Comments on: BMW R75/5 Café Racer http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r755-cafe-racer Custom motorcycles and cafe racers Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Hector Catre http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r755-cafe-racer#comment-242 Hector Catre Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:22:01 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=1309#comment-242 That R100 Rockers Boxer is a pretty sweet ride. Awesome!

]]> By: James http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r755-cafe-racer#comment-235 James Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:51:25 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=1309#comment-235 The guys over at Gateway BMW did something similar with an old RT. Check out the R100 Rocker Boxer.

All the RT stuff was stripped off and everything was replaced with custom stuff. It’s pretty cool looking and fun to ride…sounds good too.

]]> By: Hector Catre http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r755-cafe-racer#comment-160 Hector Catre Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:45:27 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=1309#comment-160 Hey Lumpycam,
The video was shot with a Canon point and shoot mounted on my handlebars using a ram-mount

http://www.ram-mount.com/products/motorcycles.htm

Here’s a pic of what it looked like when I was riding/shooting the video

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v344/138/87/665282743/n665282743_1981462_6634.jpg

]]> By: Hector Catre http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r755-cafe-racer#comment-158 Hector Catre Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:43:36 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=1309#comment-158 Thanks Phoebe! My belief with Cafe Racers is that you start with a proper end to end restoration. Once you’ve got the bike to an original state, then be selective about what you upgrade and don’t.

For example: the seat is 100% custom crafted by myself, including the seat pad based on the 1968 BMW Rennsport R69s racer.

I think this is the only bike I’ve ever seen where the pain scheme continues from the fender, through the tank through, seat and to the tail. Simple but effective. (My kudos to my painter for suggesting the paint scheme: http://wookipaints.com/)

]]> By: Lumpycam http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r755-cafe-racer#comment-157 Lumpycam Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:39:23 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=1309#comment-157 Great camera angle on the videos above the light.

]]> By: Hector Catre http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r755-cafe-racer#comment-156 Hector Catre Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:13:20 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=1309#comment-156 Hey Jason, It was pretty insane. Here’s the map of Deals Gap.

]]> By: Phoebe http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r755-cafe-racer#comment-153 Phoebe Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:26:24 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=1309#comment-153 It’s gorgeous. I have a love of cafe racers, but unfortunately many of them are way over-done these days. I love the beautiful simplicity of this bike. It looks like it could have come from the factory that way.

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