I thought that myself, thus my decision to go "courier." Basically, café with luggage of a harder sort. Plan to color match cases and such, and go with the more angular style to match the angles on the very 80s 650. It won't be /quite/ true to cafe standards, but it will definitely show cafe influences and be what I want it to be, while leaving a solid underpinning for the next guy if he wants something different.
-Kurt On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:27 AM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > Gotta go with the conventional wisdom here. The old school Harleys > and Indians looked good as bobbers, because they were big, beefy and > overdone. So minimalizing the underlying design actually enhanced > their lines, for the most part. > > Metric bikes are already pretty minimal to start with, so bobbing them > is kinda like shearing a sheep dog -- y' generally wind up with a > really ugly lookin' mutt. > > The few metric bobbers I've seen that I'd consider pleasing to the eye > began life as Harley clones. Middleweight metric standards lend > themselves better to the cafe racer style, in my opinion. > > > > On Apr 12, 2:12 pm, JJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > I recently purchased a '83 650 Nighthawk. It is in bad shape but the > > motor runs ok so I'm thinking about converting it into a bobber. This > > is my first bike so if anyone can point me in the right direction as > > far as parts go please let me know. I want to get new spark plugs, air > > filter and many other things - what are the specifications, brand > > names of parts I should get. What non-OEM parts are compatible with > > the Nighthawk? > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
