ODDBALL DELIGHT: A FINNISH YAMAHA GTS1000 CAFÉ RACER

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ODDBALL DELIGHT: A FINNISH YAMAHA GTS1000 CAFÉ RACER

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Re: ODDBALL DELIGHT: A FINNISH YAMAHA GTS1000 CAFÉ RACER

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This one is betterer, cos it's got a brown seat.

https://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-gts-1000
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Looks like it goes as fast backwards as it does forwards. :lol:
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Re: ODDBALL DELIGHT: A FINNISH YAMAHA GTS1000 CAFÉ RACER

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He's spent thousands of pounds and has reduced the value of a GTS1000 by even more. Just because you can does not mean you should.
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Re: ODDBALL DELIGHT: A FINNISH YAMAHA GTS1000 CAFÉ RACER

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Well I quite like it.

Obviously it needs more workmanlike wheels and shabbied down a few degrees
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Re: ODDBALL DELIGHT: A FINNISH YAMAHA GTS1000 CAFÉ RACER

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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:42 pm This one is betterer, cos it's got a brown seat.

https://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-gts-1000
Yikes! Looks like the post -write-off pictures.
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It looks like it's lost it's wallet.
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mangocrazy wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:09 pm He's spent thousands of pounds and has reduced the value of a GTS1000 by even more. Just because you can does not mean you should.
But the crappy fairing was only a tenner off AliExpress :)
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Re: ODDBALL DELIGHT: A FINNISH YAMAHA GTS1000 CAFÉ RACER

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fairing spoils it, a Z1-R unit would have been suited.
The rear is nice an neat but you won't fit a number plate traditionally and a side fitted plate will look gash.
I'm with @mangocrazy, shouldn't have used a GTS1000, he could have used any old Jap IL4 and stuck a different front end on it and saved a classic.

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I actually think I quite like it :shock:

Neat tyre warmers :lol:
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Re: ODDBALL DELIGHT: A FINNISH YAMAHA GTS1000 CAFÉ RACER

Post by Mr. Dazzle »

Yeah I quite like that.

Headlight fairing needs some thought, but if you ignore that bit the first side on shot looks great. RB is right, it looks like it's trying to find something it dropped. The overall stance looks brilliant though IMO.