1 Took this 85 Cafe for a spin yesterday Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:56 am
duck
Life time member
Local guy bought this 85 RS from a relative. Being a young buck (35) he thought that the fairing looked dated and subsequently contracted the Cafe-19 Virus.
Before:
After:
(Notice the yummy Staintune exhaust!)
He had it just about complete until he stripped the banjo bolt threads in the front master. (Doh!) He contacted me to see if I had replacement front master. I did. Since he'd already stripped one he asked if he could trailer it to my house and have my assistance in installing the replacement. Sure, why not? While he was here we also installed a metal line I had that goes between the calipers.
After we added brake fluid he let me take it for a little test ride on 101. Yeehaw!
I'm not a big cafe fan but I think he did well for this being his first bike.
Before:
After:
(Notice the yummy Staintune exhaust!)
He had it just about complete until he stripped the banjo bolt threads in the front master. (Doh!) He contacted me to see if I had replacement front master. I did. Since he'd already stripped one he asked if he could trailer it to my house and have my assistance in installing the replacement. Sure, why not? While he was here we also installed a metal line I had that goes between the calipers.
After we added brake fluid he let me take it for a little test ride on 101. Yeehaw!
I'm not a big cafe fan but I think he did well for this being his first bike.
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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT