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SPECIFICATION
SHEET
ENGINE:
1975 Honda CB500 inline four, electronic
ignition by honda4.nl, CBX coil, BMW E36
plug cables, stock rejetted carburettors,
one-off air filter, aftermarket ignition
cover, one-off ‘shag model’ starter cover,
5-speed gearbox, one-off galvanised
4-into-2 exhaust system with custom-
made stainless silencers.
FRAME:
Honda CB500 twin downtube with
custom-made upper and subframe.
FRONT END:
17” Akront wheel, 120/70/17” Metzeler
Racetec tyre, 6-piston Suzuki GSX-R
caliper, Brembo disc, Powerseal brake
lines, Suzuki GSX-R forks, modified GSX-R
yokes, modified Suzuki GSX-R clip-on
handlebars, BMX hand grips, Bosch
“IF YOU SQUINT AND LOOK AT IT JUST SO, A RENAULT tractor headlight, one-off mudguard.
TWINGO MUDGUARD LOOKS LIKE HALF A GILERA TANK!” REAR END:
17” Akront tyre, 140/70/17” Michelin
every street corner these days. family, steering geometry and Macadam tyre, Cagiva caliper, enduro
disc, one-off rear brake pump mounted
Jarno understands the trend but riding behaviour are always very
inside frame tube, lengthened Koni shock
he approached the building of important. The steering geometry absorbers, invisble mounts, one-off rear light
his cafe racer from a different— was improved by extending the made around a Toyota Starlet lamp socket.
and more complex—approach rear shock absorbers. As a result, MISCELLANEOUS:
than that of the average do-it- I basically changed the fork angle,
One-off petrol tank made from two
yourselfer. racer on every street which makes the bike handling
Renault Twingo mudguards, one-off foot
corner. Jarno understands the more modern, smoother and more controls, one-off seat by Poef, tailpiece
hype, but has approached the direct. The frame was reinforced made from Renault Twingo bodywork, all
building of his cafe-racer from with a tube on which the fuel cables run through frame.
a different, and especially more tank is mounted. To protect PAINT AND FINISH:
complex, view than the average the carburettors and their open
Black with gold flake by Gerrit Mostert.
do-it-yourselfer! velocity stacks from dirt, a plate Pinstriping and graphics by Arnold Kruithof.
“Because I come from a racing was welded into the frame which
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