History behind this project bike is that I originally built this bike in 2003/2004 to be my AHRMA Formula 500 road racer. I completed it in 2004 and raced it through 2012, competing in AHRMA, AFM (NorCal), and AMA events on tracks like Sears Point, Willow Springs, Laguna Seca, Miller, Sandia, Grattan, Mid-Ohio, and Barber. I had a great time racing this bike, but decided to retire it since I am in process of building a new T500 based road racer.
When I built this bike in 2004 I did it to as much of an art project as I did to build a road racer. For those who have seen the bike here and in person I'm sure you'll agree it turned out rather nice, and after completion I received comments like "you're really going to race that?"
Well after 8 years of racing the old girl started showing signs of battle; paint chips and scratches, oil mist, track grime, and tire rubber that had coated many of the parts.
I decided that it was time to rebuild and convert the bike to a street going custom Cafe Racer, let's see the steps I took and how it turned out.
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