I have talked by phone with Ryca and they no longer cary, fabricate or sell the Cafe rearset, rearset adapter or parts thereof.

I will have to copy from their pictures and fabricate my own adapter to fit some other rearsets.  BUMMER.

They are still in business but the product is not motorcycles per se. They have come up with a VR (Virtual Reality) software that allows the computer/phone user to graphically display custom parts on a cycle, car, airplane or machine. Cool.

May be a good investment but no more Ryca Cafe or Bobber kits.  Oh well. :'(

So does that drive the value of a Ryca up or down ? Probably down !  

So my question would be, "What's the point". It is a cyber image creater? I have not looked into it but the description put forth here is that it is nothing more then modeling app?

Dave,
That is one great looking bike!!!

Well it’s like anything else , it’s very rare if you get back what you have in it. It’s a passion thing , I know I have spent a lot on mine. R & D was a chunk of that number. But calling it R & D  is just a fancy way of calling it Success & Failure. No matter what I call it if I’m riding it it has to be right. Mine was tracker kit #17 and now no ryca for parts  or any future builds , always knew this was gonna happen. And yeah Dave’s bike is sharp ! I seem to like everyone’s bikes cause they reflect their vision as a builder and a piece of their personality. By looking at Dave’s bike I can tell his garage is spotless and everything has its place , maybe a touch of OCD ( which isn’t a bad thing ). My polar opposite my garage is trashed and I got CRS - can’t remember $hit , but the tracker is almost the same bike but bars , tank & seat. Tracker , cafe , scrambler , bobber , rat each fits their owner’s personality and  show cases their creativity and vision , after all my bike was built using the ideas of others here at SS , Tanx Guys !

Ruttly wrote on 11/19/20 at 11:04:50:


I wish....unfortunately neatness is not one of my assets.  I struggle to keep my garage, yard, office and house organized.

I would love to have my garage tidy - but there just seems to be too many things going on at the same time.  Currently I am cutting wood for winter heat (chainsaws on floor), my wood chipper engine blew a head gasket and burned the pistons in the process.....so I have a monstrous wood chipper inside.  I am working on installing an electric gate opener and I had to spend the day cutting/welding/sandblasting/powder coating the mount....and I have tools scattered around the floor, drill press and band saw - and there are metal chips on the floor from the cutting and drilling.

I do keep my bikes clean - unfortunately not so much the garage!

It's prob a sign of two things-a) as has been stated, you can buy a great factory bike in any flavor you want, and b) the number of putterers is fast shrinking. Sure there are a few, but most folks these days think that putting on a fender eliminator and a set of LED turn signals makes you a 'builder'.

Oh Dave, you are a man after my own heart. That so describes my reality. Thanks for your honesty.