Cafe Racer Bike Tank Design

Husqvarna a new brand to india has taken the cafe racer route for one of its bikes the vitpilen 250.

Cafe racer bike tank design. A decade ago the californian outfit ryca motors cracked an almost impossible code. It was a big success and they re now celebrating their tenth anniversary with a new cs 1x kit that was designed using augmented. Well originally cafe racers used dented and elongated fuel tanks for the fuel tanks and the sole reason that led to adopting this design was so that bikers knees could easily cling or hold on to it. To design the bike mv s crack team of designers drew inspiration from the race machines of the italian marque s golden era of grand prix competition in which mv claimed a record 17 consecutive world titles albeit while delivering a futuristic version of the brand s full bodywork adorned racers.

Aug 25 2016 explore axel axelsson s board cafe racer sticker bomb tanks on pinterest. See more ideas about cafe racer cafe racer bikes racer. Oct 24 2019 explore robert matthews s board cafe racer bikes on pinterest. A single piece front fairing is made from beechwood as is the custom cafe style tail.

This 1993 bmw r80 restomod is a steam punk cafe racer with a hand wheeled aluminum body the bike s removable hand crafted fairings allow it to change shape. Then they made a kit so garage builders could do the same using just basic tools and skills. A secondary consideration of the visual weight is the axis of the tank parameter. See more ideas about bike tank sticker bomb motorcycle tank.

The tank cover is still clearly from an xsr but has been treated to woodman s signature spin while the build s custom xrace exhaust and wheel outlines are also painted to look like wooden items. Vitpilen means white arrow in sweden whereas this bike s lock stock and barrel cousin is. This is a visual line that bisects the cylinder piston area of the motor. Underneath its fairing the superveloce.