$200 Ninja Complete Wrecked Bike Rebuild / Custom Cafe Racer

I bought a 08 Ninja 250 in TERRIBLE condition, wrecked, not running, and no title so I purchased the bike for $200 dollars and turned it into a spectacular cafe racer for under $800!! I had 500GB worth of footage so apologize for the length but its worth watching this wrecked bike rebuild!
song is Walking on a Dream REMIX
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filmed with Sony A6500
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[@bruceesterline3170]

Brings back memories of my Suzuki Cafe racer I once owned it was a two stroke and sounded like a chainsaw and it was a quick little bike.

[@jburnettconsulting]

Your ability to fabricate all the different brackets and things needed is amazing!

[@user-dt7ru3nz8b]

those angle grinder bits flying off into your pants and shirt was wild

[@poledancerz1]

Man it's so awesome watching you build this stuff. The video production is excellent. I try to multitask when watching these videos, but I always end up having my full attention on the video.

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!! I’m hoping my videos just get better and better and I am working on getting better quality footage, doing better quality work and be more entertaining so stick with me through all of it and you won’t regret it!

[@christosganidis]

The absolutely only thing that needs to be done are the headers and the radiator guards and it will be 10/10

[@solomonanczarski5402]

I think he should internally lower the forks too, or at the very least raise the tubes up in the triple trees a bit

[@travisdunn5675]

Awesome job it looks great. Looks like the front end sits a little high. I'd let the fork tubes slide through the triple trees about an inch to lower it a little, or raise the back up about an inch. But yea looks better than brand new

[@luanfernandes2157]

From Brazil! Bom trabalho. Parabéns.

[@johnnyblade1276]

Nearly an hour of empire of the sun walking on a dream

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Sorry

[@revvolutions]

Loved it ​@@Benjamminoutdoors

[@assissousa8715]

Perfect rebuild! Happy Benjammin!!! Brazil✌✌

[@chokiratta584]

the best custom tutorial video I’d ever watched so far,Thank mate.

[@DarknessNamekaze]

if you'd lower the headlamps and also the armbar, looks perfect!

[@3FEET-]

same touch !

[@rydazim]

Just got back into bikes not to long ago. This build game out great man. Fantastic job!

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!

[@i94yeh2p]

Man, you went full mad scientist on this build. I was watching hoping I'd learn some basic things but you are way too advanced for me. :) Nice build! It's amazing that you can customize everything like that.

[@pedro-ti1er]

awesome build! looks & sounds good too

[@xamiworldwide8085]

Awesome video man, and great build! Learned some stuff too. Thanx!

[@Movieman1965]

Awesome fabrication skills! Totally enjoyed watching your rebuild develop into a great Cafe Racer! Thanks for sharing this! Ride safe out there!

[@magnusjaxtyn3735]

You prolly dont care at all but does any of you know a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I somehow forgot my password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

[@eliananderson6756]

@Magnus Jaxtyn Instablaster :)

[@magnusjaxtyn3735]

@Elian Anderson thanks so much for your reply. I found the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

[@magnusjaxtyn3735]

@Elian Anderson it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thanks so much you saved my account !

[@eliananderson6756]

@Magnus Jaxtyn no problem =)

[@Movieman1965]

That's a very efficient and effective paint booth!

[@NativeMedia210]

Great build. Looks like fun to ride.

[@SuperHawkVTR]

Turned out insane, great work!

[@SanjanaRanasingha]

You deserve so much for this video clip for putting it all together man!

[@miltonestrada1979]

yo

[@SeriesOfTunnels]

Awesome first paint job, bud. Enjoying this video very much.

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!!

[@davidcrain453]

Dude that's my bike man thanks for finding it and fixing it up for me lol

[@andrewharding4658]

This guy makes the best videos. the best and most detailed bike rebuild videos on youtube. keep it up bro!

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!!

[@mendingmotos]

Man... your making me want to restore another 250 lol It looks great man !

[@joshuaknight311]

Dude the best youtuber who do rebuild motorcycles

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks bro!!

[@chrishouse5753]

Wish I could work on a bike in concert. Feel like I could learn a tonne. Well done.

[@DogMania]

I love this build so much!! Looks fantastic! Now I want to buy one off of you lol! Or perhaps a custom build off a wrecked bike or cheap donor!

[@williampetrey662]

Doing good man! The powder coating is where it's at! Best investment I have ever done. Powder gun and Amazon for 70.00 and a used oven/ toaster oven for small parts off of CL for 100.00. The possibilities are endless. Get the items to powder coat and you will be in business. Keep the vids commin'.

[@CaptChrisCanning]

YOOOO! Sick Rebuild! I love the paint booth, lmao. I'd love to learn to do rebuilds like this

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks bro! Haha yeah ghetto I know!

[@bigfilsing]

Some cool fabrication skills there man . Great vid

[@SukhpreetSingh-rg5wj]

Build looks amazing all your hard work turned out quite well👍congrats. I think u should low down headlight at tank level other wise bravo👐👌

[@carlitoperez2453]

Ttf5t bio

[@kalpeshkadam6194]

Nice bro this music suits rebuild projects😂

[@xMarByx]

I'm japanese ninja250r($800) user. My ninja is Blackpaint, removecowling, change headlight too! But your ninja is very beautiful than mine!!

[@BoondockSaintRyan]

Excellent video. Much appreciated.

[@MARISHKANEVSKY]

Empire of the sun nice track and great project 👍

[@TheRaulr151]

Man that was a lot of work. Looked very cool in the end though.

[@sergeifrenev4030]

Living In Indonesia and completely In love with this bike, in Indonesia till 2012 model with this fairing goes with twin-carbs and in us i saw some ppl have a EFi version with this fairing with more fresh year. Really sturdy build bike can do many Thousands kilometers and if Service properly aint fall apart:) Try Yoshimura trc cat In muffler for it, if u Search u can find full system for this bike, best sound. Also mb you ll be able to find specifically Made for this bike Mono swing Arm with Wheels set from brand “Power” calls “pro Arm” Cheers mate r

[@Turbo495]

Love the vidoes man, keep up the great content

[@angele2217]

Wow bro u did an awesome job on that bike what a transformation definitely subbed and liked keep doing ur thing

[@jonathanbizilia]

Awesome video bro! Hard work payin off

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks bro!

[@TheOniDaddy]

Wire wool 0000 between each coat helps a lot.

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

i’ll try it next time!

[@adamrentz117]

I could probably google a cafe 250 ninja, but I have honesty never seen someone do this to a modern sport bike and I’m impressed. Usually just see a lot of chopped up older cb’s from the 80’s

[@gizmo.gremlin.garage]

Great job on the build. Looks really nice. Was wondering if you went back and altered the ride height or the front half of the exhaust at all. Was looking at your ride at the end <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2958">49:18</a>. If the exhaust came out from the engine another inch, then ran parallel with your frame/coolant overflow it would be slightly cleaner. As for the ride height, if the swing arm allowed a bigger tire or you dropped the front end an inch it could have a more forward lean giving it a more aggressive stance. I'm rebuilding an 06 currently and without swapping the swing arm can't increase mine so cut 1.25" from the forks.

[@down6ftdeep138]

beautifully done!

[@dtbshaka1086]

Well said.

[@TehKneegrowplease]

Dope build man keep em comin

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks! Will do!

[@shiftyshamsk]

Looks cool and you are talented lad. From the UK. 👍🏻

[@Frisky_FZR]

That’s a really nice build looks like the Kawasaki cafe racer the Z something I think

[@Rory1369]

I am thinking to do something similar on a ninja 650, i hate the ''modern'' look tank on a cafe racer, do you think that a retro tank could fit without serious modification ?

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Some bike frames will accommodate custom tank better than others, i’m not sure if yours will accommodate one very well I don’t know the 650s very well. I’ll tell you what though it’s gonna be hard to make it fit perfect most likely.

[@mikhail950]

It’s not 3 wires to gauge fuel. Just one that reads resistance. The others are for back light and ground. Wiring diagram will show which one reads the actual level

[@Kierik90210]

You're DIY attitude is infectious. Video length not a problem at all (respect for not cutting it into five videos). Show more intricacies within your build! Aspiring young mechanics need your content.

[@Awas79]

Awesome video man

[@amjadrameez1859]

looks really nice how tall are u btw and whats the seating position like? Thanks

[@richardwaldron222]

I'm doing the same thing to my 07 650r. If you refab the head light assembly to sit lvl or under the fuel tank it will pull it together. It doesn't look right with the dash and lights up that high. I deleted the dash on mine and put in some leds. Also the cowling doesn't look right up that high. Drop your clip ons lvl with the bottom of the tank. No cafe racer is in the upright position. Honestly with how high up the front forks or it looks more like a wanna be bolt trying to be a chopped out dyna. Also gotta hide all the wiring and lines. Coming along nice, long way to go. Can't wait to see it finished.

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Nice, And yeah I should’ve actually physically trimmed up the fairings Because if you push it down for the tow it’s gonna stick really far away from the forks and that light level is way too high already. I definitely need to change it.

[@tacostwowheels4934]

Keep up the good work!

[@agusdwihartanto9097]

Good job 👍

[@nicolascagegoodorbad198]

Fabrication content is cool

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

I’ll try to have more!

[@tonitornado007]

Nice work you have done. But if you would take the frontshield of and put the frontlight a little deeper, it would look more „cafe“ like. Ingress the construction from the frontshield does not last very long because the vibrations. Nice work anyway and the next one gets even better. Greetings from Germany 🤙🏻

[@michaelbulla9231]

Nice build mate good skills

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!

[@lilwoody1889]

Tips for carb runnin and headlight wires

[@magnusjeffery604]

Where'd you get the headlight from, I've been thinking of making my 2008 ex650 ninja into a cafe racer so it should be similar and that headlight looks good

[@magnusjeffery604]

I crashed it recently and want something different

[@davidlagno7717]

Nice job dude 👍....im launghing because those brackets you fabbed will survive a nuclear war. I know you were using what u had had laying around. I wouldve stuck with gauge steel you made the exhaust bracket out of just to save time and aggravation. Seriously pretty 😎 cool. That's gonna be alot more fun ✌️

[@alexnoriegaful]

la re ptm, me tiré una hora viendote hermano eres genial, super cool!

[@erickgonzalez5592]

Can you share where you bought the cowl from?

[@huntfishride23]

Do you have any links for speedometer or lights?

[@alanrodriguez7341]

Great job!! Al

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!

[@rickyb6086]

The fairings on an air-cooled motorcycle improve airflow to the engine, thus helping to keep the engine cool. Removing them could perhaps cause overheating issues??

[@dori9027]

thats something you understand after you completed all the work, waiting to see a video "cafe racer customization to original model"😂

[@pbkayakyer]

That's not an air-cooled motorcycle.

[@rickyb6086]

@@pbkayakyer My bad, you're right. I thought it was like my old school cbr, but yup I just saw the radiator. However, I still think the fairings help improve the cooling dynamics.

[@masonmorey8739]

Hey man I plan on doing basically what you did here I bought the same headlight but I can’t get it to kick on do you know what wires are what? I’m having trouble wiring it up

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Sorry for the late reply. Honestly I can’t remember I just played with it till I found what was what.

[@FlowR15WG]

good video🤘👍💓

[@Movieman1965]

The plate under the seat is much better looking!

[@diamondbeatz0625]

really cool

[@langacy1624]

Crazy bro... 😂😂😂

[@hilarykibet7037]

good job

[@tomekandrykowski]

Wrap the exhaust pipes. Its cheap and will look really cool

[@davidking8126]

Dude...i can't believe the shit that you did to that bike..you are an amazing fabricator and mechanic...I wish I knew you.i just busted my balls redoing my bike. You make it look so easy...keep up the good work..

[@Ashok-mu8on]

Love from india 🥰

[@gerardoantonio9001]

to high on front suspension you may lower it a little. but looks great.!!! signals lights bro,... for your safety

[@derekthompson2405]

you need some resistors for those indicators brother!

[@joetuxhorn5168]

Should have used cerakoat, its even stronger than powdercoat. I'm gunna paint my whole bike that I'm building with it haha

[@cjcj2940]

Enjoyed watching your build. The best part for me is that you started with a bike that needed saving, instead of a decent/nice running model. Looks good!

[@GodffreyLii]

Good job on the brackets. Would look cooler if the headlight was placed aligned with the tank. But that aside, lovely build! 🤩

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Yeah odometer is crap so I might be getting a new one and building a new bracket and I’ll prob lower it.

[@GodffreyLii]

@@Benjamminoutdoors hope you'll film it. looking forward for the vid.

[@revvolutions]

Walking on a dream razz x zack martino remix, dope song

[@pigpog2307]

Great job bro 😎!! Subscribed 🤟

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!

[@imloulibrahim2127]

God job

[@lineguy.8482]

I wish I knew how to do half of this stuff. Seriously looks so fun. I loved what you turned this into. Good job man

[@akashhariprasad8566]

Idk! You sound so honest

[@user-ul4dm2jq5p]

Your followers from Iraq, continue for the better, my friend😊😊🇮🇶

[@bigtimerushfan58]

what was the website you used for the carb jet calculations ?

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Carbjetkits.com I think

[@bigtimerushfan58]

@@Benjamminoutdoors Thank you!

[@tekoppentekoppen761]

Ditch the plastic around the headlight.

[@crabking2206]

VERY SPECIAL BIKE

[@trinifishstix]

Please invest in a respirator if you are going to do more paint work. Great video

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Yeah I bought one, thanks!

[@bigc7t]

Explain how you can get a title? What is the website?

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

I showed the website for Alabama at min 47, but I’ll be doing a video in more detail about the title process for another bike of mine.

[@btlcrj7795]

Hey is the ride comfortable thought u would put a mono shock✌👌👍😀

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

It does have a mono shock, it was a sportbike so the suspension is pretty good!

[@btlcrj7795]

@@Benjamminoutdoors maybe i'd missed it my bad, keep on wrenching✌👌👍😀

[@cableflowgrim2435]

Nice

[@BasedYammieChad]

WHAT TYPE OF HEADLIGHT DID YOU USE

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Just a very common 7 inch LED halo light off of eBay/Amazon people use them in their Harleys and jeeps all the time

[@juniooliveirabrasil7454]

Hello thanks you like Brasil

[@redbeard_raccoon]

Personally cafe-racers aren't my thing, but I agree with others that the headlight assembly needs lowered down a bit. Also, you have turn signals already built into the headlight if I'm not mistaken. I would double-check your wiring, if that's the same headlight as mine you have a wire for the side "rings" to be white for day-time running, and they're switchback to yellow for turning. I could be wrong though, there's a few different Chinese variations of that headlight but it looks identical to mine. How'd you figure out the radiator-cap temperature gauge? Is it an aftermarket part or did you fabricate a gauge into a cap? Also, that exhaust needs some attention. Honestly for budget, I'd say just bend the top of the headers and cut off some of the bottom pipe so it's angle matches the frame more and then grind it down and high-temp black paint.

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Well the way this particular fairing is set up if I move it down further it’s going to push the headlight out really far forward I need to trim the plastic up so it sits perfect, and it does have Amber lights but they are not independent there’s only one power wire that illuminates both sides at the same time so they will not work as turn signals. The temperature gauge radiator cap was off eBay and it’s fairly common among motocross bikes. And I need to clean the exhaust up but I am happy with where it is.

[@papiorlando]

whit the fairing that high, isn’t a cafe racer, that’s more like bosozoku style

[@bradcarter6396]

Impressive

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Thanks!

[@israelnowgo]

Is it safe to ride on him after you make a cut of the seat

[@Benjamminoutdoors]

Yes the sub frame is not a huge structural part of the bike you could even cut the sub frame completely off and ride it. It’s main purpose is just to hold electrical parts and yourself.

[@iZotopeDii]

круто!