Cool looking helmet. . . won't protect your face. Great looking jacket. . . will slice your neck as you slide along the road. Could you reconsider some safer gear? At least a safer jacket?
@zapwatt Since helmets like these only endanger the user's own life, I don't like it if people comment on it. I love to wear helmets like these because they offer great visibility, so in a way it's safer for me to wear a retro helmet.
@iRenaatsouvagie You don't have to like my comment. I didn't comment to please you. And like I said before; my comment has everything to do with our insurance rates going up up up up every year. Every time some guy needs skin grafts, my insurance rates go up.
T350, my first M/C in 1979. Painted it "deep as a pool of" black with krylon spray can, replaced the broken instuments with a JC whitney chrome speedo and I was 17 and good to go. Peaky 2 stroke would tail stand if you revved but had no torque. 2 weeks later, young Evel Knieval I was, passing an RV on a blind curve hit gravel and laid it down doing better than 50. Helmet on? Check. and Tshirt, no gloves and sneakers. Hands were so tore up I couldn't masterbate for a month. At 17, just brutal.
@batvette classic tale... i learned my riding gear lesson after blasting a deer with my gs 1100. helmet? check also, along with orange and paisley shirt( i was going out after all) and jeans. over the handlebars and through the pavement resulted in two badly roadrashed elbows a gashed knee. Painful? yes, but not painful enough to prevent me from being pissed.
@geepbee hope you at least got to drag the deer home for some venison jerky.... a buddy of mine in the Navy back around '83 had a GS1100, it was a cruiser but he'd put better suspension bits on it, drag bars, a pipe an moved the conrols back. He deployed and I "watched" his bike most of a summer till he returned. Watched it go quite a few miles actually.
@batvette no such luck. When the deer came into view, he was at the side of the road about to cross. i braked hard, he went and i tried to steer around him, but clipped his back legs. when i finished sliding i heard him in the woods. bastard
this guy is fucking awesome, building that bike and all, i like how serious and passionate he is about keepin up the cafe racer look, sofa king badass
Thanks -- I appreciate the kudos! I always thought this video was kind of ghey. I left it up for AX, a blind friend of mine in Oregon. He likes the sound. =)
Thats a sweet little bike, I've got an original t250j hustler 1972 model. Its my first bike and I'm lovin it, oh man if you shift it just right it will leave bigger bikes in the dust! Very nice cafe racer!
Great job.
tomofnorthcal 2 months ago
Cool looking helmet. . . won't protect your face. Great looking jacket. . . will slice your neck as you slide along the road. Could you reconsider some safer gear? At least a safer jacket?
zapwatt 2 months ago
@zapwatt Mom? Is that you?
stevenmichaelis 2 months ago 4
@stevenmichaelis
Nah, I'm not your mom, I'm just another guy shopping for insurance because the rates go up & up & up every time some guy needs skin grafts.
zapwatt 2 months ago
@zapwatt Since helmets like these only endanger the user's own life, I don't like it if people comment on it. I love to wear helmets like these because they offer great visibility, so in a way it's safer for me to wear a retro helmet.
iRenaatsouvagie 2 months ago
@iRenaatsouvagie You don't have to like my comment. I didn't comment to please you. And like I said before; my comment has everything to do with our insurance rates going up up up up every year. Every time some guy needs skin grafts, my insurance rates go up.
zapwatt 2 months ago
All the posers want a Cafe Racer, they're "great little scooters"
SgtPeppersPeePee 4 months ago
Great little scooter?
wpkg 5 months ago
T350, my first M/C in 1979. Painted it "deep as a pool of" black with krylon spray can, replaced the broken instuments with a JC whitney chrome speedo and I was 17 and good to go. Peaky 2 stroke would tail stand if you revved but had no torque. 2 weeks later, young Evel Knieval I was, passing an RV on a blind curve hit gravel and laid it down doing better than 50. Helmet on? Check. and Tshirt, no gloves and sneakers. Hands were so tore up I couldn't masterbate for a month. At 17, just brutal.
batvette 5 months ago
@batvette classic tale... i learned my riding gear lesson after blasting a deer with my gs 1100. helmet? check also, along with orange and paisley shirt( i was going out after all) and jeans. over the handlebars and through the pavement resulted in two badly roadrashed elbows a gashed knee. Painful? yes, but not painful enough to prevent me from being pissed.
geepbee 3 months ago
@geepbee hope you at least got to drag the deer home for some venison jerky.... a buddy of mine in the Navy back around '83 had a GS1100, it was a cruiser but he'd put better suspension bits on it, drag bars, a pipe an moved the conrols back. He deployed and I "watched" his bike most of a summer till he returned. Watched it go quite a few miles actually.
batvette 3 months ago
@batvette no such luck. When the deer came into view, he was at the side of the road about to cross. i braked hard, he went and i tried to steer around him, but clipped his back legs. when i finished sliding i heard him in the woods. bastard
geepbee 3 months ago
Nice bike.
TheSoulonfire82 7 months ago
Brilliant bike to cafe , Almost see the power band kick in there , Great build
terence20001 7 months ago
That's a great looking 'bike you built there - really captures the classic cafe look of the time (maybe excepting the twin lights!). Fantastic.
CodeTwo2 9 months ago
a few more checkers and youll really hit the ton bro!
jpapazit 10 months ago
No self respecting rocker would call their ride a "Great little SCOOTER." What are you a mod?
iexploderacoons 11 months ago 8
Maximuum Respect Bro ! Lamps from my Thruxton '07, and greetings from Italy !!! "V" Rock'n'Roll !
Nox979 1 year ago
You are THE man!
TupacBarack 1 year ago
very nice!!
puppalucci 1 year ago
Sweet! Good luck with it
SuperWow76 1 year ago
BELLISSIMA !!! COMPLIMENTI !!!
BIGPAOLO1969 1 year ago
Great bike
rickxlcr 1 year ago
Good wheelie machine.
1100HondaCB 1 year ago
awesome bike, would sound real good with expansion chambers too.
powertoweight100 2 years ago
The Speedo is from a 1968 Suzuki X6. Good luck finding one.
stevenmichaelis 2 years ago
Looks and sounds great, and I love the Davida style crash helmet.
oxnoprog 2 years ago
Love it. You've done a great job here. I used to have the G.T. 250 ram air. They realy do accelerate well 5*
terence20001 2 years ago
Is that a 2-stroke? Sure does sound like it. I bet it's pretty fast for a 350.
digitaltitan 2 years ago
Awesome job on that bike, man. I love the color!
JSVyolence 2 years ago
like the bike but i'm afraid i'm not a big double-headlight fan...
mhewson7 2 years ago
Get a pair of boxs on it and let her sing.........
teamfab 2 years ago
Funky scoot! I don't usually like the double headlight setup, but it works very well on this bike!
copyliker 2 years ago
well built, love the skid lid
Teddyboy53Rocker 2 years ago
this guy is fucking awesome, building that bike and all, i like how serious and passionate he is about keepin up the cafe racer look, sofa king badass
sesamestreetgang 2 years ago
Thanks -- I appreciate the kudos! I always thought this video was kind of ghey. I left it up for AX, a blind friend of mine in Oregon. He likes the sound. =)
stevenmichaelis 2 years ago
hoy smokes sher really fliies on the throttle
bikercc 2 years ago
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doflicky104 3 years ago
nice cafe man, thats sick, i want to do one myself. hopefully soon
joshwetzel 3 years ago
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How can you call a 2-stroke a cafe racer??
jammyhartley 3 years ago
very nicely done i gotta say thats one hell of a "scooter"
KartMan250 3 years ago
nice bike, where did you buy your boots?
RowinDrachenfaust 3 years ago
Thats a sweet little bike, I've got an original t250j hustler 1972 model. Its my first bike and I'm lovin it, oh man if you shift it just right it will leave bigger bikes in the dust! Very nice cafe racer!
iamgeekusa 3 years ago
saw it on the Vortex. Neat Cafe
epic22 3 years ago
cool is it a 2 stroke?
EmoWizard 3 years ago
That's very nice, see you at the Ace Cafe; off the North Circular, London.
mrxt500 3 years ago
great little scooter. might want to look at some full face helmets
ilya2222 4 years ago
do you know where i could find the cylinders for that bike?
mgguy78667 4 years ago
Humdinger of a bike!! You should be proud!! Excellent styling and color combo.
sataraid 4 years ago