I guess its time to share my Cafe project.

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I guess its time to share my Cafe project.

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this was my last project. SR250
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This was my purchase last summer. 72 gt380
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Immediately found a deal on some chambers and clip ons.
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yellowed headlight. Uni filters.
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had Ian at http://caferacerseatandtank.com/ make this seat for me.
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started moving all the electronic to their new home. some new stuff from oregonmotorcycleparts.com

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Midnight Purple Pearl
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first time seeing the tank and seat in the sun. man those guages are like Bug eyes.
also you can see the New (temporary) oil tank. its a catch tank from a car.
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Good bye bid guages.
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Hello Conti's and Redwing dual rate shocks
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rear sets. they are modified titan performance t500 rearsets.
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no love for purple bikes i see...
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I like the color! I had a 1976 GT380 back in the late 70's. It was a nice bike but my friend's Yamaha RD350 could leave me in the dust. Good work on your project! Thanks for sharing.
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+1 Real nice build! I really like the custom built seat it fits the tank really well.
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Nice work on the seat, how did you make it? :-)
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i didnt make it personally.
I talked with Ian at http://caferacerseatandtank.com/ and gave him a few measurements and ideas.
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Post by Lorenzo »

It came out quite nice but, have you thought about white
upholstery??
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not white.... almost went with brown. but wasnt sure on the color so i thought black was fail proof.
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