Cafe Racer (Yamaha XS 650 By Auto Fabrica) 

Carsten Krampe Thank you so much for all your kind words. I agree with you about this perfect bike. Unfortunately, i think in practice, is very hard to achieve these lines, especially in the fuel tank. It seems very simple, but technically, very difficult to mold the forms in the aluminium sheets. Good luck for your project. Cheers.

ThatDutchguy Lol. I completely understand your comment. A bike like this deserve to be seen several times, until we understand why is so simply, and why it works. Thanks for your comment. Cheers.

Daniel Geraldo Thank you Daniel for your kind words. Just lik you, I never tire of seeing this bike. And i think it is why looks so timeless.Thanks for your comment. Um abraço.

TheCarablanco Thank you for sharing some history about this yamaha. Just like you, i also appreciate these projects, especially for seeing how different it can be with the same frame and engine. Thanks for sharing your comment. Cheers.

Thank you my friend for your very kind comment. I'm glad you appreciate my work. :) Cheers.

joab antesana Well said. You mentioned the kind of ingredients, which are very hard to explain, but essential for an amazing project like this. Thank you for your nice comment. Cheers.

Matthew Prestine To be honest, i think the best way to describe a custom bike, is putting the viewer in the same perspective of who built it. I'm glad you liked not only the bike, but also the video. Thank you. Cheers.

ibadi45 Precisely. As i said in the video, this is the kind of bike which was built forever, and not for the moment. Thanks for your kind comment. Cheers.

Thank you my friend for your kind comment. :) Cheers.

Indeed. This was elected the 2º best cafe racer of 2015.

Chris Harris Thank you my friend, for another and lovely comment. :) Cheers.

Indeed it is. Some say that the XS 650 is the japanese Triumph. And i agree. :) Cheers.

Thank you my friend for sharing your opinion. :) Cheers.

+s ga Thank you my friend for sharing your thoughs. I'm glad you liked this one. :) Cheers.

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Rick Anderson I recognize that this bike has some limitations in what concerns to riding it, but as a design project, it is just gorgeous. Thank you for sharing your opinion. Cheers.

mystic1754 Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm glad you liked this amazing project. Cheers.

Rick Anderson Yes.... that is right .... like the wind!

Norman Chen Great comment. :) Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you liked evrything. Cheers.

Joao Rodrigues Muito obrigado João pelo apoio. Eu sabia que seria difícil não gostar desta máquina, o que torna o meu trabalho nos videos muito fácil. lol. Um abraço.

Thank you. I'm glad you liked my friend. :) Cheers.

+Ride AMAP (As Much As Possible) I'm glad you liked. This is a really beautiful machine. It seems you were in vacations. I didn't saw you here in the last weeks. :) I hope everything is ok with you. Thanks for all your comments on my last videos. Cheers.

Glad to be back. Last 3 weeks have been very busy. Thanks for noticing. I hit you with comments catching up on your videos. I really enjoyed watching the last 3 or 4 back to back.

Zone Television Indeed. As usual, thanks for sharing your comment. Cheers.

Alex Ferreira Thank you Alex. I think my work is always easy, when i have to deal with beautiful bikes like this one. Lol. Um abraço.

***** Claro que pode Amigo, até porque nos falamos quase todas as semanas. :) Há que ter em conta que tenho alguns amigos de longa data, e que só os vejo de Ano a Ano. Lol. Muito obrigado pelas simpáticas palavras. É sempre um prazer saber que os meus vídeos são muito úteis para outros entusiastas das Café Racers. Obrigado pelo apoio. Um abraço.

***** Lol. Excellent words. I couldn't saying better. Thank you my Friend for your kind comment. Cheers.

fabian1704april Concordo plenamente. Obrigado pelo comentário. Abraço.

Thank you. This song is based in this original version: "Cafe Del Mar by Lenny Ibizarre - El Viejo Pescador". Cheers.

thank you for your reply ...its a great piece of music to de-stress to and a great choice for this video. After seeing this cafe racer , I don't thiink I'll ever look at my 79 XS650 in quite the same way again......

Vivek Chadha Thanks for your coment. Cheers.

+Ken Saba Thank you so much my friend for all your kind words, and also for your sugestion. Unfortunately, i'm always limited to the photography/video material available. And that is what determines the main subject of the video. Very kind of you trying some Portuguese. :) Thank you. Cheers.

Ankit Parashar Thank you my friend. I'm glad you agree with such a such a powerful word like "Perfection". But according with the "divine proportion" formula, it seems it really is perfect. :) Cheers.

RACER TV well put my friend. It's spot on and in accordance with that magic number. And so deserves that tag.

Hey Pal!! I'm sorry this bike isn't up to your aesthetic standards well actually I'm not. I stand buy my statement, there are tons and tons of XS's out there on the market. I did not comment on their condition or the vision of those that might have modified them that is their business and I must say if we all had the same taste it would be pretty boring. While I respect your opinion, I do not apologize for mine.

well you better stay away from Harleys then because they are or maybe were by now the # one seller for a long time and built basically the same bike for the last hundred years. So must be the "masses " prefer boring. And the trouble with most peoples' "visions"is that while they may or may not be nice to look at....but most of them are NOT...you can't ride them for any length of time because they are horrid to ride. You can't just go cutting , chopping, and welding any type of rapid transit without having some engineering skills...which most of you hackers do not have...and expect to build something that is fun and safe to ride. And what is the point of a "dime a dozen"...(which BTW they ARE NOT anymore...Harleys are though..) anything..for a lawn ornament???? As I said they are shit to look at pieces of art that usually only appeal to the essentric type.....Yeah I guess there is nothing wrong with that. Bobbers are especially a waste of a nice vintage motorcycle...And BTW...Jack Allen use to live around the corner from me but he passed away....OH now i get it!!!

+Kaisel Paulino Aunque estéticamente parece muy simple, técnicamente es un proyecto muy complejo de realizar. Pero gracias por compartir tu opinión. Saludos.

Tomasz Bojko Hi Tomasz. Thank you for your kind words(as always). Cheers.

dingo416 Thanks my friend. I'm glad you agree with me. Unfortunately, there isn't any video material about this bike. But even so, it would be a crime not making a video about it. :) Cheers.

+Henrique Correa Obrigado pelo comentário. Abraço.

+Yuni Jung Thank you for sharing your comment. I'm glad you liked so much. Cheers.

h2 generator Thank you so much my friend for your kind words. As always, i'm glad you liked the bike. Cheers.

RACER TV Here you are :-)

Ahmed Salmi Precisely. As i said in this video, describing this bike, would be like teaching a priest how to pray. :) Thanks for your comment. Cheers.

Thank you. I'm glad you liked my friend. :) Cheers.

Griffin Anderson You're welcome. It's Always my pleasure. Cheers.

vykhn Thank you so much for all your lovely words. I'm glad you liked this bike as much as i. Cheers.

Scout Trooper Thanks for your suport. Cheers.

+eric lee Indeed. You said it all. "Simply" and "beautiful". That exacly what it is. :) Cheers.

Renato Santos Obrigado. Sem duvida. Obrigado pelo comentário. Abraço.

Arysantana Santana Excelente perspectiva. Realmente estas linhas curvas podem ser mesmo sensuais como uma linda mulher. :) Obrigado pelo comentário. Um abraço.

+MB&F Thank you for sharing this information. Cheers.

+Felipe dos Santos Gomes Obrigado pelo comentário. Abraço.

John Tapia Thanks. I'm glad you liked. Cheers.

+ABRAHAM CEPEDA Lol. Gracias por tan bella frase. Saludos.

+johnny t I'm glad you liked. Thanks for your comment. Cheers.

Jose Osorio Olá amigo José. É verdade, embora actualmente as modelos Top models têm mais ossos do que curvas. Lol. Mas compreendi bem a mensagem. Um abraço.

Você tem razão...as de hoje são feias, magrelas e sem graça! Mas eu me referia às Top models dos anos 80, belas e cheias de curvas, como a brasileira Luiza Brunet! He he he...

souvik mitra Good word. It says a lot. :) Cheers.

+Ashana. Jackol Thanks for your suggestion. I already tried some videos about scrambler bikes, but unfortunately, it didn't had the success that i was expecting. Cheers.

+scott langton Thanks. I'glad you liked. Cheers.

Mario Copete Nuñez I'm glad you liked. Cheers.

Surjeesh Laishram Yes. Me too. Thank you for your comment. I tried to find information about the tyres, and all i found is that at the fron,t is a 19 inch avon speedmaster mk1, and in the rear is a 18 inch Firestone Champion. Unfortunately, i don't know the sizes ot the tyres. Cheers.

Thank you for the information :D

Lol.

Joao Paulo Muito obrigado João pelo apoio. Um abraço.

Lol.

Pie Genit Thank you for your kind words. I think the front covers in the shockbreaker have to be installed during the front forks installation. If you check the first image in this video, you will find 2 small openings in each cover, which allow the tightening of the screws. Cheers.

You are welcome my friend. My pleasure. Cheers.

+miguel arcanjo Obrigado pelo comentário. Fico contente que tenha gostado. Por acaso, só à poucos dias fiquei a saber do nome desta musica. ela é baseada nesta versão original chamada de: "Lenny Ibizarre - El Viejo Pescador". Abraço.

Try to search on youtube for "cafe racer formula", and you will find 2 of my videos about that matter. I never tried to apply the Divine Proportion in other bike styles. So, i don't know if it will work as good as on Cafe Racers. :) Cheers.

It probably has a very small battery under the fuel tank, although almost doesn't need it due to the existence of a kick starter.

Ok, small battery for just the turn signals and tail light, thanks bro.

+Alexander Schmidt Yes, you're right. But i think that's exactly the pretension of the designer. Just like the handlebar, which seems floating in the air. Thanks for sharing your comment. Cheers.

massimiliano parisella Davvero. Saluto.

Bruce Nicholas Loool. It is true. My work in this video was really very easy. :) Thanks for your funny prespective. Cheers.

+Geonious Lol. I completely understand your point, and i agree with you. :) Thanks for sharing your comment. Cheers.

yeah a real hard ass playmate....

inkitatus1 Yes, there are some limitations about this project. But we can always ride it in the shining sun days. :) Thanks for sharing your comment my friend. Cheers.

+TheMagnuxTube Lol. Nice perspective. Cheers.

Indeed. :)

RACER TV love that you reply. Thanks man.

+Marco Viti You're right about all you said, especially for bikes that will be ridden on the road. But i believe this bike is more like an exercise of styling, just to investigate how far the lines of a cafe racer can go. I recommend you to see my last video, in which you will find the "Road version" of this bike. Cheers.

ah,...all the tact of your nationality,first start with being polite then ask your question(again politely) we're all bike lovers here Frits☺

***** Thank you for your opinion about my voice and my bike, but according with most Racer TV Fans, This robotic voice sound very good, and now is too late for change it, because today is almost like a trademark of this channel. As i said in one of my answers to you, there are several interesting cafe racers on the market, like these: skyteam ace 125/Mash Seventy Five 125/SINNIS Cafe 125/Suzuki GN 125 Cafe Racer/HMC Herald Classic 125/Lexmoto Valiant 125. But after buying your bike, you can always change something according to your taste. Good luck. Cheers.

ThatDutchguy Lol. I always thought that being polite, was more a British thing. :) Cheers.

RACER TV I love the voice don't change it.

Obrigado amigo. :) Um abraço.

+Andrea Maccario Thank you. I'm glad you liked. (The voice and the bike):) Cheers.

ahmed El Ghassein Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you liked so much. Cheers.

+ruslan abdul M Me tooooo. :) Unfortunately, i'm always limited to the photography/video material available by the Builder. Cheers.

Unfortunately, things are more complicated than most people may think. I use this "robotic" voice created by software, because I'm Portuguese, and my bad English accent (and voice), can ruin the documentary character that I like for my videos. I already tried a real British voice in one of my videos, and, surprisingly, almost everyone hated it. Curiously, the robotic voice sounds realy very good for to non-English natives. :) Cheers.

lucas mason Come on!! You're not being fair. The voice in this video is probably the best "robotic" voice in the world. It is so good, that only english natives are able to discover that it isn't real. And this means, it is almost perfect. At least you found the bike interesting. Cheers.