'71 T500 "Manx Titan" Cafe Racer

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LexPaul
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Re: '71 T500 "Manx Titan" Cafe Racer

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Very nice, question, did you get that wind screen from National Cycle? I was looking recently and this one you have is very similar. Thanks Lex
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Re: '71 T500 "Manx Titan" Cafe Racer

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The windscreen is a National Cycle "Flyscreen." It fits the headlight contour perfectly.
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Re: '71 T500 "Manx Titan" Cafe Racer

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Congrats on the nice bike. :up:

+1 on a request for a video of the bike being ridden.
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Re: '71 T500 "Manx Titan" Cafe Racer

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Greetings from Denmark.

That is one really nice looking T500 you got there, so Classic and aesthetic, and still a two stroker at Heart :up:

BTW, what rear fender is that?
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Re: '71 T500 "Manx Titan" Cafe Racer

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That's the stock rear fender that I cut around 6 inches off. The reason for cutting my rear fender was that I got rear ended causing a permanent crease in the fender. I cut the fender above the crease, that became the genesis for the cafe treatment.
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