I'm 33 seconds in and I already love the production quality. Great content. Thanks for sharing.
@hawkeyepierce31994 жыл бұрын
Best looking ninja 250 I have ever seen, so simple yet perfect. Awesome build.
@SyafulMohamad3 жыл бұрын
Simple build, great result! Nice!
@rickyvann1184 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with it man. This was my first bike and trying to decide on keeping/selling It's sentimental,so I plan on making something sick out of it kinda like this
@chrirule2 жыл бұрын
I bought a wrecked Ninja 250 with the intention of doing exactly this. I even went to SLC to talk to Blue Collar Bobbers about the kit and build process, but didn't have the money at the time to buy either Cafe kit. Now I'm ready and I'm sad to announce they have discontinued the kit!! It makes me sick to my stomach! If anyone has links to pieces and parts and can share, it would be greatly appreciated!!!
@kukaracha80064 ай бұрын
Hey im new in motorcycles and do u know if its good idea if i do exactly the same thing? I mean is it easy to maintain?
@clemmie44 жыл бұрын
Top notch content. Hello from Malaysia
@dennishuett75423 жыл бұрын
I love how you built it to mimic the classic Norton's I'm looking at getting the Blue Collar Bobbers Kit as well but I do have a few questions on some alternate parts you used and hope you can answer back. 1st speedo & tach what did you use? 2nd handle bar lowers what brand did you choose? and last? you used a wrap for the color choice where did you get the wrap in your video ?
@zthang1183 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I don't think BCB produces this kit anymore. The speedo and tach are generic sets from ebay. Just search 'cafe racer tach speedo'. The clip-ons are from Woodcraft. The wrap is from metrorestyling.com
@roguetrader41564 жыл бұрын
That's a perfect Ninja mate! Great job and my hats to you for turning something normal to an extra-ordinary. Well done.
@DeerbrookSouthernRR4 жыл бұрын
My brother in law has a 2004 ninja that’s been sitting. If I can get it at a good price I’m doing this for sure
@tskorka10006 жыл бұрын
Beautiful work. I am most of the way through my build on a 2004 Ninja with the same kit. I love the gauges you used. I can't wait until she is back on the road.
@rameezsafdar65634 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful. I'm working on my 250cc bike. Hope it works out great. Amen.
@zthang1184 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Good luck on your build, link some vids/pics when you're done
@rameezsafdar65634 жыл бұрын
@@zthang118 sure i will
@craigchung97725 жыл бұрын
Love this video.. I've been wanting to do this for years but haven't found the right bike. You've inspired me
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Trust me, if I can do it absolutely anyone could. Gluck and show us your build when you're done
@craigchung97725 жыл бұрын
@@zthang118 Thanks man.. is there any way to get in contact with you? Might need some pointers
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
@@craigchung9772 Sure just send me a youtube message I'd be happy to help
@power_of_Christ_God4 жыл бұрын
Amazing!! Such a beautiful bike!
@RatAndRaven5 жыл бұрын
Really nice job, well built bike. But wear a jacket and get some proper footwear.
@spuddie5 жыл бұрын
Houston streetz! Very cool build. Might do one.
@cameroninfocus9165 жыл бұрын
Nicely done!
@oscard.jesusolivas44415 жыл бұрын
Me gusta buen trabajo hiciste ,that exactly i want to do in my ninja 250 is so comfort
@stoptakingusernamepls63815 жыл бұрын
Probably the cleanest 250 caferacer ive seen on the internet, im looking forward to do this with my 2015 ninja 250. The chassis should be the same as yours right?
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
I don't think so actually. I believe they changed the chassis after the 2008 or 2009 year
@jonaltschuler8034 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful work! Great video!
@VroomBroomZoom5 жыл бұрын
Outstandingly video!!! Loved how easily you wrapped it.
@wolfdad15123 жыл бұрын
Very nice results.
@rileyjamesmusic93332 жыл бұрын
Did you make the piece behind the seat or buy it ? Getting an 89 ninja 500 I plan on building into a cafe racer.
@peterroda41812 жыл бұрын
Really well done!
@redthebeard11195 жыл бұрын
Looks Fucking sick in motion !
@blackeagle97742 жыл бұрын
My man, this is legit!!! I see it has a Texas license. Do you have a shop and how much something like this would cost? Thanks for the video posted.
@markdelichte54015 ай бұрын
Awesome
@guillequintana22055 жыл бұрын
I have an 1998 Ex 250 and I want to modify it. I love the cafe racer style, but I still watching for a back fairing for the motorcycle...
@westerncivilization6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job! Great video!
@aggieforlife134 жыл бұрын
My buddy in Houston just bought a ninja and I told him to do it just like yours
@williammissik32806 жыл бұрын
you couldn't bother taking off the stock decals?
@kenjuicekrajewski95774 жыл бұрын
Great work. You've got talent
@chengzack57155 жыл бұрын
I think the light can be lower and it’ll look better
@mrobertson1882 жыл бұрын
Bad ass skills
@mattygschannel3 жыл бұрын
So sick man
@MalcolmYapp803 жыл бұрын
Really nice..👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@shmallzshmwall5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I need to do this now!
@phildawe71726 жыл бұрын
cool. like the green. great video editing too
@fawndang63505 жыл бұрын
Great job! I’m working on my own cafe racer mod. I had a few questions about wiring up the new guages. Could you kindly point me in the right direction?
@zthang1184 жыл бұрын
Sorry just got a chance to read this. If you havent already figured it out, message me with an email and i'll send you the wiring diagram
@fawndang63504 жыл бұрын
zthang118 Thank you for the reply. ✨ Can you please email me? fawndang@gmail.com I greatly appreciate it. 😊 Sorry I don’t know how to private message you from here.
@Duskworker6 жыл бұрын
wow you did a great job
@leadsolo27513 жыл бұрын
Brilliant !! :D
@vytas55845 жыл бұрын
You work quick man! Impressive. I bet that riding position ain't too comfy without moving the rear pegs back though yeah? Have you been tempted to go to drag bars or something instead?
@Icarusrider6 жыл бұрын
This is really cool
@BoondockSaintRyan2 жыл бұрын
Amazing job.
@zoelfikarrp6 жыл бұрын
Really dude? No sound for the motorcycle
@postmortemarg6 жыл бұрын
the headlight is too high for my liking
@mogalimckay62004 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where you can get these kits? BCB aren't doing them anymore, I'm looking for a 2012 250 kit.
@duongjay78654 жыл бұрын
Here mate: bluecollarbobbers.com/shop/cafe-racer-kit-2/
@mogalimckay62004 жыл бұрын
@@duongjay7865 thanks mate, unfortunately they aren't getting them back in stock
@Cicero75BC6 жыл бұрын
Nice
@СтасМышляев6 жыл бұрын
Молодец!! Класс. Респект тебе.
@TacticalNinjaGaming5 жыл бұрын
pretty epic
@instrider5 жыл бұрын
Ohhh woww 👌💚
@robertdominguez76822 жыл бұрын
Hello. Incredible bike! So they stopped making this kit permanently, but I would like to try and reverse engineer it somehow. Do you still have the instructions so that I can see what components went into your build?
@zthang1182 жыл бұрын
Sorry I do not have the instructions anymore, however BCB has a whole installation playlist on youtube. That would be your best bet to find out more about the kit: kzbin.info/aero/PL8PSPeTaG6uEOvbmWnwIE4pFJPC9FFCqQ
@bellaollie20375 жыл бұрын
bru this is sick good job!
@EduMotovlogs19944 жыл бұрын
Se ve hermosa asi👌🏼❤️
@rogerlabarr85782 жыл бұрын
NICE!
@harizyunus99515 жыл бұрын
very nice
@jonathanhernandez91813 жыл бұрын
Are those custom handle bars or OEM?
@zthang1183 жыл бұрын
They're woodcraft clip ons
@kinghoffbeers74195 жыл бұрын
😁👍👍really cool man!!
@keith643728 күн бұрын
What did you use to cover the top of the forks, where the old handlebars went?
@zthang11828 күн бұрын
@@keith6437 wow I didn't think anyone would ever notice that. I measured the diameter and found some camera lens caps that fit perfectly 😂
@keith643726 күн бұрын
@@zthang118 Hahaha! Perfect. And cheap! Thanks!
@FX13FR3DDY6195 жыл бұрын
What brand headlight and brackets did you use? Just need the headlights to do it to my ninja 250.
@macintoshkhan85044 жыл бұрын
Whats the max tyre size for both wheels plz tell me. Also if i can fit any pther bike rims?
@alexisvalencia37835 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍💕
@marcsandoz22826 жыл бұрын
Your bike looks great! What sort of tires are those? I feel like they look beefier than average. They look awesome!
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
The front tire is actually included in the kit. It's a 120/80-16 Shinko tire. The back tire is stock size.
@ikillit96356 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was gonna say, they back tire is totally stock, on the ninja 250r prier to 2008 they had those beefy back tires.
@draghz5 жыл бұрын
hermosa moto
@hughclow22544 жыл бұрын
I dig the looks and that it's self built, how long have you been riding?
@zthang1184 жыл бұрын
Thanks appreciate the comment. I've been riding casually for about 15 years
@hughclow22544 жыл бұрын
@@zthang118 nice, I just bought a 250 and would love it have a cafe racer look, but I'll just live vicariously for now!
@iam19gamer905 жыл бұрын
What handlebars did you use
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
They are 36mm Woodcraft Clipons. Expensive, but they don't require removing the triple tree.
@iam19gamer905 жыл бұрын
zthang118 you haven’t had any troubles with bars hitting tank? Being lower that the triple tree and all
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
@@iam19gamer90 No, you just have to make sure you angle them out enough to clear. Admittedly, that angle will be slightly more outward than you'd want them to be though.
@MinecraftBuilder3816 жыл бұрын
Bro, sick af😀🔥
@dlopez7535 Жыл бұрын
Great build
@martydom98204 жыл бұрын
I was just wondering how tall you were. I want to go with this build but I'm not too sure if I'd be too tall. Thanks!
@zthang1184 жыл бұрын
I'm 5'7" and its pretty perfect. If you're 6' or over, I'd say forget about it
@mishmohd4 жыл бұрын
did not expect it to be this much work tbh
@sammyg.42554 жыл бұрын
Bruuuuuh that shit easy compared to other cafe conversions,
@MrSlaughtematic5 жыл бұрын
Awesome work! Can I ask why the vinyl wrap rather than paint?
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
I wanted to do everything with my own hands. Wasn't confident with my painting skills and always wanted to try using vinyl
@dickflinghammer76435 жыл бұрын
It looks badass. I have one comming my way in a few weeks and I like the way yours came out without a metal and paintshop. I'd like to keep a bit more rear suspension travel though whether I go scrambler tracker or cafe.
@macintoshkhan85044 жыл бұрын
Also what speedometer you are using?
@dominicnittolo66234 жыл бұрын
How y’all are you? I’m thinking of getting a 1986 Kawasaki 250 cafe racer, and I’m 6’1”. Do you think it’ll be a good fit?
@zthang1184 жыл бұрын
you could be fine, but it might be a tad small. I'm 5'7 and i can stand with both heels on the ground
@MarshallSmith274 жыл бұрын
youre too big! I have a 2007 and I'm 5'10 and I look large on the bike
@thahoova68186 жыл бұрын
where did you get the tail piece fairing and seat at? im about to do a build like this for my girlfriend. just picked up an 06 model with 3100 miles😝
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
Tha Hoova It's actually a whole cafe kit from blue collar bobbers. Not super cheap, but very high quality
@thahoova68186 жыл бұрын
zthang118 thanks alot!
@xXflyingbirdXx3 жыл бұрын
This is a long shot but... I bought the same ebay gauges for my ninja. Do you perhaps still remember the wiring? Thank you in advance.
@zthang1183 жыл бұрын
www.dropbox.com/t/r5MbP8lh9aCq5Zis
@xXflyingbirdXx3 жыл бұрын
@@zthang118 ty for blessing me
@jaddison69420 Жыл бұрын
@@zthang118 Love the vid! I have the same kit on my bike but I love the alternate parts you used. That Dropbox link doesn’t work anymore so would you mind sending me whatever was in there?
@chipoplouss6 жыл бұрын
Did u have any experience before doing this kind of build? Looks fun and interesting
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
I had very little experience actually. Instructions were very good, and I would say this project can definitely be done with only novice experience. The only advice I would give is to spend the extra money and have all the parts professionally painted instead of wrapped.
@quincyharon33206 жыл бұрын
To be honest the bike is ugly! Iam going to give you the cold hard truth. Yup!
@hazemnasser6526 жыл бұрын
Quincy Haron fr x"D It's sad, could've turned out much better. As much as I love Cafe Racers but it looked much better at stock before the customization.
@robertdominguez76822 жыл бұрын
Do you still have copies of the instructions? I would love to rebuild but they stopped making this kit. Would love to see the manual and try to replicate if possible. Thank tou!
@cleome__6 жыл бұрын
I like what you did with the clip ons (instead of keeping the stock risers) do you have any issues with them hitting the tank? I really like the blue collar bobber kit but his is one of my biggest questions with it. The risers just look bad
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
The clipons don't hit the tank at all from lock to lock, but the angle in order to achieve that is a bit more flared than I wanted.
@cleome__6 жыл бұрын
zthang118 ah i see. Well i think it looks really slick. Also which gauges are those? The blue collar kit one seems like it’d be clunky with the clip ons set up like that.
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
I literally just searched for "Cafe Racer Guages" on ebay. You'll see them come as a set. They're not expensive, I think I paid $30, but they're not perfect. Everything works fine all the lights etc, but at high speeds the tach needle wobbles a bit lol. Good luck with the build if you decide to do it, feel free to ask for adivce
@cleome__6 жыл бұрын
zthang118 oh nice nice. Yeah i’ve been wanting to build a bike and i think the kit would be a great start. Will do, thanks for the video! I really like your green/gold theme.
@jpalmiotti6 жыл бұрын
F-ing dope. I have a 2005 ninja 250 and was wondering if I could cafe it. Question answered.
@mochammadaqilrafidyumna73205 жыл бұрын
Any bike can be cafe racer
@TrungNguyen-bd1kl4 жыл бұрын
I have a 2009 ninja are there any kits for that year
@christophhofmeister18065 жыл бұрын
Are you using plasitc wrap for the green? Did yo have to heat it up or does it stretch to the curves so you don't have creases?
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
I did heat it up a little bit. There were some curves that were too difficult so I sectioned it into several pieces.
@sd198515 жыл бұрын
This is a great idea that I will try on my next build.
@adnjoo4 жыл бұрын
noice
@devonb.23025 жыл бұрын
What did you need to do the handlebars like that?
@mochammadaqilrafidyumna73205 жыл бұрын
All cafe racer bike have handlebars like that
@devonb.23025 жыл бұрын
You answered a question I didn't ask. What exact kit/bar assembly did he use?
@danteszone15315 жыл бұрын
Clips on
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
I specifically used woodcraft clipons
@seanyoon6366 жыл бұрын
Wow are you in Houston? Let me know when you wanna sell it
@youngsavage806 жыл бұрын
What was the total cost of the build and what are the gauges you bought on ebays. Great job by the way.
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
youngsavage80 Thanks! Total build was a little under $3k with the bike making up about half that cost
@youngsavage806 жыл бұрын
Wow great starter project. what about the speedo? That looks way better then the stock housing they provide.
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
If you search 'cafe racer gauges' on ebay you should see this speedo/tach set for about $30
@jonathanestrada66415 жыл бұрын
What did you do to hide the water reservoir?
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
There's a black painted triangular steel plate that's fitted to cover that section
@newvintage15545 жыл бұрын
Please ease up on music rather hear raw motorcycle sounds at the end
Im pretty sure the front is a 120/80/16 and the back is a 130/90/16
@Mrflymess5 жыл бұрын
how does it pass rego after it's been modified? Would need engineer cert
@richieoftampa9945 жыл бұрын
Are you in Commiefornia?
@LoL-fs5wc6 жыл бұрын
Where did you get that speedometer.
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
I literally just searched for "Cafe Racer Guages" on ebay. They're quite inexpensive, less than $20. The main issue is that it's very hard to find one in MPH vs KPH. Other than that, it works very well.
@simplebirdy6 жыл бұрын
I really don’t understand how that kit is $1400, I could do the same for $200
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
There's definitely a convenience fee plus great instructions...but I'd still love to see you prove it
@simplebirdy6 жыл бұрын
zthang118 oh I’ll definitely be proving it soon
@shaunelliott37596 жыл бұрын
Jace Dunn. It looks similar to a ZX6R that i built, by Han hand and not a kit that a million others could buy. That cost £300 in parts and £350 in time. How the fuck these robbing bastards can charge so much is shocking.
@hazemnasser6526 жыл бұрын
That's facts lol
@csab20103 жыл бұрын
@@simplebirdy well, have you proved it yet, or were you just talking out your ass???
@russrod12225 жыл бұрын
are the BCB kit needed a weld?
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
No there is no welding required. They actually give you everything you need to complete the kit, even a hacksaw for the frame
@russrod12225 жыл бұрын
@@zthang118 i see that you didn't use the tachometer. I like what you did on the wrapping as well. did you cut the front fender?
@hs746 жыл бұрын
Nice build & video! I'm interested in doing a 250R cafe but have heard negative info about modifying intake/exhaust. Did you jet the carb? Any feedback/tips?? Thanks!
@zthang1186 жыл бұрын
I used the Emgo 17" reverse cone muffler with Tunable Baffles. With all the screws in there's enough back pressure that I didn't have to rejet anything. Still running stock intake box and jets. It is however, much louder than stock. Good luck
@edkelly16396 жыл бұрын
@@zthang118 where did you get the body kit from. I have a 2005 I want to do the same to.
@vonshill6 жыл бұрын
@@edkelly1639 it's from "blue collar bobbers" I'm thinking about getting one too
@uriahbrown17685 жыл бұрын
So you took a nice bike and did what to it?
@RatAndRaven5 жыл бұрын
Made it nicer.
@mochammadaqilrafidyumna73205 жыл бұрын
Yups
@mochammadaqilrafidyumna73205 жыл бұрын
For real old kawasaki look like ass and the exhaust is fucking annoying af
@lalnablehector12855 жыл бұрын
took a shit generic looking sports bike and made it into something unique and not run of the mill like every semi-modern sports bike.
@iam19gamer905 жыл бұрын
Also what gauges
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
I found them on ebay. Super cheap like $30. Just google cafe racer motorcycle guages.
@aggieforlife135 жыл бұрын
is that rice stadium?
@aggieforlife135 жыл бұрын
never mind definitely in Houston. very interested in learning more about your process. Really want to do something similar.
@zthang1185 жыл бұрын
@@aggieforlife13 Feel free to message me with any questions. It's a fun project.
@Icarusrider6 жыл бұрын
but uhh... wear some gears dude....
@jakemonty55174 жыл бұрын
Just moved to Houston. Any idea who owns this now and if they may be selling it? Please DM me or add me on insta @Gazethis