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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18314 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Cafe Build Reply #30 - 05/24/19 at 07:01:15 ZSteele wrote on 05/24/19 at 06:32:59: That doesnt sound too bad either, the bike is already on a jack, I'm guessing in that case just remove fork caps and center nut? Yep....just be ready for the strong "push" from the fork caps as you remove them - the forks springs have some "pre-load" built in.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2825	Re: Cafe Build Reply #31 - 05/24/19 at 10:41:26 Some preload is an understatement! Haha.
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ZSteele Senior Member Offline I'll finish it tomorrow Posts: 253	Re: Cafe Build Reply #32 - 05/24/19 at 16:36:18 Update album incoming this evening. For you veteran cafe riders what is the necessity of a rear fender if the hoop is past the wheel midline? I have the electronics tray and underhump area walled in so spray wouldn't harm anything electric and I'm unsure if the spray would get all the way up to me. Thoughts/experiences?
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ZSteele Senior Member Offline I'll finish it tomorrow Posts: 253	Re: Cafe Build Reply #33 - 05/24/19 at 17:06:42 Pics --> http://imgur.com/a/4QSaRzR
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Reply #34 - 05/24/19 at 18:12:19

ZSteele wrote on 05/24/19 at 16:36:18:

Update album incoming this evening.

For you veteran cafe riders what is the necessity of a rear fender if the hoop is past the wheel midline? I have the electronics tray and underhump area walled in so spray wouldn't harm anything electric and I'm unsure if the spray would get all the way up to me. Thoughts/experiences?

The box will probably be fine. But on wet days you will get some spray on your back. Especially at lower speeds like under 20mph.

You can install a fender or put your license plate there to deflect some of the spray. Or just dont ride when its wet.

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ZSteele Senior Member Offline I'll finish it tomorrow Posts: 253	Re: Cafe Build Reply #35 - 05/24/19 at 18:50:25 I try not to ride in the rain but if I go on a worktrip this summer I might have no choice. Still unsure exactly how I'll mount the license plate. Id like to have it tucked up under against the frame but depending on the interpretation of "visible" I might need to mount it on the back of the hoop, thus eliminating spray.
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Re: Cafe Build
Reply #36 - 05/25/19 at 03:00:50

My bike has the RYCA seat pan, and a smallish front fender.

If you ride in the rain, you will get water thrown all over you. The rear tire throws water on my back, on my neck and helmet - you throw a rooster tail of water up your backside. The front wheel splits the water on the road and directs a spray of water onto each boot on the pegs, and a 2" wide line of water forward off the top of the front tire that hits you in the visor and also leaves a nice line of water down the front of your jacket.

Riding a Cafe' bike in the rain is a miserable experience.....and unfortunately we always seem to find at least one rain storm when we go riding in the mountains for a few days - the afternoon showers are a common event in the summer.

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ZSteele Senior Member Offline I'll finish it tomorrow Posts: 253	Re: Cafe Build Reply #37 - 06/04/19 at 08:36:52 Been a bit since the last update. Still waiting on the rest of the electronics but hopefully Ill have them by this weekend. Pics: http://imgur.com/a/K6NP8d3
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ZSteele Senior Member Offline I'll finish it tomorrow Posts: 253	Re: Cafe Build Reply #38 - 06/06/19 at 16:06:08 Finally stopped being lazy and put the new headlamp, signals and brackets on. Seems to give the bike a stretched feeling, but maybe that's just me. http://imgur.com/a/ZxfGXds. <----pics
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SpamyToo Full Member Offline Posts: 233	Re: Cafe Build Reply #39 - 06/06/19 at 19:34:39 Nice progress. Its coming along pretty good. Im anxious to see the final product. Ive never seen a paint job like that. I was like, "ew what is that", then "oh wait thats cool", lastly "Im confused but I cant wait to see it all together".
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Noble_Savage YaBB Newbies Offline I know a thing or two about a thing or two. Posts: 9 Fresno, CA	Re: Cafe Build Reply #40 - 06/07/19 at 11:05:31 Impressive work! I'm considering running clubmans. How do you like your setup? Any clearance issues with the stock tank?
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Reply #41 - 06/07/19 at 16:31:40

Theres a delicate place where the tank has to be positioned squarely and the bars have to be at a certain angle/rotation. But if you get it right theres no clearance issue, with the stock foot controls my knees are a bigger problem than the tank! Truthfully I'd go with clipons if I were to do it again, and I might swap to them when I get rearsets on either way.

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ZSteele Senior Member Offline I'll finish it tomorrow Posts: 253	Re: Cafe Build Reply #42 - 06/07/19 at 16:35:00 TIL stapling really doesnt work on fiberglass, waiting on the glue to dry. Also stitching by hand is quite tedious. But its starting to look like a bike!
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Re: Cafe Build
Reply #43 - 06/10/19 at 07:46:43

ZSteele wrote on 06/07/19 at 16:31:40:

Theres a delicate place where the tank has to be positioned squarely and the bars have to be at a certain angle/rotation. But if you get it right theres no clearance issue, with the stock foot controls my knees are a bigger problem than the tank! Truthfully I'd go with clipons if I were to do it again, and I might swap to them when I get rearsets on either way.

Thanks! my next question would have been about running the forward controls with lower bars. I'm 5'11" with a 32" inseam and I feel a bit compressed with the stock setup. I just flipped my risers around and it's a bit better. I can't imagine being 6' 2" and riding with clipons and forward controls.

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ZSteele Senior Member Offline I'll finish it tomorrow Posts: 253	Re: Cafe Build Reply #44 - 06/10/19 at 08:04:30 Where they are now is still fairly upright seating for me. If i go to rear controls ill have to run super low clip ons for ergonomic purposes. The stock forwards feel like pretty much perfect mids for me, ie my knees form basically a 90° parallel with the ground.
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