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"Harley-Davidson XLCR Cafe Racer", Sump, 2015 Lindsay, Brooke (November 5, 2006), "Harley's Sportster: From a Wild Child to a Grown-Up in 50 Years" , The New York Times , retrieved 2015-06-28 , As grim as those days were in terms of performance, it was an era that produced two of the Sportsters considered most unusual and sought-after by ...
The Honda GB500 'Tourist Trophy' (or TT) is an air-cooled single-cylinder solo café racer motorcycle. It was first marketed in Japan in 1985 in two 400 cc and one 500 cc versions. In 1989, Honda introduced a third 400 cc version for Japan; and in 1989 and 1990 a 500 cc version was available in the United States.
BSA café racer at the Ace Cafe. (The rider is wearing a 59 Club badge). Triton café racer with a Triumph engine in a Norton Featherbed frame. A café racer is a genre of sport motorcycles that originated among British motorcycle enthusiasts of the early 1960s in London.
The fairing had been tested in Moto Guzzi's wind tunnel (which had been used to test race bike fairings in the 1950s). [9] The new fairing had a rectangular headlight, rather than the earlier round item. later bikes saw an oil sump spacer to increase internal volume and move the oil away from the crankshaft and cylinder bores were updated to ...
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R full fairing. A motorcycle fairing is a shell placed over the frame of a motorcycle, especially racing motorcycles and sport bikes, to deflect wind and reduce air drag. The secondary functions are the protection of the rider from airborne hazards and wind-induced hypothermia and of the engine components in the case of an ...
Locking side panniers are supplied as standard in most markets and some markets include cloth 'liners' which can be used as a carry-all for the contents of the cases. Each case will take a full-face helmet. Factory options include foot protectors, handguards, fairing protectors, larger windshield, and a color-coordinated top box to name but a few.
The Vetter Fairing Company was a manufacturer of motorcycle accessories including the Windjammer series of motorcycle fairings. The business was founded by Craig Vetter in 1966, [3] sold in 1978, [4] and went bankrupt in 1983. Bell-Riddell Inc. acquired the assets, and produced fairings for a few years.
1991 Suzuki GSF400 1995 Suzuki GSF250V with modified exhaust. Launched in 1989, the GSF250 and GSF400 are naked street motorcycles, with liquid-cooled, inline four cylinder engines derived from the GSX-R250 and GSX-R400 motorcycles, mounted as a stressed member in a steel trellis frame with single rear shock absorber.