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| Patrick Somers of Ypsilanti, Michigan's Cafe Racer repair shop did the do on this restored Yamaha RD, replete with Coop devil and blacked-out expansion chamber. |
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| Pat Barton uses his Honda CB to "roll through the North Georgia mountains," and proves you needn't spend a bundle to get it right; stripped-off paint, removed side panels, Clubman bars and homemade seat is all it takes. |
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| OK, bad pants aside, you have to give props to Texan Mike Selvey for wardrobe-bike interface. His '72 Norton Commando runs a Tomaselli quick-turn throttle, .40 over pistons and, we're guessing, sponsorship from "What Not To Wear." |
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| Billie Silver has a rock star's name and n extremely rare Dunstall-equipped, 1960 BSA Super Rocket. Dig the Fontana 210 front brake, twin carb head and original go-fast bits. Schweet! |
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| West Hills Honda main man Bob Hesch was a wiz at building our project Fighting CB for good reason- way back in the 1970s, he was building, tuning and endurance racing beasts like this 836cc Honda CB. Hesch even took the U.S. Endurance Title in 1982. |
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| Before Yamaha's perrennial XS 650 came the TX 750. Reader Joe Knapp of Chicago performad a brilliant cafe conversion from this rare, 1973 TX, complete with oil coole for heating issues and handsome gold frame. |
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| Bever-drive Ducati roadsters of 1970s vintage are things of absolute lust-inspiring beauty, typified by this pristine, 1974 example owned and ridden by Maryland's Mike Cecchini. |
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| Limey cafe racer John Routledge is our kind of rider- stripping down his Thruxton, removing the airbox, minimalizing the lighting gear and adding spare allow in place of heavy, stock bodywork. Vroom! |
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| Iowa is know for big, bold things of yellow - such as corn- and, thanks to Royse Ader of Urbandale, bitchin' 1971 Norton Commandos. Nice endurance racing tank and color-matched taillight. |
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