Norton Cafe Racer

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From the Mass BIA show in May.
Photo (C) Grail Mortillaro 2008

June 14th, 2008 by grail21 in Cafe Racer, Moto Art & Pics | No Comments

1972 Norton Cafe Racer

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Digging this ‘72 Norton Cafe - wish I had saved the info along with the pics.
Lifted from ebay awhile back.

May 27th, 2008 by grail21 in Cafe Racer, Bitchin' Bikes | No Comments

1969 CB450 Cafe Racer

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Matt sent me a link to these pics and I gotta say, love the simplicity of this bike and the fact that someone spent some time with a model of bike that doesn’t usually get much attention.


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Check out more pics here: 1969 CB450

May 19th, 2008 by grail21 in Home Built Motorcycles, Cafe Racer | No Comments

Honda XL250 beauty

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This 1972 XL250 makes me feel funny in my pants - this betty is shit hot.
Built by nvr2old on the cycle world board.

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April 30th, 2008 by grail21 in Home Built Motorcycles, Cafe Racer | No Comments

SR400 Gallery

For a while I thought I was going to get my hands on an SR400 / 500, so I started gathering a collection of inspirational pics. I never ended up getting the bike, but I figured I’d share the pics since they are no doubt rad bikes. A lot of these were built by Bratsyle and Deus, both shops kill it. Some other randoms SRs in there as well - dig into it.

April 18th, 2008 by grail21 in Cafe Racer, Moto Art & Pics | No Comments

Ducati 900 Desmo SS

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Drool away

April 14th, 2008 by grail21 in Cafe Racer, Moto Art & Pics | No Comments

Triton Build Blog

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Is it me, or are there more people building Triton’s these days? Maybe I just never paid much attention to it, but there seems to be more people jumping on that train. Cool by me cuz I dig checking’ em out. Here’s a blog by a brit chap living Seattle. He’s in the process of documenting his build - a 1956 Norton Dominator featherbed frame with a 1958 Triumph T110 650cc motor - bitchin’

I dig checking out the process and progressions others go through with their build. It’s always motivating when you’ve got your own build going on (or even dreaming of a build) and I dig seeing how other folks find solutions to the inevitable issues they face.

Rock it: http://tritonproject.blogspot.com/

February 9th, 2008 by grail21 in Cafe Racer, Motorcycle Websites | No Comments

Triton Motorcycle

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From the mailbox: I got very little info on this boss Triton when it was sent in - essentially here is an article about my bike. Great, except the article is in a language I can’t read (Hungarian maybe?). However, the bike is bitchin’ and the pics are great, so here it is.

You can check out the original article here; maybe you can decipher more of it than I can. If so, drop some knowledge in the comments section below.

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January 11th, 2008 by grail21 in Cafe Racer, Bitchin' Bikes | Comments (4)

Pics: Lars Anderson European 2007

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I actually forgot about the pics I shot at the Lars Anderson museum European Motorcycle show earlier this year until I randomly stumbled upon them last night. Lots more coming, including a bunch of the sweet Trump chop built by our pal Bugles. Here is a quick first batch of some of the beauts that were on display that rainy day. The Rickman you see below was absolutely flooring, mint as can be - I don’t think it had ever seen a mile of road time - a museum piece for sure. Lots of jaw dropping scoots that day, keep your eyes peeled for more shots I’ll be posting.

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November 30th, 2007 by grail21 in Motorcycle Events, Cafe Racer, Bitchin' Bikes | Comment (1)

Return of the Cafe Racers

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Cafe freaks, check out this blog for lots of delicious bike porn and tech tips:
Return of the Cafe Racers

November 1st, 2007 by grail21 in Cafe Racer | No Comments