[Crow]

Picked up a pile of parts back in December with the aim of building a cafe for my best riding buddy, Bek. Yesterday she rode the thing and the grin was blinding. This sucker pulls like a tractor...

1979 Yammy SR500
-10.5:1 Wiseco forged piston
-5 angle valve job with stainless valves and racing springs, litle - bump to the cam.
-Mikuni VM36 Smoothbore with billet intake manifold to lengten the runner
-Dual oil lines for oiling on the exhaust side of the valves as well as the intake side
-Progressive springs up front
-Dual disks with a FZR600 Master cylinder
-Stainless brake lines fabbed by me and Earl's
-Custom seat by Fat Lucky Sean
-buncha other stuff including some captured alien technology

Thought some of ya'll might like to see it. Gotta thank the SFC for all the moral support.

 

[Capt. Cal]

gotta love the big ol 500cc one lungers. looks like a fun bike, and i bet it does have alot snot to it. it kinda looks like it may have parts similar to the xs650? good luck with it.

 

[tbone16]

Fukin sweet crow, I say clubmans and stick a fork in it. Or just stick a a fork in it. But not in that nifty little seat.

 

[vorhese]

I say break the mold and do something different than the typical "cafe."

 

[51rat]

NICE, i bet it hauls...

 

[Voneville]

I say break the mold and do something different than the typical "cafe."

Only someone from the bay area would consider a cafe bike typical. Most places cafe bikes are anything but...

Cool bike, don't see too many singles anymore. I would give it the Manx treatment.

 

[Crow]

Bek and I are all about riding, I mean lots of it, miles of it. We've done over 20,000 together this last year, therefore she is ALL about comfort. As much as I wanted to put clipons and rear sets on it or turn it into a street tracker, this is what she wanted. In fact it had drag bars on it until yesterday, one ride and she nixed those. These are some Monster bars from her Ducati. She's a twenty year veteran of riding and racing and no slave to fashion; practical to the extreme. She likes a bike that tugs, handles, stops and is comfortable to ride. And she wanted a metal tank. So this what she got, this is her statemant about motorcycling, her bike, and she's already talking about some even higher dorky bars. But I know she'll ride the shit out of it.

We literally built this bike out of a box of engine parts and a chassis that had been sitting for years. The exhaust tip is from a 'Busa and there is only a small metal plate for a baffle. It's louder than my XR. And yes it hauls ass.

And don't be hecklin' my bro vorhese, hahahaa. He builds some cool cafe stuff.

 

[Voneville]

And don't be hecklin' my bro vorhese, hahahaa. He builds some cool cafe stuff.

Haha, I wasn't heckling! I was serious. I'm from the East Bay. I see more cafe racers, street fighters, and cool bikes in general in one weekend up in the bay area then I see down here all year.

 

[tbone16]

Shoulda done a star of david with dredel risers and curls on the handlebars.

But i gues that rad stichin will do. Lovin it.

 

[JEB]

Looking good, bro! I'm glad she likes it after all the work you put into it. How did you finally sort out the carb problems?

 

[gringo]

when i grow up i wanna be just like Bek

 

[jarod7736]

That's too cool. Great seeing ya friday.

 

[t-bone]

i like that but......
cafe?
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures\sr500 cafe.JPG
chop?
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures\sr400chop.JPG
ok the chop is a 400 but you get the idea

 

[t-bone]

i guess the last post won't work so go here ....
www.yellowmc.jp/top.html

on the left side of the page go down 9 funny lil words and there are some bike pics

 

[t-bone]

damnit i mean 8. too early