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lee_harvey

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hey everyone
« on: January 14, 2010, 09:54:57 AM »
new member here. fixing to get my r65 next month and i already have plans on making it a cafe racer. ill be uploading pics tonite of its current status so we can have a before and after comparison.
Lee

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2010, 10:06:34 AM »
Welcome Lee, where abouts do you call home ?
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Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2010, 10:39:41 AM »
Welcome Lee!! Steve Hawkins here on this forum will be your man for a cafe style!
1983 R65LS - LRB still my favourite!? 1988 Honda NX250, "Toodles Too" and a Suzuki DR650, "Calypso." All stored in the "Brrrmmm Closet".

lee_harvey

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2010, 10:48:24 AM »
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Welcome Lee, where abouts do you call home ?
arlington TX, ive seen that i have a few r65 folks in neighboring cities.
hopefully we'll get together and have a ride.

GrimReaper

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2010, 10:48:26 AM »
Welcome aboard Lee.My plans are the same,so it is gonna be great to have somebody ready to chop his bike ;D

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2010, 01:38:12 PM »
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Welcome Lee, where abouts do you call home ?
arlington TX, ive seen that i have a few r65 folks in neighboring cities.
hopefully we'll get together and have a ride.
You have some on your doorstep welcome to the forum...
Lou
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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2010, 05:27:33 PM »
Lee Harvey... Are you kidding? In Texas, yet! Bet you get some "winks" when you intro yourself at the local watering hole. Last name wouldn't be Oswald, would it?

So. Welcome to the funny farm. A number of R65ers in the MetroMess, myownself included.

Monte
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lee_harvey

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2010, 07:48:39 PM »
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Lee Harvey... Are you kidding? In Texas, yet! Bet you get some "winks" when you intro yourself at the local watering hole. Last name wouldn't be Oswald, would it?

So. Welcome to the funny farm. A number of R65ers in the MetroMess, myownself included.

Monte
Denton TX
nope, no kin to the lone gunman. people started calling me that in high school and it just kinda carried over to the forums.

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2010, 08:32:23 PM »
L.H., we're practically neighbors.  I still keep a house in Arlington, home of the Boss Hawg Bowl, but Mrs. Phorqs said I had to move in with her in Bedford when we jumped the broom last year.  My son, Earl Phorqs, has my R65 and still lives in my house over by Randol Mill Park.  

While I can't hold a mechanical candle to most of the folks on this forum, I'm probably good for a Shiner Bock and some moral support.  We'll try to get Monte to amble this way some time.  He still owes Justin a bag of sand so he might get this way one of these days. ;D
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scottyintex

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2010, 09:03:39 PM »
Howdy neighbor..... welcome to the clan......looking forward to the pictures!! I do love to see old machines conjured back to the living. Do love the cafe racers!

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2010, 03:39:44 AM »
Welcome mate [smiley=thumbsup.gif]..cant wait to see the pics...hope your cafe racer turns out awesome, bloody love cafe boxers..

have you checked out this site?
http://www.rockerboxer.com/garage.html
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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2010, 07:01:33 AM »
I can also bore you to death about Cafe Racer's if required.

There are many styles, but I hope you want to do more than fit Euro bars.

Here is a link as to how it first came about:

http://www.randybozarth.com/gallery/stevehawkins/

There are other pictures in the gallery , but here goes:

« Last Edit: January 15, 2010, 07:04:38 AM by steve_hawkins »
Steve Hawkins R100 (that wants to be an R65)

trolle

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2010, 07:07:43 AM »
Welcome to the forum.

As you can see, Steve is the man when it comes to styling café racers. That little red one is a real beauty although I prefer the more sedate RS modification.

greetings from a white and cold north with lots of snow and deplorable riding conditions. (I am really longing for dry roads and warmer weather)

SCJJR65

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2010, 01:03:09 PM »
Say, that rockerboxer website listed above has some really wild bikes!!!    :o    

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Re: hey everyone
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2010, 01:36:29 PM »
Steve Hawkins, what type of muffler do you have on your cafe racer?  How do they sound and is there any performance improvement?
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