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Cafe Racer Show-Rider Down!

Not a surprise when you get some of these guys hacking away and mixing and matching various parts. Unlike a motorcycle manufacturer, there are no standards to be met, no requirements, you just go with blind faith hoping everything will be OK.
 
Article, link, anything???
 
It's funny that usually the Bostrom's aren't wearing suits when they test those bikes. Seems fishy that he'd do it this time. :dunno
 
It happened a while back, he had pics up on his facebook page showing the raspberry. He was fine for the most part....ATGATT....ummmmmm.....lol
 
That episode was filmed before the accident he had at the last national.
 
^^^ Dude...a warning. I can look at that stuff while drinking extra meaty spaghetti sauce. Not everyone can--or wants to.
 
John S. said:
Not a surprise when you get some of these guys hacking away and mixing and matching various parts. Unlike a motorcycle manufacturer, there are no standards to be met, no requirements, you just go with blind faith hoping everything will be OK.
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There's a big difference between engineering a motorcycle and just fabricating one. I'm not sure how custom bike makers get any kind of liability insurance, my guess is they don't have any. Don't look for ISO 9000 standard practices either.
 
russ69 said:
Eric Bostrom gets throw to the ground when a front wheel bearing fails and locks the brake.
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That's a shame. Even though I kinda like them Boz Bros, that show is painful to watch. Since I rode in that erra, I (we) used to modify our bikes for performance & handling. But modern bikes are so much better in every way, (Especially reliability.) why go back to that shit?
 
John S. said:
Not a surprise when you get some of these guys hacking away and mixing and matching various parts. Unlike a motorcycle manufacturer, there are no standards to be met, no requirements, you just go with blind faith hoping everything will be OK.
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Don't overcomplicate this situation. Think Chinese aftermarket knock-offs. I stick with OEM bearings for my wheels for this reason.
 
Banjoboy said:
That's a shame. Even though I kinda like them Boz Bros, that show is painful to watch. Since I rode in that erra, I (we) used to modify our bikes for performance & handling. But modern bikes are so much better in every way, (Especially reliability.) why go back to that shit?
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Because the bikes are slow and that matches my diminished skills but I agree with you 100%.
 
he crashed on the modded 919,so it wasn't a bunch of old parts slapped together.i wonder what brand of wheels they used(spoke wheels replaced the stock cast ones)....
 
I'm wondering if the wheels were old and if they didn't bother to check the bearings. If I was building a bike like that (and there's nothing wrong with that), I'd replace the bearings regardless.
 
ST Guy said:
I'm wondering if the wheels were old and if they didn't bother to check the bearings. If I was building a bike like that (and there's nothing wrong with that), I'd replace the bearings regardless.
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This is the key here. Failed wheel bearings are a maintenance item, not a flaw with cafe racers.
 
Less than impressed in the "ol skool" talents of his NYC ghetto attitude and the build quality and engineering of this "cafe fighter".
I saw this segment as a bad joke of fab. skillz right up until Bostrom crashed.
 
CDONA said:
Less than impressed in the "ol skool" talents of his NYC ghetto attitude and the build quality and engineering of this "cafe fighter".
I saw this segment as a bad joke of fab. skillz right up until Bostrom crashed.
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I especially enjoyed the "older mechanic guy" double-clicking the torque wrench on everything like a damn newb. :facepalm
 
Lesbusa said:
They are if they were mixing and matching wheel spacers or didn't even have any.

"Wrong wheel spacer was wrong"
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That's a good point, I didn't think someone could be that dumb. :laughing Running without spacers :laughing
 
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