Bandit Cafe Racer

And I would have had one of these if it killed me

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by pencil shavings

And I would have had one of these if it killed me

Bit to "home made" looking for me although funnily enough I am thinking of one of these for next year, as a play thing of course.

Originally Posted by rictus01

Bit to "home made" looking for me although funnily enough I am thinking of one of these for next year, as a play thing of course.

I rather like that. Musn't enquire how much.

Looks like a nice suped up monster

A griso 1200 with some nice pipes on it, wonderful sound

That aprilia is lovely, I'd put a 7 or 8 inch round headlight on it though!

Originally Posted by rictus01

Bit to "home made" looking for me although funnily enough I am thinking of one of these for next year, as a play thing of course.

The home made look is kind of apealing to me, I think because it shows graft? That MG looks abit too cruiser for my liking, uncomfotable and unpractical cafe if what im after! lol. I think once I finish my last year at uni and get a real job Im going to get an old 600 bandit, strip/clean/service completly and rebuild as a cafe, somthing Ive wanted to do for a few years, as my mechanical knowledge could do with being improved!

I'd quite like to pick up a bike to turn into a cafe racer, when I've got more money and time to spare. Something like a TL.... nice big thumping twin, I think that'd be nice!

Originally Posted by Sean_C

I'd quite like to pick up a bike to turn into a cafe racer, when I've got more money and time to spare. Something like a TL.... nice big thumping twin, I think that'd be nice!

Yeah, you could streetfighter it, but the frame is all wrong to get the traditional cafe racer look, thats why Ive decided on the bandit, plus their are loads of bits you can butcher for it to make it exactly how I want it! But putting the TL engine in the bandit................

Modern cafe racer then. I like the tubular frames, much more than i like the look of beam frames.. I'd have a different seat unit on it and probably a different tank, I quite like the sound of that kind of thing.

Originally Posted by Sean_C

Modern cafe racer then. I like the tubular frames, much more than i like the look of beam frames.. I'd have a different seat unit on it and probably a different tank, I quite like the sound of that kind of thing.

Thats why you have a curvey

yeha, a different tank I think is really key, and might be the make or break of the over all look.

Looking forward to spending the winter looking for a rough bandit now!