What's a good cafe racer for a first timer?

Cafe Racers are a meme.
Get a 250 or 300cc streetbike.

>>17332240
I want a cafe racer. Thanks for the bump though

>>17332255
Honda CB
Kawasaki Z or ZR
Triumph Thruxton
Husqvarna is making a bike for 2019 that's pretty cafe racerish. All in all avoid cafe racers for a first bike. They are most likely beat to shit and chopped up poorly

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Whats so special about a cafe racer and P.S. that looks fuking awesome.

I fell in love with these bikes before I knew what a cafe racer was. Pic is a CB500 but for some reason not all of them look like that.

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>>17332285
CX>CB at least for a cafe

>>17332293
why no muffler and fender? looks like trash

Coming from someone who's been riding for years - don't get a cafe racer. You're gonna be paying out of your ass in hipster tax for a bike that's essentially been chopped up and will devalue once the hipsters inevitably move on to 80s/90s sports bikes (which is already starting to happen).

If you're absolutely hooked on the cafe racer meme, it's much cheaper to buy an old shitbike (basically any CB/CX Honda, Z/ZR Kawa, and most pre-80s bikes ) and convert it into a cafe racer yourself.

I would recommend getting an older bike and restoring it rather than chopping it up and destroying it - you still get a vintage look, but the bike will maintain its value better in the long term. It's also just as rewarding in terms of the enjoyment you get from returning a bike to its former glory.

>>17332295
Please stop chopping up cx500s?

Get a street tracker.

>>17332192
Cafe racer is meme bike. Don't.

>first timer
Especially don't.
>>17333862
This guy is smart. Listen to this guy.

If you buy a cafe racer, you'll love it for 3 months, and then notice how literally nobody else has a cafe racer, and the bikers who do see you are like "lol look at this dude with the cafe racer."

The only thing more meme than a cafe racer is a 250. Caveat: I fucking love 250s. Do what makes you happy.

>>17333862
I agree with him, I have a moto guzzi v50 mk3 that we have semi restored with a bunch of new goodies. It was a project bike for a while, and now runs good.
I would never do crazy bubbafied stuff to it. The cafe style drop bars are dope imo.

>>17332192
Its just an 80s bike made to ride worse.

Get whatever you feel like raping and enjoy your slow, unstable and uncomfortable ride.

Nobody who rode a cafe racer back then did so because they liked the look. They just couldnt get anything faster.

>>17333874
Unironically going to agree with tripfag here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbu6nXV3xZ4

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>>17332192
>whats a good cafe racer for a first time

Obviously one with a holster for your 12" black dildo.

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>>17332192
>steel tube frame
>steel tube swingarm
>forks smaller than your dick

If you want to wobble and crash in corners because it's a motorized bicycle, sure

Make sure it's based off a somewhat modern design at the least

Ruined classics are shit for riding and shit for looking at.

>>17332192
Chop up a Suzuki GS500.

Or a Ninja 500 as well.

>want an old cb
>they're all cafe memers

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I dont know anything about bikes but I like the style of this Honda RC166 race bike

Whats the closest thing I can get to it as a street bike? Doesn't have to be a 2 stroke either.

I like the design of it.

Would this be considered a "cafe racer" or not really?

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HD has parts for their sportsters to give them the cafe look. If you're interested in going the more pricy route.

these things are the faggiest concept for a bike ever

the originals were even worse. who gives a fuck about mods and rockers, god damn euros have zero sense of cool

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Kawasaki W800