Newbie-XBR cafe race project

[guest526]

        Hi there,my name is Adrian,I've mean lurking around here for the last 6 months or so.Picked up lots of good advise going through the archives ,so no stupid questions just yet.Anyways I won a XBR on evilbay some 3 years ago,in fact 2 as it came with a spares bike.The bikes been great,ideal for tearing down the streets around NW London where I live.Still runs like a champ but it's as tatty as a bachelors MZ.So it's makeover time and always wanted to build a cafe racer.
         Ok,so far Ive stripped the bike down to the frame,proceeded to grind any tabs not needed and shortened the back end.Next I had extra tabs welded on the rear rails for the Ducati (!) tail piece I intend to fit,I also had an extra tube welded between the 2 back stays for the oil tank to bolt to.
          Now its just come back from the powder coaters,some pics .

[guest7]

Good work that man - keep us posted
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[guest288]

I too have an XBR in bits- I was hoping to get rid of the airbox, would I need to support the top as you have in your pics, or is there another way? (frame already powder coated...)

[guest526]

I too have an XBR in bits- I was hoping to get rid of the airbox, would I need to support the top as you have in your pics, or is there another way? (frame already powder coated...)

Hi Dave,yep iam junking the airbox and side panels and i plan on putting the battery under the rear tail piece.You can support your oil tank with brackets,check out "XBR 666"on this sitehttp://rfvc-racing.npage.de/index.html
hope this helps

[guest7]

Coooool!


And it looks alarmingly like it's still road legal 

Nice peg hangers... someone has access to some CNC kit I'd say.
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[guest288]

That is wicked- a bit beond me, perhaps, but I like! 

[guest288]

By the way- Hurley, your bike looks cool to, looking forward to when its completed 

[eightcans]

What a beauty !! I`ve enough bits to build one............. Ahhhhhh

[guest288]

Where did they find that seat unit??? 

[guest7]

It's either a Honda GB500 seat or a G50 Matchless race seat... I'd say GB500

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[guest288]

Aha! And what have they done with the battery? Or dont they need it?

[guest288]

Also= whats he hung the bracket off? Ive had a look and I have some captive nuts where his bracket is, so maybe I could use the same idea- what normally fixes there???

[guest7]

There is a u-shaped oil tank bracket that bolts to the brackets on the frame. It also acts (iirc) as the battery holder and has lugs for some of the electrical components.

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[guest7]

Adrian, is your user name a homage to that great marque the 'inextinguishable' Hurley Pugh, manufacturer of machines famous for, amongst many other things, supplying escort bikes to 10 European royal families in the inter-war years?

See more HERE

If there's one thing that modern bikes lack, it's an umbrella rack 

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[guest526]

Coooool!


And it looks alarmingly like it's still road legal 

Nice peg hangers... someone has access to some CNC kit I'd say.
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In matt black it might at first glance look a bit of a rat bike,but this machine has got titanium bolts and spindles ,carbon fiber seat base,loads of CNC machinig,everthiig has been drilled or milled to save weight.All the electrics are stuffed under the GB500 seat,some tiny battery because the electric start been removed.Its worth book marking this site,its updated often,its amazing what engineering types with way too much time on their hands can do to the humble XBR.