Recent content by TKonaCafe

Hey there guys, Hoping someone can help me find out a little more about this jacket. I found this image while searching for an old school jacket to wear while I’m putting around town. Does anyone know who made it, When it was made( looks to me like 80s) the likelihood of finding one in a...

Seems like it’s just too easy to work but I have to ask the question anyway. If I buy a track bike with a full exhaust system and power commander 3 with quickshifter and that’s been tuned..(Th bike is probably beat to piss) can I just swap the exhaust and plug in the power commander onto my...

Finally got myself a sweet little Japanese sport bike. This will be a thread of the ups and downs of modifying and owning a mid 2000s CBR600RR Jacky (named for the orange and black paint/decals) was bought in Berkeley in 2019. Watching the odometer “roll” to 10,000 miles on the first day was a...

What’s up barfers Was wondering if you could install the 2005-6 Cbr600rr fairings on a 2004 model. The chunky black piece on the front by the intake is just so ugly on the 2004s. Is there any modification required? Same mounting brackets? Thanks guys, -tkonacafe

What’s up barfers Folks here have been really cool about answering all my questions about all the motorcycle questions I’ve had. I don’t know much about newer bikes but I’ve rebuild a couple old cb550s and can answer most any questions about them. If I don’t know it, I know where to to look to...

Hello barfers, Its time! Im ready to hope on the infamous liter bike train. But, before I pull the trigger on the bike Im looking at I really want to ride one just to be sure its the right one for me. Im looking at a 2014 cbr1000rr. There is a dealer in norcal with one that Id really like to...

Hoping to buy a used '08-'09 gsxr-750 it has 27k miles seems nice and taken care of. mostly a commuter it was dropped at very low speed so theres a small scratch on the exhaust but plastics were either not damaged or replaced. I basically want to know what kind of things i should be looking...

I'm hoping someone will not only know but enjoy answering this question. I like to ride hard and engine break for turns. I'm fine with doing maintenance but I'd like to know what middle weight sport bike can take a beating the best. 600 or 750. I know to let the bike warm up and I change the...

Looking to get back into dirt bikes. Miss riding around on the hills and eatin lunch underneath the tree. Only problem is I don't have a truck, so getting all the way from Berkeley to Hollister seems impossible. Is there any rider groups out there I can car pool with? Is that a thing? If not, is...

Hello fellow barfers, Built myself a cafe racer (77 cb550) when I was 15 and love it to pieces, but curious about what else is out there. I really like race bikes and ducs especially. Any recommendations? Pros, cons, other bikes, what it's like, why you like them why you don't? What you like...

Hope I can learn a few things from the old timers :afm199 Mostly here to read and communicate about technical motorcycle questions but maybe open to a group ride or two. :ride Wanted to thank those involved with creating/maintaining this place of motorcycle knowledge and enthusiasm. All the...