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...and I'm not sure I understand the springs on the fork tubes (in place of gaiters?)



You'll see that a lot on old Norton and especially custom built old "Triton" Cafe Racers, Dave...like this one...



And so I think that's the look the builder was goin' for here.

And re this T-Bird Cafe Racer...yeah, I think it's kinda cool lookin'...but BOY, can you imagine tryin' to throw all that WEIGHT of a T-Bird "Cafe Racer" around in the twisties?

I mean, a stock T-Bird weighs about 200 MORE pounds than our bikes do, and I just can't imagine the builder was a able to pare down all that much weight with this bike.

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)