 4 months of playing around and........VOILA !
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I know its not a triumph but I really put some effort into this as I did on my TBA. I bought one of these as my first new bike and put 27,000 miles on it that year ! I really had some memories while I created this "cafe racer" I just finished it a few weeks ago and gave it to my son Josh for graduation ! Have fun Josh ! Love, Dad 
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Looks good. I love the tail piece.
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That is so cool. Awesome work as usual. I want to see more. 
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You definitely possess a talent for doin' up bikes! That's a great looking, eye catching 'cafe racer' you have there. Good on ya, Dad!! 
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Sweet little CX there, Dennis! You've done a great job with it.  Btw...a few months back on that "Cafe Racer" TV show, they featured a guy who also made a beautiful cafe racer out of an old CX500, and I was wonderin' if you maybe saw it and had drawn some inspiration from that guy's work?
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Looks Great!
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NICE! 
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I seen a lot of these bike ( pictures ) and was told about the cafe racer show ( wish I had that channel !) but it was really a build as I go type project. I just look at things and decide what looks good to me....I really am looking forward to doing another one....but I have a headlight mod for the TBA first, stay tuned  .......
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My old Moto Guzzi is still air cooled,oh that's an old Honda! Very nice! I seen the show CafeRacer, one of the few descent shows on tv.
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Quote:
I know its not a triumph but I really put some effort into this as I did on my TBA. I bought one of these as my first new bike and put 27,000 miles on it that year ! I really had some memories while I created this "cafe racer" I just finished it a few weeks ago and gave it to my son Josh for graduation ! Have fun Josh !
Love,
Dad
That is too cool! It does sort of look like a Guzzi. 
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