NC30 Cafe Racer

[Foxy400]

It gets a big thumbs up from me. Still not sure about the height of the rear hump in the side-on view though. If you follow the curve of the tank as it dips down towards the seat and continued it into the rear hump it would drop the height by a couple of inches... But I guess aesthetics are in the eye of the beholder.

Technically it sounds like a big challenge but you obviously know what you're doing. So far it looks pretty well put together. Looking forward to the next instalment.

[RickOliver]

It`s a late `60s /early `70s GP bike look -



- and as somebody said earlier I guess you do have to be of a certain age to get it...

[Swingarm]

So cafe racers were based on race bikes but the race bikes had fairings and the road bikes didn't?

[RickOliver]

That`s a bit of a sweeping generalisation but there is some truth in it - down at the Ace Cafe in 1961 your road going Triton would have essentially been the same bike that your mate raced at Brands Hatch but with lights and a horn fitted.

I built this Yoshimura Honda CB400F cafe racer in 1980 -



- but by that time even the quicker club and national racers were on 100bhp 4-cylinder two stroke RG500s and TZ750s so the road/race connection was pretty much completely lost...

[CMSMJ1]

That is cool Rick.

The cooler setup is neat. Glad you are tinkering with it. I ride a 400 Bros for commuting these days..a V4 version of that style would be excellent