'93 Cafe racer from Norway

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AleksanderMoRod
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Hi, guys.
This project has been going on since September 2015, but I never started a project thread. The project is really close to being "finished" (we all know these types of projects never finish), and I thought, better late than never.

I bought the bike really cheap (by Norwegian standards), and the bike was in a fairly good nick, consindering it had done 80k km.

Here's how it looked when I first bought it.
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And here's how it looked during building.
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I bought a fiberglass seat from the UK. Had to shorten in a few centimeters, and bend in the rear frame a few millimeters to make it fit. As you can see I shortened the frame. Replaced also the rear shock with a Honda CBR600 shock, which is a bit longer. Looks much nicer when it's a bit raised in the back.

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I got the frame welded by a very skilled, professional welder.

And here's how the bike looks like right now (the tank and seat are only placed on the bike on the picture, not fastened).
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