Omega Racer

January 14, 2012

January 13, 2012

Have a look at this splendid bobber made from an old BMW R90s and the frame of an R51. It started out as a CAD design project and ended in this great build.
To know more about it, visit Mark van der Kwaak's website, here.

NEWSBIT: Royal Enfield Going Cafe

Royal Enfield just unveiled their new models for 2012 and the one we at Omega-Racer love the most is the Thunderbird 500, cafe version. The original Thunderbird is a rather ordinary, if not boring, cruiser. This cafe racer though, makes up for its lame brother, tenfold.

It won't blow your mind with extreme performance, but it just looks so good, it's impossible not to like. I know I would want one!

Here is the official R.E. website.

January 10, 2012

Great Inspirational Video

3 years across America on a Honda CB550...

When Were You Young? - 3 Years Through America On A Vintage Motorcycle from Trevor Ware on Vimeo.

January 9, 2012

BIKE OF THE WEEK #25

Have a good look at this Yamaha SR400. Called Clock Work and made at Motor Rock in Japan. The details are pretty amazing. Read the full story HERE

Honda CELA Reloaded

As it so often happens with me, I again got the "restauration-bug". I really wanted to find a small and old classic bike and bring it back to it's original splendor or even make a cool custom out of it. Well, due to short funds I opted to restore my wife's little Honda instead. I've written a short blog entry about it a few months back. You can find it HERE.

After promising my wife to keep the original colours and reassuring her that I knew what I was doing (yeah, right) I started stripping it down, sanding like a madman and finally bringing it back to life. It took me 1 week from beginning to end and the result is not too bad, considering it's a spray can job and my very first paint project.
Also new are the rear shocks and the seat.

I really wanted to add some "racing" stripes at the back or even paint some "hot rod" flames coming out of the cooling fins above the motor, but my wife was getting very impatient and wanted her bike back.

Ok, enough with the excuses....here it is....

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