welcome to the acme cafe

[camlifter]

got started on the body, this is the basic shape, still have lots of sanding to do, i want the over al size to be about 30 to 40% smaller.

 

[camlifter]

heres the final shape, now to start glassing.

 

[harry76]

Man i really like that, i can see a cafe build in my future. Thanks for the inspiration. Is that a casting or dummy block of one of your v-twin chinagirl motors? If so are you going to use one on this? That would be awesome

 

[silverbear]

Cam, that's going to be a work of art.
SB

 

[Goldy]

Gonna' be sweet...keep us posted.

 

[Ruby478]

looking great i hope my cafe racer comes out as good as yours

 

[camlifter]

started glassing it up last night. doing the preassembly fot the brakes, shifter kit and building the front fender while the body cures between coats.

the shocks i got from BMI are way to stiff, i traded them at the swap meet for a set of mini bike shocks that are going to work great, much softer on the spring rate. the bmi shocks are for go carts and are way to stiff for a bike.

 

[camlifter]

still working on the body, i have the motor and shifter kit mocked up and took it for a ride under pedal power. prety nice with the s/a 3 sp drum hub. the forks are a little soft i will try heavy weight oil in them later and see what that does. still need to make an exhaust pipe, want an up pipe just under the tank.

 

[corgi1]

I think the white walls are starting to look good

 

[camlifter]

i like them too, but they just won't look right on a cafe. got a set of black walls now, there a 1/4 in. smaller but look good.

 

[Fischart]

Nice to see the progress Cam! Keep it up!

 

[camlifter]

here it is prety much mocked up. got my exhaust built, goning to send it out to get chromed. still need to make a rear fender, then take it all down for paint and powder coating.

 

[harry76]

Nice job, that is beautiful. Cant wait to see more

 

[camlifter]

some pics of the motor

 

[camlifter]

heres my head light with a cafe style sheild. pics got some glare from the raw metal.

 

[harry76]

Wow that is awesome!!!! How did you get that shape on the cowl? Hammer and bag? Is it one piece?

I cant wait to see more......... keep up the top notch work!!!!

 

[camlifter]

yeah. bag and hammer then english wheel. wish i had more time to devote to this build. to many irons in the fire. looks like i have a 5 week wait on getting my pipe back from the chromers so i guess theres no rush anyway.

 

[harry76]

Cant rush a good thing, or should i say great thing

 

[camlifter]

heres all the parts, ready to put it all together.

 

[harry76]

Man, seriously nice job you have done there! Cant wait to see this thing together, its going to be a beauty.... hopefully you may inspire some more cafe racer builds. Keep us posted.....