Down & out cafe racers show ... Rotherham

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Just thought I'd see if anyone going ? This weekend ...You don't have to be a hipster :thumb2

I'm going Sunday :cool:
 
Looks a fun morning out :) I'll know my w/e plans for sure tomorrow so will let you both know then..............

Andres
 
Should be good day

Nice to see it happening up North ...

Enjoy your 50th but can't see you making it ... I know what a mess I was after mine ...:eek:
 
Thanks for posting that up, managed to pop along this afternoon for a look around. I enjoyed it, there was live music (I love the double bass), some lovely cafe racers and whilst it was compact and bijou it was nice to see shiny old stuff rather than shiny new stuff.

:thumb2

RBW.
 
Nice to see the Hippy again and meet Andy

I so want this
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and this
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And another to try and capture the hippy hipster feel

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I'll chuck up my shot of the Guzzi that Andres was drooling over

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It was rather lovely :)

I had a long chat with the builder, the engine was VERY special.
950cc, 1mm bigger outlets, 2mm bigger inlets, polished & balanced everything, flowed heads, high lift cam, 40mm pumpers blah blah blah (I could go on..........)

He also let me feel his clutch :rolleyes: , it was like a 125, as light as a light thing (if you've ever ridden an old Guzzi you'll know just how heavy the clutches can be). Apparently a one off diaphragm clutch.

They guy was Italian and runs a business bringing in Italian bikes from Italy as well as building specials LINKY

Andres
 
It was rather lovely :)

I had a long chat with the builder, the engine was VERY special.
950cc, 1mm bigger outlets, 2mm bigger inlets, polished & balanced everything, flowed heads, high lift cam, 40mm pumpers blah blah blah (I could go on..........)

He also let me feel his clutch :rolleyes: , it was like a 125, as light as a light thing (if you've ever ridden an old Guzzi you'll know just how heavy the clutches can be). Apparently a one off diaphragm clutch.

They guy was Italian and runs a business bringing in Italian bikes from Italy as well as building specials LINKY

Andres
I spent some time talking to him at the bike shed "do" earlier this year,very nice bike
 


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