Cafe Idea Help

[Dante12016]

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Here is the bike I bought. Obviously somebody started a café build on it, which I like, but to me its not complete I think the lines are wrong. So just looking for ideas/suggestions

[mole2]

There's no picture there. Just a small black box with an "x" in it.


:)

[tnastvogel]

Can't see your picture, but some ideas for cafe racer style: clip on handlebars, bar end mirrors, double round headlight, side mount plate, and of course the racer style seat.

[winsmiles]

It's hard to make a true cafe racer bike with the cruiser-ish frame of the GZ.I did convert mine into a cafe style cruiser with minimal effort.Most people think it's a Triumph!

[benmb]

Win got pics? I'm doing a little bobber myself right now

[winsmiles]

Here's one-got more if needed

[benmb]

That is really cool win. I like it, and did work yourself?

Seat being up a little more help with leg room? I'm 6'2" and i had to push my controls forward first thing with the gz.. I was sitting on the pillon pad to be comfortable! But raising up the seat level could work as well.

A pic of the 'frame addition' would be nice.. You could do a 'how-to'!

[winsmiles]

Follow the previous posts under my login name-the one from 10/1/12 is the most relevant,Nick.

[gzbobber]

I wanted the cafe racer style also but decided bobber was more my style. I do agree with tnastvogel about about adding bar end mirrors mirrors, other than that I think it looks great!

[mlynch]

wow! they did a great job on the work to the frame and the tail section

i agree about using bar end mirrors. also check out a "M" handlebar its kind of like a clubman, but without killing your back.
http://www.steadfastcycles.com/cart/images/9ab1_12.jpg

[descargaelbano]

Here's a pic of a bike I picked up for $400 and started the transformation already. The bike has a tick in the upper end so I know I need to have a new valve seat installed before it drops a valve. I wanted to get the bike looking the way I wanted before I drive it or I know it will never happen. :ride:

These are just used upside down dirtbike handlebars I put on there to see how it feels while seated. Someone had already shortened them so the controls are in very close but they still clear the tank by 1/4". The correct clipons that go forward and up for a bigger person were way out of my budget at $200. I looked at the Norman Hyde M-Bars but they really don't have a cafe look to me once you bolt them onto the bike so I ordered clubmans. My clubmans will be here tomorrow so I will install them ASAP and post more pics. The top tree of these bikes are pretty wide at 11" so I had to buy the wide clubmans with the 11-1/4" between the horns or they wouldn't be adjustable. Hope any of these pics will help U decide. ;)

[jonathan180iq]

What wheel and tire combo is that up front?

[descargaelbano]

It's a chrome Marshin rim 21x1.6 on ebay for $60 and getting the spokes(part#2000137 (https://www.jpcycles.com/product/2000137)) on sale at J&P Cycles for $32 and a Shinko 777 80/90-21 for $48. The correct chrome Radaelli rim was $137 so I opted for the Marshin rim, although new is a little lumpy at the sides. The tire was a bitch to put on!!! The hub holes will need to be drilled slightly larger and the spoke threads will need to be trimmed approximately 1/16".


If you are looking for a 19" direct bolt on for the front of your bike, use a front wheel from a GT550, GT380 or GS450 available on ebay. The GT250 comes in 18" which would have been great for me since I already had a brand new Sava MC7 3.50x18 tire laying around, but the 18 didn't have the large diameter I was looking for

[jonathan180iq]

Wow. This is good info. Did you figure this out just by doing research?

EDIT: Just say your other thread.

Great work, man.

[descargaelbano]

Sorry, new to the forum and don't know all the ins-n-outs yet, thanks for the help & the compliment Jonatahan. As for the wheel, lots of online searching and measuring some other bike hubs too.

My wide clubmans came in today so I installed them every which way I could think of and took lots of pictures. I made a Youtube video with them mounted in 6 different positions so you might get an idea if you like them or not. Here is the vid on my youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VMqnuw1BhM

Should this vid link be posted in tutorial also, or maybe just the pics?

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[gz4me +]

I like what you have done to the bike and thought you did great job on the video. You have done yourself proud. Good Job!!!

[Water Warrior 2]

Well done. Personally I like the upsidedown dirt bike bars. Probably a lot cheaper too.

[King_louie]

Not sure if anyone is still around but the clubman Bars with the 19 " rim have piqued my interest. Anyone else tried this with their GZ250?

[spldart]

Nice!

[Lorrine]

It's hard to make a true cafe racer bike with the cruiser-ish frame of the GZ.I did convert mine into a cafe style cruiser with minimal effort.Most people think it's a Triumph!

[Vegas Street Rider]

As the saying goes, pictures or it didn't happen. Would love to see your version of the cafe racer style.