HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
Nice, like the black and red and no hideous gap at the rear.
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
Love the red.
The single shock conversion doesn't look like it'd be up to much.
The single shock conversion doesn't look like it'd be up to much.
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
i dont like it, just thought it worthy of a thread
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
A good example of form over function- lots of aspects would make it awful to ride I reckon, but I love that colour red, lush
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
I like it - mean looking and uncomplicated.
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
Very nice indeed! We don't need no stinkin' fork travel!
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
Do these people all go to the same art college in London?
Chop the rear end off a bike, put a nice radius on the downpipes and add K&Ns.
It's like the student mushroom stroganoff of bike design.
Chop the rear end off a bike, put a nice radius on the downpipes and add K&Ns.
It's like the student mushroom stroganoff of bike design.
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
And it's always an air-cooled inline 4 lump so they can minimise the difficult bits like plumbing. 'Specials' by numbers.
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
It's a nearly, I like the overall shape and concept, but there are so many things I'd change the result would be a different bike
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Re: HEAVY HITTER: K-SPEED SCALES UP WITH AN XJR 1300 CAFÉ RACER
And this one is going to be pretty much unrideable anywhere off vertical (as shown by the head on view).
Still, colour is ok (similar to my car )
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