I used to ride a very nice, mildly customized Kawasaki Drifter. It’s the Vulcan that looks like an Indian Chief (long before Indian...
Category : Mechanical
Cafe this!
It was with a heavy heart that the Drifter had to move on, but it was time. I hadn't ridden it much in a while and had other endeavors I...
Overdue update
So things haven’t been completely dead. Although I was initially overjoyed with the seat, the longer I looked at it, the less I...
How I made my Cafe seat
Let me please preempt this post with a quick note. I’m not an upholsterer, nor have I ever made anything like this before....
Small wins
The last couple of days haven’t been great in the shed. I still cant get the CB350 tank to sit how I want. Trying to reshape the...
If you’re getting shitty, down tools
After my work on the seat pan yesterday, I wondered outside in the evening and just wasn’t happy with it. Just way too wide. So...
Cut, weld, grind, Cut, weld, grind
With Jess off with her Mum all day today, it was another great opportunity to get into the shed. First cab off the rank was to get the...
Bike, it be lower
Todays big job was lowering the front end. Thanks to a fantastic few posts from Greenhorn on The Bike Shed. Progress pics can be found...
More work, Less bike
A bit of work today Started with a trip to Joes. It turns out someone started a CB250N cafe racer project BEFORE testing the engine. Only...
New Project: CB250 Babychino Racer
Although I wasn’t planning on another project until the new year an old 1980 CB250 popped up on Facebook recently for a price I...
Drifter Luggage
Last week my Wompus rack showed up. These racks are of very high quality as Mark hand makes each one to order. The downside with the...
Exhaust mod for the 109: Part 2
Today the Vrod muffler arrived today – w00t! I started by tip-tying the main heat shield back on so I could start lining up the...
Exhaust mod for the 109
I’ve decided to start a morph mod using a Vrod tail pipe. I hope to document my steps here in this thread and I’ll update...
Zing – first mods
Alrighty then…. quite a successful day 😀 First up, I got a call from Laurie this morning to say the bike was already right to...