Top 5 Mistakes about Cafe Racer Projects

Cheat sheet for video content 1:18 1) have professional paint for tank, fenders, side panels 2:31 2) make sure parts fit properly, be careful 3:34 3) Choose a bike that's easy to start with (not a dirt tracker) 4:44 4) Don't be too ambitious or you will not finish 5:38 5) Do show off

My first build is not that great but I've learned a lot from it and it runs great and brings a smile to my face. If others don't like it, that's their problem.

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never knew Stephen Hawking was a motorcycle enthusiast..............................

This missed the whole point of building a cafe racer. I will damn well rattle can any "F"ing part I want. It's crappy advice that keeps young guys from learning.

Thank you very realistic message 😊 I purchased an XSR700 Yamaha previous advice from friends whom have had a variety of bykes. I've received a Cafe Racer completed ! Litte changes like the horn, installed fog lights, a detachable 55 Lts. trunk, a skid plate, etc small stuff, fun ! Yamahas are ultra reliable, low maintenance, affordable parts, we know riders of European bykes ( pedigree assumed) look down over Japanese motorcycles, they don't really know what they are missing. Happy ride,cheers 🍻

Great points and solid advice. My young son and I watched this video on the day we decided to embark on building our own cafe bike together ('79 KZ 650). As I teach him about motorcycles I find many of the things I say are also reinforced in the videos on this channel, such as style, beauty, and proportion. Please keep up the great work.

This was a very good video. Thank you very much. However, I believe that a person should always paint their own Cafe Bike since it's part of the learning process and it shows that the builder really was the builder and not just someone who says that they built the bike but had everything custom made. I do my own paint and porting and everything except to make my own pipes, but that will be next. My jobs don't always come out right, but we all have a great time talking about our mistakes. Thanks again for a great video and showing some very beautiful motorcycles.

That's some damn good advice there, don't build things to impress people you don't know or like especially

And number 5 is the greatest lesson, because it`s applicable to everything in life... Great video as usual !

Really enjoy your contributions. Not only getting the message home, but really well put together with great (and less great..) bikes in it. Very professional appearance, well done and thanks a lt!

Hold on... the best thing about a Café Racer project is that 9x out of 10 it's your first project bike... it's the bike that you learn how to do everything on... so doing your own paint is 99% of the process. If you screw it up, you can do it again, and learn from your mistakes. But telling someone to NOT do their own paint job goes 100% against what building your own bike is about. That's the difference between a REAL café racer bike, and real café racer attitude, and hipster garage jockeys that roll up to Starbucks on Sunday morning.

Every video is great! You inspire me to build my own motorcycle! Thnx!

Como sempre um canal completo. Mostrando e ensinando a quem vê ou monta Cafe Racers. E como sempre, até semana que vem.

Great video and advice..just finished my first project and starting a new one..thanks Racer TV.

OH MY GOSH.....so many beautiful bikes.

Well, the first mistake I noted was that so-called quote. Second, an amateur with a spray can is able to do a perfectly decent paint job; practice on car models and watch a few videos (or read a book or two.) Think through the details, by all means. Trying to build a caff racer from a dirt bike? Dumb. Caff racers were originated by poor guys in England who cobbled their bikes together as best they could, inspired by the race bikes of the time, using the street bikes they had available.

Os melhores conselhos que já pude adquirir!!! Muito obrigado por mais um ótimo vídeo! Até próxima sexta, amigo!

I like the words you speak at 6:30 and on. (not word for word, but my interpretation) " Don't live to impress others that you don't know, or don't even like. Live to impress yourself and you will know that when it happens." Those are good words to live by....THANKS!!!