02-28-2019, 02:14 AM
It might just be me but... I really dislike that pseudo-cafe racer GB400TT.
It's got a bloated handlebar fairing that's more "Vetter" than "England in the early '60s". No swept-back pipes. A pretend bum-stop seat. A too-slick tank/side panel combination (reminiscent of our own CB1100s?). And finally a front mudguard straight off a Honda GPracer of the mid-to-late 60s. Honda is victim of it's own slickness and perfection with this. Their 500GB was a good starting point for a cafe racer, that's all
Cafe Racers are stripped down, with big sculpted tanks, single seats, swept-back pipes, clip-on bars, brief alloy mudguards (US fenders?), rearset footrests... Anything less is just "a work in progress..."
Discuss!!
It's got a bloated handlebar fairing that's more "Vetter" than "England in the early '60s". No swept-back pipes. A pretend bum-stop seat. A too-slick tank/side panel combination (reminiscent of our own CB1100s?). And finally a front mudguard straight off a Honda GPracer of the mid-to-late 60s. Honda is victim of it's own slickness and perfection with this. Their 500GB was a good starting point for a cafe racer, that's all
Cafe Racers are stripped down, with big sculpted tanks, single seats, swept-back pipes, clip-on bars, brief alloy mudguards (US fenders?), rearset footrests... Anything less is just "a work in progress..."
Discuss!!