Cafe Racer Mini Build

In december 2017 an intelligence consultant from south africa johann de wet came up with a brilliant idea.

Cafe racer mini build. A true cafe racer build is nothing without showing off better performance than the base bike. Alps café racers is proud to propose unique and custom parts designed for your classic mini designed and manufactured right here in the heart of the french alps with special attention to quality and respect to the classic mini spirit. Timelapse build of a 1980 honda cx500 bobber racer a hybrid between a cafe racer and a bobber. The w650 and w800 are all solid bikes that can be converted to the cafe racer look that you want.

Cafe racer seat version coming soon. Here is my masterpiece. It was built by ricardo and ricardo at cool n vintage who decided that they would build two identical mini coopers then battle them against each other around the streets of lisbon. The w650 is a dream to build out.

Cb550 cafe racer sin city vintage cycles. This is the first of the two and the other will be built to identical specification. Cafe racer build honda full build time lapse duration. The mini cooper you see here is a bit of a custom.

If you want a smaller bike the cb350 will make for a good ride but you will not have the power some riders are. The idea of designing such a balance bicycle popped up in johann de wet s head after finishing a woodworking project for his daughter. A miniaturized cafe racer replica. Building a cafe racer is a lot more simple compared to other motorcycle builds because of it s simplistic nature.

Part 1 rolling frame duration. The point of a cafe racer is to have the least amount of parts on it to make it go faster. A wooden balance café racer. Should you be going for that engine overhaul yes or those spanking new usd s so.

There are literally dozens of bikes in the series but the best for a cafe racer build may be the cb550 and the cb750 the cb750 was hailed as the world s first superbike and the 69 horsepower inline four is still a thrill to ride. Inspired by this the two ricardos from portugeuse dealer cool vintage decided to build two hardcore yet very usable minis with the exact same performance spec so we could race each other through lisbon s narrow streets once the sun came down we re sure their motives should be taken with a pinch of salt but the minis have been. The original thought was to have them look and function like race bikes. It was a retro standard bike to begin with so the look will not have to be altered too.