. Originally residing on a ’70s Malaguti Cavalcone Cross 50cc, it was pilfered to transform the look of the Freewind. The inset storage and leather cross straps beautifully combine form and function, meaning no more thigh-jabbing from pocketed keys when riding.
The primary colour-way for the bike was shades of brown, “a Cappuccino with a dusting of chocolate”. Used to working with vintage items, Yako wanted the bike have that old-timey influence, but without sacrificing a quality finish: “For me, to renovate or build a motorcycle requires a clean, new look, so no question of painted patina, rusted effects or faking age!”

So with the vintage looks, comes a modern reliable engine; and no need to mess it about. It remains completely original apart from a K & N filter; itself awkward to find thanks to Suzuki’s twin carb setup. Though it’s the reason the Freewind could pass emissions tests when the big DR couldn’t.
A DanMoto silencer on the end of a single piece bent stainless header is about as clean an exhaust setup as you’ll find; tucked neatly away so as not to fry your calf in traffic. Fully rebuilt rims clad in Twinduro tyres give pavement pounding traction while trusted Renthal bars and grips get the riding stance just so.

The bike has been more or less finished for a year now, but refreshingly Yako wanted to spend time tweaking the Bekano to remove all those little snags you find once a fresh build hits the road. Now debugged, he has a fantastically unique ride to rip about on and all put together for less than £2000. With 50-odd bhp and only 130 kg to haul along you can bet there’s a broad smile on his face.

found on: http://thebikeshed.cc