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BuckRYCA
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First long day's ride on my Ryca
05/13/12 at 07:32:54
Yesterday I rode my Ryca from the shores of Long Island Sound through Connecticut and Massachusetts to southern New Hampshire. I ran (on foot) up and down Mt. Monadnock and returned home just before dark. This was about 300 miles, averaging a very nice 60 mpg (mostly back roads at 50 mph). The seat padding is minimal on the cafe racer, but I managed it. Not too much pain today. I did this as a shake-down as I will be going to Laconia in early June for the bike rally and touring in the White Mountains. I would like to take the Ryca up there and show it off.
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05/16/12 at 09:25:37
Awesome!
I finally got my CS-1 on the road last weekend for a shake down cruise. Mine was slightly shorter...8 miles..ran out of gas...luckily I was only a few hundred feet from my house when that happened.
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05/16/12 at 13:38:39
Savage 1987 wrote
on 05/16/12 at 09:25:37:
Awesome!
I finally got my CS-1 on the road last weekend for a shake down cruise. Mine was slightly shorter...8 miles..ran out of gas...luckily I was only a few hundred feet from my house when that happened.
Wow! I knew the RYCA conversion took some of the tank capacity away......but only 8 miles to a tank?
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Dave wrote
on 05/16/12 at 13:38:39:
Savage 1987 wrote
on 05/16/12 at 09:25:37:
Awesome!
I finally got my CS-1 on the road last weekend for a shake down cruise. Mine was slightly shorter...8 miles..ran out of gas...luckily I was only a few hundred feet from my house when that happened.
Wow! I knew the RYCA conversion took some of the tank capacity away......but only 8 miles to a tank?
I was quite surprised myself. I know the bike is running rich so it much of guzzled what little fuel was in the tank.
Moral of the story is that I am an idiot and should have filled the tank before leaving!
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05/17/12 at 18:52:05
If you guys don't mind me asking, how much did the whole RYCA conversion end up costing you? I happen to have a deep passion for cafe racers, and im debating wether to convert or go the thruxton route.
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05/21/12 at 09:35:56
$1500 for the donor bike - 11K miles, good shape
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$3000 for the full kit - painted
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$500 take-off and unused kit parts sold
So, about $4000 into the bike itself - excluding tools and supplies and farkles such as flyscreen, fork gaiters, mini turn signals, pipe wrap, bicycle speedo.
Really, about $5000 for everything and 5 solid days of work into it.
Click on my trailer line tag (Build Blog) to see photos ...
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