Anyone watch the show "Cafe Racer"?

[DClark]

I love this show! It has little segents, but a big part is people/shops that take old brit/jap bikes from the wreckers and turn them into gorgeous cafe racers.
The last episodes I saw had some nice bikes made from the CX500, one old guy in england made one out of a cx650 turbo (wow!) and another had his built around a gsx1600. Now, I have never heard of a four banger that big from suzi, but perhaps it was a bored out 1400- the engine case did say "Wiseco".
They made a Yamaha 450 with a Britten style front shock, they even interview Billy Joel who loves the bikes. There are lots of Brit bikes, some have parts from different makes, all look bad a$$.
The video is great, they mount cameras on the bikes and the sound; it is not fake, these bikes each have a unique sound.When they show a group of them together, it looks like mechanical jewelry.

[trash]

what network is this on?

[BPryz]

I watch this show every Wednesday. It's on HD Theather, which is a subsidiary of Discovery.

My roommate is sick of me watching motorcycle shows.....but she can deal

[Slofuze]

I've never seen the show, but I love the sound of Brit bikes. I've always had a soft spot for the sound of the Triumph 650 twins. The '68 Bonneville was the cat's *** back then..... a dream machine for those of us who have ridden one. Yamaha in '74 came out a fairly good copy, and I had one. There's quite a few vids on youtube about the cafe clubs over there..... they're definitely into it.

[HemiKat]

I cant find that channel! A guy at work told me about the show but for some reason it doesnt show up for me, or atleast I cant seem to find it out of the other 3000 useless channels I have.

[DClark]

I get it off of DISH. Billy Joel was funny when interviewed. He said (and I am paraphrasing) that he didn't get choppers- they take HD's and covered them dragons, chrome, stretch them out to the point where they are dangerous and what is the point of that? Why go out of your way to make something that is inherently dangerous? Then, you ride the thing trying to tell the world that you are so bad!.
he talked about his past bikes, wanted a Motoguzzi V50, ("If anyone has one, let me know!").
If there is one thing that doesn't exist on the show, it is bike snobbery. Brit/Jap/Italian, it is all good.
The shop mechanics interviewed say that the old jap bikes had incredible tough motors and a lot of them ended up in wreckers because people didn't know how to maintain them. One cafe special shop (that appears to specialize in jap bikes) is within a mile of the Yorktown HD factory! Really neat show, for the shop mechanics on this board, might be better than porn and free beer, but yeah, my wife is bored to tears with the show. This show is really bad for you though- I watched an episode, then, before retiring, went to ebay to look for a Yamaha SR500. See what I mean?

[mstngsrule68]

This show is really bad for you though- I watched an episode, then, before retiring, went to ebay to look for a Yamaha SR500. See what I mean?

haha! i totally did it for a honda as well earyler today! lol

[GytRDunKat]

I've caught it in passing, good show. I get the stink eye from all the females in the house though, lol.

[GSXFJim]

I dont get it on my system.. are the episodes on line anywhere?

[teddy]

Kind of funny to hear of Billy Joel bashing choppers, considering he had Orange County Knobbers build him a bike a while back, but it wasn't a stretched out POS like they usually make...

[KAT TOY]

I dont get it on my system.. are the episodes on line anywhere?

have you tried Hulu or Fancast? i checked. not there.

[strolltroll]

Hey, I get that channel Discovery HD Theater (HDT). I'll have to check it out.

Here is the “Café Racer” TV website.

And here is the preview

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKFtrbellCA"]YouTube - Cafe Racer TV Promo: Airing on Discovery HD Theater October 13th @ 9PM EST[/ame]

[Slofuze]

Hey, I get that channel Discovery HD Theater (HDT). I'll have to check it out.

Here is the “Café Racer” TV website.

And here is the preview

YouTube - Cafe Racer TV Promo: Airing on Discovery HD Theater October 13th @ 9PM EST

+1

[il_ragazzo]

i only saw one episode but i wanted more. thanks now i know it's on Wednesdays

[loudnlow7484]

Because of this thread, I've now set my DVR to record it whenever it's on. I've never seen it before, but it sounds like my kind of show!