How to build a Café Racer seat

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How to make the perfect Café Racer or Scrambler Seat. “Hey man I have a seat off eBay that should fit my bike but I cant get it right can you fit it for me?” Hell. Fucking. No. A lot of people fall into the trap of the online café racer seat, made specifically for
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Mufflers for your Cafe Racer, Scrambler and Bobber

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Getting the right stainless steel muffler for your café racer, scrambler or bobber. Purpose Built Moto has an ever expanding range of mufflers to help our community of riders and garage builders achieve the custom bike of their dreams. With a custom café racer or scrambler though comes a lot of grey areas for guys
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Trimming your Cafe Racer’s front fender

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Trimming your Cafe Racer, Bobber or Scrambler front fender- get it right, every time. Most Jobs are simple, this means its easy to do, but there is a little more to it when you want to do it right. Whether you’re building a café racer, bobber or scrambler cutting your front fender down can add
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Building spoked wheels

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Re-lacing and trueing your spoked wheels If you’re chasing a properly vintage look on your project bike, one of the key parts of achieving that is a set of spoke wheels. Chances are on your old bike the spokes are either rusted or heavily weathered. Details matter so when you have your bike apart strip
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Installing Push Button Switches on your Motorcycle

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Slim Push Button Installation Guide for any custom motorcycle This quick guide will show you everything you need to know about installing your new slim push button switches. Allowing for a high quality, minimal looking finish on your custom bike project. Details are everything and these will help you achieve that professional builder finish right
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Installing new switches on your custom motorbike

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Wiring new switches on your Cafe Racer, Scrambler or Bobber project. A quick no BS guide to installing your new handlebar switches from Purpose Built Moto. Below details the installation process for our Contour switch block design. These can be used with either a push button or toggle switch depending on your application.    
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How to build a Scrambler- 8.5 points to keep in mind when building your Scrambler

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How to Build a scrambler. Old Bikes…. Every body loves them, They are outdated, rattly, and perform pretty horribly in comparison to modern motorcycles. Why is it so that you can’t get enough of them? PERSONALITY is the word. They have history, a story and their own little ticks that you grow to love. As
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Locky’s Yamaha R5 RD350 Cafe Racer- Bringing this 2 stroke Vintage race bike back to life

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Some bikes give their owner’s a certain air of character, other bikes only gain character from their owners. In the case of Locky, the latter is definitely the case. I was contacted by Locky that had seen some pictures of stuff Purpose Built Moto was doing with our parts and custom motorcycles on the Gold
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Nicks GN250 Scrambler 3- Completeing your project bike and getting it on the road

The Final steps are always the most exciting, The Scrambler is taking shape and  you can start throwing sneaky pics to the lads making them jealous. Trying to convince them to join you on your greasy knuckle quest of bikedom. If you missed the first parts in the build series, view them here. Nicks GN250
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Motorcycle Electrics 101- Re-wiring your Café Racer or Bobber Project

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Instructions and diagrams for re-wiring your motorcycle. Hopefully you’ve seen our post on what the electrical components do in your custom bike, or how to pick the right cafe racer parts. This article will show you step by step how to hook it all up and get your Café Racer or Bobber firing! If you’ve
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