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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jasper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:47
As a new member, Ive been browsing the old topics. Interesting views!
Thought I would post a pic of my LM2 before I went down the Cafe route.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Oldrat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 08:52
If your are doing a custom build make sure that you do the marque justice and do it well.

Looking forward to seeing it
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ben. Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 09:58
I´m probably quite mistaken, but in my mind the cafe racer is a Sixties phenomenon, frozen in time. This means drum brakes and spoked wheels. 
Perhaps the breed has developed to include modern features,  but if that is the case then the field has been broadened beyond anything concise.
So I´m wondering if your end result will look like an instantly recognisable cafe racer, or a modified standard Guzzi.
Whichever, it´s your bike and how you want it to look is purely down to your preference, so I wish you the best of luck with the transformation.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jasper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:34
Project is near complete, I posted a couple of pics recently on the technical topic titled LM2 hot on right cylinder. Just deciding whether to keep side panels or go without?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote -HJB- Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 14:37
I think, unless youve gone to the trouble of hiding the battery and finding a less visible place for coils and electrics etc, the triangular side panels that fit within the frame rails look the tidiest. 

I recognise the two different schools of thought for standard V custom, as Ive got a foot in each! Big smile  
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dave P. Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 15:01
To me the lack of side panels just makes the project look unfinished.
It's so subjective, to each their own.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Oldrat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 18:16
I made brackets that are removeable so it can be with or without. As long as you have the clear gap available.  Message me if you want info, I’ll take pics.



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jasper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 21:47
Yes, would be interested to see how you have done that.
I have a clear space, just the old battery tray that I painted is not that pleasing. Did you have your bike at the Bike Shed show at Tobacco dock, I took some pictures?
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