Came across this very muscular looking Sportster Cafe Racer by DP Customs. They have beautiful gallery full of iron head customs check it out http://dpcustomcycles.com/naked_cafe.html

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Seeing more an more Dual Over Head Cam DOHC CB750′s get the Cafe or Chopper treatment. Here’s a pretty sweet Chopper version. I have to wonder how many chopper guys don’t want to see cafes and how many cafe guys have distaste for Choppers? Me I like anything you ride and spin wrenches on. Our pal Martin said it well… comparing these types of machines is just not right, its like comparing saws an hammers different tools different applications. Me I like both Cafe Racers and Choppers… so you can expect more of both! This eBay special was done by by Seax in the UK. If you want to do something similar or a cafe style bike check us out at www.oldbikebarn.com

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I’ve been a bike guy through and through since my teens but my roots are in hot rodding and some of my best memories as a kid are wrenching with my Dad Bear Sr. aka “The Tin Man” So I’m pretty excited about this 57 Ford he just picked up. He’s getting close to retirement so its time for a new Hot Rod! Here’s the story of how me and my brother Billy “Caboose” ended up running a bike business and not a hot rod shop. It all comes down to power to weight ratios, the price of hot rods in the 80′s and 90′s and the fact that we could blow the doors off any car on a 30 year old bike for under 2K. That’s still true today! Vintage bikes are a real bang for your buck and fuel for your hot rod soul! http://www.oldbikebarn.com/Bears-Story

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I have had a few fairly rude private messages asking me how I have time to run a business, if I spend so much time blogging and on Facebook? Well its called 4G an iPhone and a 13 inch Mac. We’re constantly plugged in to 2 things bike culture and the web no mater where I am… here is a shot of me in the “office”. To the nasty questions I reply how do you have time to run a business if your busy looking at my Facebook LOL Keep it positive an positive stuff happens bros! Peace & Grease.  Bear

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It sure is exciting how much attention the old Yamaha XS650 is getting these days. I came a cross this one at http://praetorianiportucale.blogspot.com Sweet ride!  Enjoy, Bear.

yamaha xs650

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Who remembers this line “LET THE WILD RUMPUS START” Once again you guys can call me SOFT for this post but remember like I said only in the middle… Today Maurice Sendak author of “Where the wild Things Are” died. First published in 1963 this children’s book of only 338 words was an instant classic. If it was not a child hood book for you maybe you read it to your kids. I think the images in this book and its rebellious nature marked me as a boy. I know there was a moral in there somewhere but I just remember running away to party. “LET THE WILD RUMPUS START” I will be reading a copy tonight with a few Corona’s. Long live Maurice Sendak and the wild rumpus!

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Reproduction GT Style Grips are back in stock finally. These are the same grips you see on our classic Cafe Racer and they work great on any 7/8th application Bobber, chopper or Cafe Racer bars. Get them while they last! http://www.oldbikebarn.com/Gran-Tourismo-Rubber-Cushion-Grips

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These Frisco bars are going down as one of my fav bars of all time this bike is a hoot to ride. Special thanks to Biltwell for resurrecting these Frisco style bars from chopper days gone by. Also to Lowbrow for the cool flake grips and stickers and last but not least Josh Young at The Shop in Dayton for the marathon hours we spent together doing this bike in one day! Get your very own set of Frisco Bars at www.oldbikebarn.com they are available in 1″ or 7/8 so they work on American, Euro and Jap builds! Check out the rest of the shots of this bike here. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=326370484101823&set=a.326370160768522.74908.225106004228272&type=1&theater

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My reverse logic has consumed me I can’t stop looking at Jap Choppers and Sportster Cafe Racers, at all hours of the night! I just came across this one by Matt Stier. Sweet Check it out at http://soulfullgarage.blogspot.com

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Bear’s Craigslist find of the week: 1978 Kz650 cafe Bike – $1500 (Thousand oaks) Los Angeles http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/mcy/2983314021.html

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