BuckRYCA wrote on 04/27/11 at 09:51:18:Even if I had no reasons apart from liking the look, I would do it. Just who wrote the rule book on what a cafe racer (or, for that matter, any other style of bike) should be?
I hate to be a smartass, but wikipedia wrote the book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe_racer#Typical_configurationThat being said. It is your bike. Do what you want with it. Who am I to say what looks good to you or what you should do with your own property?
It is far more important to have a bike that gets ridden than to have a bike that "looks" a certain way. I'm looking at you, harley riders with 20 year old "pristine" bikes with only a few thousand miles