FELT "CAFE RACER"

[primestyle]

Hope it's not to late just getting started,building a polisihed FELT cafe racer style bike,nice and simple triple tree forks,blue 80 mm rims,drag bars,custom decals,pinstriping.No photos yet but will post soon,Happy Building. :mrgreen:

 

[primestyle]

Stripped the frame by hand,finished at the start May,it was hard and time consumig about 20 hours :x ,no photos of that sorry,i like the rough anodized look,so i am going a lite buff at first see if i can get the imperfections out,If that dont work then its a full chrome like polish,

 

[xddorox]

Man these frames look robust! Can't wait to see where you are going with this.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Watching...

Luke.

 

[Fat Willy]

If you are using triple tree forks...have you thought about building some clip ons rather than drag bars? It would be sweet and fit the Café theme better.

 

[Critter1]

Re: FELT "CAFE RACER"

I'm hooked on the cafe look! Great frame to start with too.

 

[justride]

Polishing is a pain, but worth it, IMO. Can't wait to see where you go with this.

 

[primestyle]

Thanks every one ,Fat Willy,i was going with the clip-on idea until i tested the ride position- (felt terrible) so its the conventional route,Ritchey Classic Mountain Flat Handlebar 660mm 31.8mm 10 Deg - Polished,and a Funn MZX2 cnc stem, :wink:

 

[Fat Willy]

Yeah it is a little different being tucked in with clip on's when you are self propelled. :lol:

 

[primestyle]

True,great with a motor,not so great when peddling

 

[kingfish254]

These frames look great polished. Justride polished "Bishop" last year. Can't wait to see what you do with yours.
Good luck

 

[primestyle]

Thanks Kingfish,yep that "bishop"is a beautiful machine,

 

[primestyle]

Re: FELT "CAFE RACER"Decals cable

My custom decals and blue gear/brake cable have arrived,waiting for the spokes then i start the wheels i hate building wheels :x see ya soon :!:

 

[kingfish254]

Nice goody pile!

 

[justride]

How goes the progress?

 

[Jake Sensi]

:shock: GTB!! PEACE

 

[jats]

when I was into cafe racers and had no money we would flip the bike bars like a board tracker.

easy and cheep way to get the clip on low profile and we were a ble to successfully dent several tanks as a bonus :lol: the hieght is about the same as clips but they were also wider so not as shaky at low speed!!!!! Maybe real wide clip ons?

Troy

 

[primestyle]

Thats a nice Honda,i had a few jap bikes when i was a kid,they were cheap and easy to rat-up,the best bike i ever had was a Yamaha SRV 250 Candy Red,what a bike,could beat much bigger CC bikes on that baby,I MISS HER!Going real slow on Build,seem to have hit a wall,got some new parts and a drawing of a VITAL DESIGN BIKE,not sitting around doing nothing.At least um drawing. Need to finish "THE FINK".

 

[primestyle]

Girvan forks, with upgraded spring kit.

 

[yoothgeye]

That looks right!