July 14, 2014

Jim March comments on his Cafe Racer Guide PDF

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If you listened to our Cafe Racer Guide episode (#22) a few months ago, you know it was written by Jim March, and have checked out some of the awesome information he’s put together to help build your bike.  Jim recently listened to the episode, and sent us an email. Here’s his comments on our discussion of his guide:

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July 8, 2014

Enduros always endure!

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Recently we got an email from Simon in Australia all about his Dad’s awesome old bikes, and his work to keep one of them running. The picture above is super rad, that is his Dad on his 70′s Suzuki TS185! Below, check out a before and after shot of work on his Kawasaki F11B 250cc enduro. He did some amazing work keeping this thing on the road and making it look better than new!

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July 8, 2014

Don’t forget about the little guys! Erics CB200

I wanted to share some awesome pictures sent to us by an awesome listener Eric.  Eric is a fan of the 1974-1976 Honda CB200′s. He has done an amazing restoration job on his bike and sent us some pictures.

Here is a quote from his email, which is a great tip for our recent Paint Prep episode #23:

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May 29, 2014

Episode 22: ‘How to Build a Cafe Racer Guide’ Review

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Episode 22: ‘How to Build a Cafe Racer Guide’ Review

Awhile back, we posted this article after a listener told us about Jim March’s “How to Build a Cafe Racer” guide. We skimmed through it, but never really went over it in detail or discussed it.  After we all read the document in depth we saw it had some really good points to discuss. Make sure to download the document below and follow along to the podcast with it.

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May 15, 2014

Episode 21: All About Suspension w/ Ed Sorbo from Lindeman Engineering

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Episode 21: All About Suspension w/ Ed Sorbo from Lindeman Engineering

If you’re a couple episodes behind, you don’t want to miss this one! We met Ed Sorbo, owner of Lindeman Engineering at Deus Ex Machina’s Saturday School event in April. Ed had a booth at Saturday School and was leading excellent suspension seminars that drew a crowd every time.  We were very excited to have him join us on the show and talk in depth about suspension.

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May 10, 2014

Episode 20: Top End Rebuilds Part 2

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Episode 20 continues with Part 2 of our series on Top End Rebuilds. We pick up where we left off after describing disassembly of your motor to prepare for a top end rebuild. This episode covers the tools necessary to rebuild your top end and the steps to prepare your motor for final reassembly. It’s recommended you have listened to Episode 19 before starting this show.

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April 18, 2014

Episode 19: Top End Rebuilds Part 1

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Episode 19: Top End Rebuilds Part 1

Episode 19 is part 1 in our series about rebuilding the top end of your motor. This episode will cover disassembly of your top end, and goes over the important components of the motor top end as well. Make sure to listen to Part 1 before moving onto the new Episode 20, part 2 of Top End Rebuilds. Check out the notes below for the important points to follow.

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April 10, 2014

Episode 18: How Motors Work

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Episode 18: How Motors Work

This show is all about motors. 4-Stroke & 2-Stroke motors. The kind we all use on our motorcycles.  In this show we describe the important components in a motor (we’ve done shows detailing most of these components you can refer to), and how they interact to complete the strokes that keep a motor turning.  Make sure to follow along with our outline below, and look at the reference videos, pictures and links to really get a good understanding of what we’re talking about. It’s very hard to understand this topic without seeing a video depicting how the components interact.

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April 8, 2014

Good Deal or Wouldn’t Steal: Do low bars make a ‘Cafe Racer’?

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Good Deal or Wouldn’t Steal: 1978 Honda CB750K
Do low bars make a cafe racer?

I’ve noticed a trend recently, of bikes being advertised as ‘Cafe Racers’, which often have little more modifications than the handlebars swapped out for low tracker or clubman bars.  This generally seems to raise the price by $1500 on average.  To each his own, but I don’t really think this qualifies as a Cafe Racer.
See the original ad on Craigslist HERE.

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April 1, 2014

Motorbike Mondays Crew at Deus Ex Machina Saturday School this Saturday!

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Motorbike Mondays Crew at Deus Ex Machina Saturday School
This Saturday 4/5/14 from 11AM-5PM

Deus Ex Machina
1001 Venice Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291

If you’re in Southern California, make sure to head out to Deus Ex Machina in Venice this Saturday 4/5/14 from 11AM-5PM. The Motorbike Mondays Crew has been invited to join the Faculty at Saturday School, an awesome event to help you learn how to work on your own bikes. We’ll have a lot of RaceTech Electric parts to demo and a workshop on charging system component testing and troubleshooting.  Seaweed & Gravel will have a bike workshop as well.

 Make sure to come out on Saturday and say hi to us. We’ll be recording clips for the podcast too!

You can view the Facebook even page HERE.

Check out Deus Ex Machina on the web HERE.

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