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T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:59 am
by jabcb
Cafe Racer is on the Velocity Channel
http://www.caferacertv.com/
Velocity Channel is 281 on DirecTV, 364 on Dish & 870 on Comcast. (Might be different for you.)
Velocity has some great shows about cars & bikes.
http://velocity.discovery.com/videos/
Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 11:43 pm
by MikGsxr
would love to watch this but i don't have cable telly! anyone have a copy or know where i could get one? thanks
Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:58 am
by jabcb
They are currently showing Season 3.
You can purchase the prior two seasons here:
http://www.caferacermag.com/caferacerdvds.html
http://www.dimecitycycles.com/vintage-c ... 2-dvd.html
Don't know if the DVDs are are compatible with DVD players in Australia. Its worth checking before ordering.
Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:35 pm
by Suzukidave
I waited for the show to come on and then saw maybe 5 mins of the 500 build with a bit of that time wasted of them rolling the rear tire across the floor a couple of times

It looks like a nice custom build i just wish they showed just a bit more of the build ? And then they tell ya to wait for next week to see it tuned and running

Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:22 am
by jabcb
A bit of a let down. Ended with the bike breaking down & not finding out why.
Pics & info are shown on the show's website:
http://www.caferacertv.com/builders/
Would expect the specs to be added soon since the last episode has aired.
Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:54 am
by Barry S.
I saw the show, they tried rejetting some flatslides on the 500 engine and had no luck. I figured they got is so lean it holed a piston, probably never know as I doubt it will ever be on the show again.
Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:39 pm
by jabcb
The T500 cafe build is airing again tomorrow, Sunday Nov. 4th.
Episode 11 @ 2 PM
Episode 12 @ 2:30 PM
Per their website, the T500 is in episodes 11, 12 & 13.
See builder J&B Moto on:
http://www.caferacertv.com/builders/
Don't know what happened to Episode 13. Its not listed in the airtime schedule:
http://www.caferacertv.com/airtimes-show-information/
Episode 13 might explain what went wrong in Episode 12.
The listing might be wrong, perhaps it will air on Sunday, Nov. 11.
Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:15 pm
by diamondj
Saw that T500 at Mid-Ohio this year. Looked neat from a distance but up close a lot of things were "bodged" together.
And they still didn't have it running.....
Jim
Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:33 pm
by two-stroke-brit
^^^^^^i bet thats the case with a lot of the "tv bikes"
Re: T500 cafe build on tonight's Cafe Racer TV
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:24 pm
by Bloop2
The show was on again tonight, but only the first 5 minutes of the build.