Sportster Cafe Build

How to build a harley davidson sportster cafe racer on a budget before we get started let s define what a cafe racer is.

Sportster cafe build. J p cycles walks you through the process of how to build a harley davidson sportster cafe racer on a budget. I hope you all enjoyed the video don t forget to hit that notification button and subscribe to stay on. With a big v twin engine to work with you can really play to its. Check out the parts we used to build our cafe ra.

Welcome to the first video of the budget build series. A café racer is a lightweight powerful motorcycle optimized for speed and handling rather than comfort and for quick rides over short distances. A few weeks ago our article how to build a cafe racer struck a chord with many readers. In 1200 form the harley sportster has muscle.

His intention was to give the bike a lean level. The get lowered cafe sportster project was meg s first bike build as she turned a stock 2004 harley sportster 883 into a cafe sportster. That lead me to the end to end build series. A 2006 harley davidson sportster 1200c and a sol invictus nemesis 400.

The café racer style was born out of riders darting between london coffee shops in the early 1960s and mainhattan choppers decided to pay homage to the style with the clever build name. The sportster cafe racer you see here was built for a customer. Scrambler build went pretty well and for those of you that gave us props it s much appreciated. Sportster cafe build burly brand stepping outside our comfort zone again.

This time we re looking to transform a raggedy sportster into a legit cafe. The response was overwhelmingly positive and it sounds like many of you are now using the article as a guide when modifying your own bikes. If all goes well we ll create some new parts and maybe learn something along the way. See more ideas about sportster cafe racer cool bikes.

Based on a rubber mount 2005 xl1200 the build has a decidedly elegant almost european look.