Gs550 Cafe Racer Build

With this post i'll try to inspire cafe racer enthusiast to start working on their own low budget cafe racer.

Gs550 cafe racer build. The final episode of the suzuki gs550 cafe racer project is here. We all know that the cafe racer originated in britain—but these days, the bikes themselves are just as likely to be japanese. It was built using an icon of 1970’s racing, a suzuki made famous by wes cooley when he won the ama superbike championship. Swallow customs, located in normandy.

So far, we’ve only seen cafe racers from the polish workshop. I,ve been working on it for several weeks but haven't taken the time to post the build. My plan is to build a cafe racer that i can ride to work but have a 2nd brat style seat so i can put my wife on the back. What i found was a tidy gs550 cafe racer with some sneaky performance upgrades that transform it from an average ride to a wild one… maybe in 1980 the suzuki gs550e’s 49bhp was enough for your average sassy suburbanite, but interstellar motors head honcho jody wegman (not pictured above) wanted a little extra.

When we build cafeì racers in our workshop, we often make bespoke bodywork (seats, tank covers, mudguards and fairings) which we then replicate and sell. The idea here is building a motorcycle for a relaxed ride on your local back roads. It was definitely needed to finish the look. They aren’t out of reach for anyone who wants a great looking bike.

The first bike to be built at my hands. We take a look back at what went into a great little scrambler project, thats still putting a smile on its riders face. Today, we have a stunning gs850 cafe racer by sebastien joigne of mr. Custom build of a 1981 suzuki gs650 cafe racer.

The gs850 was introduced in 1979 to capture the touring market. Previous outcomes of my boredom over the past few years have resulted in taking a second job, quitting a job and heading overseas, tearing out rooms in my house to renovate, and starting a degree in engineering on the side. Purpose built moto’s first bike build. And one of the best japanese cafe racers we’ve seen lately comes from…poland.

And had the knowledge to design them so it was just a case of putting that into practice and that’s how ‘complete cafe racer ltd’ was born. See more ideas about cafe racer, suzuki, racer. Gs550 border run cafe racer; Eastern spirit are now back with a new build, a gs550 inspired by a similar suzuki that was a huge hit on exif a year ago.

This is the ‘race cream’ a suzuki gs550 custom built to classic cafe racer specification with some tidy modern touches. Closely following the seat is your subframe and/or tail cowl. After a carb cleaning it ran fine. See more ideas about cafe racer, suzuki, motorcycle.

Flo’s experience in the custom scene began in the 4 wheeled world building custom cars that adorned the covers of custom mags around europe. Some models need zero modification and can have a nice tail cowl fitted on the standard frame, others (especially if you have a brat style seat) will require a seat hoop. Suzuki gs550 cafe racer build. Recently i published our first custom motorcycle build by mellow motorcycles in germany.

Complete with a new design for the headlight. Whether you’re looking at new releases from manufacturers, or the custom scene, there’s an overwhelming bias towards scramblers right now. “we put the blue gs on display in warsaw and our client zbyszek saw it,” says sylwester. Mellow aims to focus on the production of cafe racer styled custom motorcycles and their first build, a ’79 suzuki gs550 paints a good picture of what the pairs capabilities are.

Industrial designer charlie trelogan even used it for his seminal piece on cafe racer styling. We’ve been enjoying profiling some of the suzuki gs series customs coming out of various shops, starting with the gs550 tracker we recently featured. It’s a dangerous thing when i get bored. I picked the bike up cheap and running but poorly running.

Gs550 7k miles cafe racer build sun feb 17, 2013 11:07 am had a change of plan for this bike, it wont be using the ally swinging arm.it will be all standard running gear with the standard cast ally wheels. Almost a cruiser to put in effortless miles on a perfect sunday. Purpose built moto has built a fair few first bikes for people. This is a retrospective look at a bike built and finished in 2014.

While i was putting the story about their gs550 cafe racer together i happened across another great looking bike in their stable. The bike is a complete custom brat style build. Watch build suzuki gn250 scrambler build. See more ideas about cafe racer, racer, suzuki.

Café racers come in a lot of different setups and prices, from bikes under $1000 and even up to $60,000 (like the cx500 café racer from sacha lakic). See more ideas about suzuki cafe racer, cafe racer, cafe racer motorcycle. This is my first build, a '78 gs550e. I guess something about the attainability of the customs we create speaks to new riders.

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