Cafe Racer Build Blog

The reason I'm making this blog is to document the build of my brother's café racer. I've always wanted to document and do a how to on all the various projects I've done and were never able to. This is my first time documenting a build so here goes nothing.

A little bit about me:

• I'm 28 years old and have been under the hoods of cars since I was five years old
• My dad always was a gearhead and kinda passed it on to me
• I've currently completed 3 project builds to date and am always looking for a new project
• I'm currently without a bike and project car so I'm free to jump into my Brother's project and help him with his

A little bit about my brother Josiah:

• He is 18 years old and has very little experience with mechanics but wants to learn
• He wants to learn so I told him to buy a project bike and learn as we go through the process
• He was very adamant that he wants the hands on experience of this build with using my knowledge base rather than my wrenching abilities :-)

Info on what build he wants to start:

• Josiah is new to motorcycle riding and has a passion for bikes and wanted his first build to be his first bike
• We have a small budget so I suggested he get a 70s or 80s bike
• Josiah really liked all the customizing and different looks you could achieve with these kinds of bikes(bobber, café racer, and chopper look)
• Since were going the cheap route and Josiah liked the minimalist look and stance of the café racer, we went with this style build

Now we have to choose a donor bike as the base for our build.............