It's Got New Breaks!

"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson) 01/06/2015 at 15:34 • Filed to: None

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WTF! Why would I want to buy your fourteen year old vehicle if it has new breaks. I don't want new breaks. I might be happy to buy it with new brakes though.

Why do so many idiots write breaks instead of brakes. One is a bad thing for your vehicle and the other stops it.

Craigslist hurts my brain. Rant over.

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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > AdverseMartyr 01/06/2015 at 15:36

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Did Manuel make the transmission? He does a good job.

Jcarr > AdverseMartyr 01/06/2015 at 15:37

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Camero.

AdverseMartyr > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/06/2015 at 15:38

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He makes the transmissions for almost every motorcycle I've ever seen. It seems like he gets around more than John Mayer.

Hey, y'all, watch this! > AdverseMartyr 01/06/2015 at 15:38

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Well, the breaks might also stop your vehicle, depending on what's broken.

ACESandEIGHTS > AdverseMartyr 01/06/2015 at 15:39

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Kawasaki makes replica bikes? That's Triumph's domain. Still $5,500 is crack pipe territory for that underpowered 1973 putt-putt machine.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > AdverseMartyr 01/06/2015 at 15:40

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Also, that bike isn't quite a cafe racer. It's close, and a great starting point for one, but I think it's just slightly off the mark as it sits now.

I do want to build a cafe racer though...

ACESandEIGHTS > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 01/06/2015 at 15:43

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How not cafe racer now? I've always thought the best CRs were the old Japanese and BMWs that had racing bars and solo saddles and other bolt-on stuff.

davedave1111 > AdverseMartyr 01/06/2015 at 15:49

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Shockers refurbished!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-55-RE…

davedave1111 > ACESandEIGHTS 01/06/2015 at 15:50

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I agree, not cafe racer with a double seat, for starters. But then I really hate the CR style, so...

Rock Bottom > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/06/2015 at 15:53

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Did someone call me?

ACESandEIGHTS > davedave1111 01/06/2015 at 15:55

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If anything CRs and naked bikes have grown on my immensely in the past 15 years. I would never buy a bike with fairing, unless it was a cowl or small top fairing etc.

It's something about the statement of not putting plasticky racing stuff on your bike, like "yeah, it's fun, I'm in the open air, I can still go fast if I want, but I'm not so pretentious as to think that fairing makes me look cool or adds any real substance or advantage to my riding." Plus you don't look like a bro if you're just riding down to the store for something. Nobody on a cafe racer style bike is going to wear a Joe Rocket jacket and have a helmet with neon chinguses splashed across it.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > ACESandEIGHTS 01/06/2015 at 16:01

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The double seat and the rear fender are what kill the look for me. They both extend too far, which kind of screws with the aggressive styling I tend to associate with cafe racers.

Here's an excellent example of what I think a quintessential cafe racer W650 would look like.

And here's an example of what I think is more reasonable to expect from the average owner/builder.

I still am not a huge fan of the fenders on the 2nd one, but I think it has much more of the cafe racer look than the one in the ad.

davedave1111 > ACESandEIGHTS 01/06/2015 at 16:03

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I like naked bikes, just not the silly CR styles.

"Plus you don't look like a bro if you're just riding down to the store for something."

No? It's basically the fifties/sixties equivalent of a brodozer rolling coal, in my book. The cafe racers were a bunch of obnoxious antisocial arseholes - street racers, don't forget.

I'd never heard of Joe Rocket before, but that looks like exactly the kind of thing I'd expect to see a 60-something accountant riding a CR to the Ace Cafe whilst wearing.

Even these days you still get dicks riding way too fast to/from the Ace Cafe, so thanks to them we have speed cameras on a bit of road which otherwise wouldn't need any.

ACESandEIGHTS > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 01/06/2015 at 16:04

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Man those fat tires are nice. That top bike I would go $5,500 for.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > AdverseMartyr 01/06/2015 at 16:50

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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > AdverseMartyr 01/06/2015 at 17:11

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If they didn't have new breaks, then they wouldn't have time for Manuel transmissions.

Manuel is the guy they take breaks with. And the transmissions are primarily audio.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 01/06/2015 at 17:13

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I agree... it's more of a Latte racer.

AdverseMartyr > davedave1111 01/06/2015 at 19:10

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Maybe it's a modification to get slow moving pedestrians out of the way?

AdverseMartyr > Jcarr 01/06/2015 at 19:13

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I've been looking for one of those for a long time; i hear it is an awesome car. Every time I find one advertised it ends up having Camaro badges instead. It's a unicorn; I'm not sure what makes a Camero better than a Camaro, but I'm sure it has more horsepower.