We are about to start our second Cafe project. Awhile back, Mr. Sheppard stumbled across this monstrosity sitting in a barn... it's a 1979 CX500. An unlikely candidate for a cafe conversion (at first blush, anyway), but it has been done before by others. While the kids finished up the XS650, Mr. S spent some time digging through the acres of plastic, ditching the seat, saddlebags, highway bars, forward pegs.,.. essentially everything that made this into a cruiser. Thankfully, some Cafe parts were also included with the bike itself, and it appears we will be able to use some of those in our build. Already TransCanada motorsport donated a set of drag bars... it appears that Cafe/Clubman bars won't work with the long tank. The rider would have a real uncomfortable stretch to the bars.
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