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Reply #30 - 10/14/15 at 18:02:48

Ok the weather was gorgeous today so when I got home from work I raced out to get some decent photos. So here is the results of my little photo shoot. After this it will be time to winterize it and put it to bed for a few months.

Sorry for all the different shots, I just find the lines so sweet from different angles.

Now I just need to get that tank badge done.......

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Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update!
Reply #31 - 10/14/15 at 18:12:07

Gary_in_NJ wrote on 10/14/15 at 17:47:48:

Great looking bike. I'm most impressed with the attention to detail. Can't wait for a ride report.

Thanks Gary!
I can tell you it is different than a standard S40! The seat ended up a little more firm that I had thought it would be. But other than that I like the performance. That big single has such a soul to it. Engine mods are...TM36 carb breathing thru a K&N filter, the intake port was just cleaned up a little with the exhaust heavily ported. I have a mid range cam in it from Lancer. Larger header feeding a more free flowing muffler. The pull is beautiful up through the revs. I have the gearing set so I can run a 15 or a 16 tooth front. The 15 is just barely over stock gearing and the 16 gives me about 10% taller. I love the 15 for acceleration but the 16 is so much nicer when rolling at 55mph and up.

The bike is tall. You sit high on the bike and you do feel that a bit in the handling. I do have a steering damper that hides under the tank but I still have to get that cleaned up and mounted again. Ultimately it rails along pretty nicely. The front brake is awesome. Love to be able to stop!

I can't wait for next summer to show it at First Thursday gatherings along with a few local shows. I would like to show it in the local vintage japanese bike show but I don't know how they will catagorize it. The bikes need to be japanese bikes that are 25 years or older. So based on the build sheet I think it will challenge their ability to categorize it! (technically it is titled as a 1968 Wards Riverside Mojave...ha!)

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #32 - 10/14/15 at 20:05:12 You should weigh that thing. I don't know what you weigh, but if you're not a big dude, that thing otta lay down some good zero to sixty times. I haven't read the mods. I hope it's hot...
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strang Senior Member Offline Posts: 387 london Gender:	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #33 - 10/15/15 at 02:24:24 that is the bollocks
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smokin_blue Serious Thumper Offline From Cafes to Streetfighters! I build them all! Posts: 830 St. Paul, MN Gender:	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #34 - 10/15/15 at 17:27:11 strang wrote on 10/15/15 at 02:24:24: that is the bollocks Thanks man! It was a long slow project but I am very happy with how It turned out. My goal was to build a very clean custom that from 25 feet away looked like it dropped out of the 1960's but has modern componetry.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #35 - 10/15/15 at 17:59:27 I wonder how accurate the scales are at the scrap yard. Couldn't you just put the front end on your bathroom scale, roll up, get the back tire on it, add them up?
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smokin_blue Serious Thumper Offline From Cafes to Streetfighters! I build them all! Posts: 830 St. Paul, MN Gender:	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #36 - 10/15/15 at 19:31:41 You missed my earlier post. It is 320 lbs. A bathroom scale under each wheel one at a time works just fine.
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Johnnyblade YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 46	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #37 - 10/16/15 at 09:58:55 That is AWESOME!!!!!
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #38 - 10/16/15 at 11:45:52 That is one of the nicest custom jobs I have ever seen! Nothing on it that doesn't need to be there. Love the Yamaha? headlight.
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smokin_blue Serious Thumper Offline From Cafes to Streetfighters! I build them all! Posts: 830 St. Paul, MN Gender:	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #39 - 10/16/15 at 14:28:21 The headlight shell s a 1964 Honda cb77 . I have the full donor bike list on the previous page of this thread.
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Reply #40 - 10/16/15 at 17:18:17

I should have had one of those in England in the late 50s. I would have been able to out-brake anybody running up to a roundabout and then run away from them on the exit, between the Busy Bee and the Ace Café. Provided I didn't end up in Edgware General.
The bikes of the time were pretty good but probably not in that class.

It was a great time if you survived. Grin

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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #41 - 10/16/15 at 17:45:50 Norm, How many other guys on here besides you and me have been riding from the Ace Cafe? Were you a "Rocker"? The brakes on the old British cycles of the 50's & 60's did leave a lot to be desired. Kenny G
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Reply #42 - 10/16/15 at 20:25:36

Kenny,
The brakes yes, and "earoling" was a relative term considering the tyres and the fixed footpegs especially in the wet.
No, I guess I wasn't a "Rocker." They were a bit too far out for me. But maybe I was close enough for government work. Wink

The Triumphs and Nortons etc. were good for their time but nothing compared to todays bikes.

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strang Senior Member Offline Posts: 387 london Gender:	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #43 - 10/17/15 at 02:21:17 Ace Cafe still going strong - was there last week on my XS650, lot of hassles with the fuzz going on. Cool that you guys were there in the beginning.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Cafe ala Carte - NEW update! Reply #44 - 10/17/15 at 07:53:15 I had an XS 650 in this country. Great bike, like so many wish I hadn't sold it. smokin Bbue What is the frame on your creation?
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