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Trying photos
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:47 pm
by 307T
Sorry, but I am having trouble with imgspot.com and photo sizes. I want to post a photo of my bike but each time I think I have the right size, it won't let me connect. So I am going to try from a different forum host. It appears to work in the
preview. Now I suppose I will move to the non-newbie forum
and make way for more members. Thanks for your patience.
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:51 pm
by blues2cruise
Very nice picture. And good looking bike, too.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:46 am
by younggun
nice bike
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:20 am
by sharpmagna
Hey that's a fresh looking bike there! It's has a "cafe racer" look to it
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:14 pm
by BAJACRUISER
Welcome to the Forum ¡
Nice Bike....
By the way, can someone tell me why this kind of bike are called "cafe racer"
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:29 pm
by 307T
Thank you one and all for the compliments. The bike is one of ten made by Bartel's and is intended to be a knock off of the XR-750 miler. Ha! A dirt tracker with lights, signals, and an electric starter. As mentioned previously, I used to race flat track 30 years ago and so when I saw this 1994 custom for sale, I couldn't resist. It is a 883 Sportster punched out to 1200cc. The forks are Buell, the rear shocks are White Bros gas shocks. The frame is a Champion special made. 18 inch wheels. Runs out at about 425# and has somewhere around 85 horsepower. Definately not a canyon carver or a touring bike but I love it on the back roads. I'm learning to lean and not put my foot down LOL. Seriously, it is a good short-run bike. I can stretch about 120 miles on a tank of gas. I haven't done any trips over 150 miles. At my age, that's just about right. Here's another photo of the bike from the other side.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:31 pm
by VermilionX
nice looking mutt of a bike you got there.
PS. that was a compliment.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:45 pm
by 307T
Mutt! I like that description. It's as good as "nekkid bike." Thanks!
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:51 am
by scan
Fantastic. I've always said if I owned an HD, it would be an XL. Mert Lawill is in the XL bussiness now a days. I guess he sold a handful of custom bikes like the one you've depicted here. Fantastic
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:22 am
by storysunfolding
That's a beautiful bike. I didn't know there were any HD customs that looked anything like it.