MCN News: Ace Cafe Racer unveiled

[IchiTrois]

Modern CRs are getting big

[VJIXcreative]

That is junk, give it to me. ;)

[quiknik888]

look´s nice and has a great sound... all you need!

[bhaveen36]

why does it have a rocket on the back? :D

[chamasinn]

タイヤ太っ！！

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[supercop46]

if just fell in love...

[ukchris64]

The bike in the video is Harley based and I wouldn't mind owing it, or any tasefully done Jap bike

[Ryknfjor]

@ukchris64 S&S Engine isnt harley based, it is american based though

[ukchris64]

Don't kniow why only British bikes qualify as cafe racers, I would make a cafe raqcer out of anything if I had the time and garage space,I thought the idea was to have fun, if you are on anything two wheeled, then you have fun whatever you ride

[1Bawden]

@ukchris64 Its either a British or Italian bike.

[perseus43]

@ukchris64 did`nt know only a British bike could qualify as a cafe racer/,seen many bikes styled as cafe racers,if its only British bikes then only so as most Japanese bikes over 250cc can do the much acclaimed 100mph as standard whereas old British bikes had to be tuned to the eyeballs and chopped down to make it over the ton lol.

[rafa6694]

onde anda esta moto??

[swansmeister]

sweet ride

[keithketola]

Needs an inline 4.

[fcarabat]

pretty sweet, but i'm not diggin' that exhaust set up.. either on the side, or undertail... just preference!

[NeilLB7]

I can agree with that. But I did build one out of an Ducati about 20 years ago. Does that count? :)

[longracing1]

THAT IS SWEET! BEAUTIFUL BUILD!

[kawa7900]

How good would that look if it had a vincent engine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Krazer2100]

best sound ever, awesome :D

[kwright286]

ufhh...do not want.

[c64core]

the most beatiful bike i see ever (l)

[deaddoc]

People are coming out of everywhere with their own versions of "cafe" bikes. It does seem a bit like usurping a pure thing for profit, doesn't it? Even that new show, "Cafe Racer" is doing that. But two people are always going to see the same thing differently. Those in the know, will always know. Money can't buy cool. Cool is personal style.

[ibuiltmineo1oo]

@deaddoc yep! better start rat holing SOHC 750s and Dunstal tanks. you'll be a millionaire off them pretty soon.

[NeilLB7]

Cafe Racer? Looks like a Harley VRod with a lift kit!!!! Cafe racer hardly. Cafe Racers are built from ordinary bikes with a few hundred bucks and some serious painting, polishing, tuning and chopping.

[decathlete929]

@NeilLB7 Agreed!!

[levijonessheep]

@NeilLB7

...ordinary BRITISH bikes, to be precise. None of these cheap ass Jap bikes qualify as Cafe Racers to me.

[SH1974]

Too big, too heavy, too big tyres - too much of everything!

But I have to agree: it seems to be really pretty manufactured!

It is exactly like "kochloffel67" sayed it:

Cafe racer should be light and nimble.

This Thing... Put a blower on it and a wheeliebar and go dragrace,

but please don't call this monster a café racer.

[577lightnitro]

I like it.  The wankers complaining about it, shut up or put up! Post the bike you built, ZLOWN!

[yahoochiewatchie]

give me a triumph over this ugly hape of site any day!

[0235689741]

I don't like the overall looks of the bike but just love every detail about it. and the sound is just perfect! :D

[S01NOR]

like the rims and the sound, and that's about it..

[parthenogen]

meh. carpy builds better bikes.

[Ryknfjor]

i dont see whats so english about a S&S engine

[bparkerphoto]

What were the readings?

[etphonehome2915]

holy shit it looks nasty from behind, great sound and cool that you have put a bigger engine on it...

[Fight2Survive]

put ur tongue on the tire :P

[hull293]

It's far from a cafe bike. With that Moto Gp like exhaust, the gsxr like triple tree, and rocket tires and brakes. I feel they went far towards a racer than a simple cafe bike from the early days. If any thing this is a new age cafe racer. AKA could be a crotch rocket.

[BikerRussell]

The most interesting thing about this bike is the exhaust! One centered and one "odd" out on the right. :D

[CrockettRockett88]

looks a little too beefy to be a cafe racer haha

[MrCaspartheghost]

shit camera work - mcn put their name to this

[mark3757]

Harley V-Twin type motor was used becuase we they were looking to make some real power and wanted that classic sound to go along with that power.

[UndergroundBobbers]

The new tech with the old look, very original.

[kochloffel67]

The thing is huge, looks to be 8 feet long. Cafe racer should be light and nimble.

[Tavilha]

@kochloffel67 Think that's just the widescreen effect :)

[comradeyars]

@kochloffel67 you do realize the aspect ratio is slightly off right? The video's stretched.

[poldsmobile]

@kochloffel67 exactly what I was thinking - its a great looking bike, but its very 'Americanised' too big and long.

[SpeedTriple59]

Out of proportion,check out the Aprillia Cae racer on you tube land,far far better looking than this pile of crud.

[Son7Sam666]

Wrong powersource. WTF??? Is someone having a bubble? - Nobs!!!

[chaz76vette]

@Son7Sam666 ha ha british people talk weird

[lukeandjoshua]

@chaz76vette wanker

[chaz76vette]

@lukeandjoshua righto chap!

[lotuselanplus2s]

Like i say,they shouldn't ave used a tractor engine,,,should they.

[lotuselanplus2s]

I'm sorry but to build a cafe racer with a Harley type engine,kinda like using a tractor engine,isn't it.

[mitchellchapman1]

Love those exhausts. Great placement.

[terence20001]

What an awsome machine. . The exhaust pipe's look magic one centralised the other offset. e.t.c. e.t.c. e.t.c. 20 out of 10 :-)

[newall7]

that cb range honda built in 70,s

were superb that cb 750 was a beaut

didnt it have 4 exhausts? nice saddle too

the 1st goldwing when idicators were on

made a beeping noise i think

like an alert correct me if im wrong

[RunescapeJokers]

English engineering at it best

what a brilliant sound 10/10

[Tasus87]

The sound is American..but brilliant bike anyway

[Scootertuner1000]

Engine is SS engine (American) in a British built bike. Best of both worlds I would say.

[BlackLabel7345]

@RunescapeJokers i cant see an American V-Twin being English engineering at its best

[NeilLB7]

@RunescapeJokers English? Doesn't the description say S&S engine? AKA: Harley?

[rsscoyote]

show cafe racer

[motor2rad]

wow, great bike. is there an harley engine ?

wich frame ?

[DspecDJ]

I think it's an S&S engine in a custom frame, can't remember for sure though, there have been some magazine articles on this bike, it is beautiful.

[worldwar2madman]

there was one on ebay for £26,000 last month!

[Dieselpowerkid]

the bike is supposed to sound like that isko38ca. check out barrnets magazine issuue #65 nov 08 P45-48

[Ghawdxi]

Cool bike. Traditional cafes were of course parallel twins, but this isn't the 60s; I believe very few bikes actually put out engines like that anymore (besides the Hinckley Bonnevilles). I love that they used a Featherbed-type frame. Any engine in that frame with clip-ons is a cafe. The engine doesn't really matter much as cafes have been built with myriad different engines. Even Norvins had v-twins!

[DaArtist67]

I was there to see her fired up for the first time and the sound say's it all, what a bike she would be...

...if it was only 10k less

[isko38ca]

i agree something is not right with the exhaust.....hmmmmm...trying to be diffrernt maybe.....but hmmmm

[makeminealarge1]

bangers r us LOL

[thehairypedlar]

sweet as baby x

[robcop5]

Im only a nipper but i thought cafe racers were supposed to be big singles?

[Hunsox]

That's wrong. The classic english motorcycle has a twin.

[TheAllAmericanBadAss]

Front tire is a massive fail, and the intake looks cheap and tacky.

[SpeedTriple59]

Just picking here front tyre is a bit to wide,and it dont look finished,their are alot of things to finish on this bike,cool though it is,,

[nusair2]

ilike it but i think the exaust doesnt look right

[ClymerManuals]

Cafe look makes almost every bike look cool...even a V-twin...

[dwnhilmtbr]

More v-twins should be done in cafe form.

[pointe23]

So beautiful, old and modern

[deadflagbluesxxx]

I say all is well minus the V twin and intake?

What the fuck were they thinking on that intake? Looks like they had taken it out of a laundromat.

[TerribleTimes]

luv luv luv it! way to go and build the kewls Duckman bike ever!!

[LKW78]

Sweet sound!

[inkmonster0u812]

Man that thing rocks.Thats no inline four.Haa haa.

[Ryknfjor]

FUKKIN SIKKK!!!!