Anyone used the Flatracer Cafe racer kit?

[Devon]

I bought a R100RS unseen off a gent on a Buell forum a few weeks back. I wasn't expecting much but the guy seemed honest and the bike was tested and MOTed and not overly expensive. Anyway when the bike turned up I was pleasantly surprised: the bike looked a bit tired but the frame has been powder coated to a good standard, the engine has been polished to a very high standard in the past and with a mornings elbow grease and a tube of autosol will probably come up like a mirror, the engine has had new barrels sometime in recent years and the brakes are the later (I think) Brembo version fitted with SS lines. It's got me thinking, a lot of hard work has already been done and the bike and it would make a nice Cafe racer project.

Flatracer sell what looks like a nice kit. Linky here: http://flatracer.com/#/bmw-package-deals/4538147751 The full kit costs £1299.99 and the cosmetic kit a reasonable £899.99

Has anyone used this guy before, is the kit anygood?

I would keep all the original parts so I could return the bike back to standard if I decided to in the future. The only part of the kit that looks wrong, imho, is the tank which sits too high. Any thoughts?

Here's the RS I bought.

 

[VAL. H.]

Hmm, Didn't Thunder do a cafe racer with one of these kits. january time I think it was.


Val.

 

[darkhorse]

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235022

Here

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Can't help with your query, sorry, but it looks like nice kit at a very good price. I can see why you'd want to give him a go

Agree with you about the tank though, I think the main problem with it is the large seam that runs all the way around it.

Andres

 

[Rob Farmer]

Looks like a pair of Nivomats on the back there.


Clip ons and rear sets. my neck and wrists ache just thinking about it. Are you sure you're ready for it? I spoke to Thunder when he first got his running and got the impression that the riding position was pretty radical

I've had a couple of bits from Flatracer, his kits nicely made. Just don't buy his S fairing kit the mounting brackets are awful.

 

[(RIP) maverick]

I bought the 's' fairing from motorworks which was £90 complete with the cocpit housing and a slightly higher tinted screen, they provide brackets as well which took a bit of bending and fettling to get it sorted. Was something like £90 all in compared to what looks like the exact same thing for £149

The tailpiece and rest of the stuff can't comment on but it does look well manufactured.

 

[Mort]

I've also just bought an old RS and was toying with something along these lines. I'm already at stage one....the original fairing is removed

 

[(RIP) pastyman]

Trouble is with these kits is that you end up with someone else's idea of a "special" and then they all look the same even though the standard of workmanship might differ. ts also a shame when a perfectly good RS gets rubbished to make a special. I personally would restore the RS properly and but a nail to build into a decent special. Oh and none of the glass fibre malarky either. Alloy tank and mudguards a must.

 

[Beemerboff]

Flatracer make a nice short front guard which fits on the the tubular fork brace.

I have one , and their tubular brace, and they are both well made and fitted OK, Pricing was good too, so it looks like you have to shop around.

 

[Rob Farmer]

There's a nice rs in the may 2007 classic bike. Flat racer 900ss fairing and seat unit but standard tank and exhausts. It looks much better than the full flat racer kit.

 

[Devon]

Thank's for the info everyone. After thinking about it again: Pastyman is right, the bike is too good to mess with. I think I will tidy the bike up and keep it standard.

Looks like a pair of Nivomats on the back there.

I can't see a brand stamped on the shocks but they are air assisted: do Nivomats have any advantage over conventional shocks?

 

[ken brooks]

Good decision Devon, I thought the same as Pastyman, Tidy old airheads are hard to come by at a reasonable price, they're a finite resource, lets look after what we have left.

 

[(RIP) pastyman]

: Nice RS will suit your fine collection much better.
I think the colour scheme on yours was the best anyway.

 

[Devon]

: Nice RS will suit your fine collection much better.
I think the colour scheme on yours was the best anyway.

I think so, plus as Rob Farmer pointed out

Clip ons and rear sets. my neck and wrists ache just thinking about it. Are you sure you're ready for it? I spoke to Thunder when he first got his running and got the impression that the riding position was pretty radical

 

[(RIP) Proff]

Thank's for the info everyone. After thinking about it again: Pastyman is right, the bike is too good to mess with. I think I will tidy the bike up and keep it standard.



I can't see a brand stamped on the shocks but they are air assisted: do Nivomats have any advantage over conventional shocks?

Nivomats were fitted 90% on RT's not RS's

as to Devons Question,
NO !!!!!
The're fecking useless after around 5K miles
very Very expensive, self levellers...
Take them off [if they were fitted from new] and keep..
Otherwise Fleabay them

 

[Devon]

well I have done all I am going to do on the M/C for now. The only bit to come from Flatracer in the end was the seat. The first seat they sent was marked but it was replaced without a problem.
I will keep an eye out for a couple of black rocker covers and I expect I will get the wheels powder coated next winter, just have to find the time to get a few miles in now

 

[Deleted account 231002001]

Bike looks nice as it is.

Hmm, Didn't Thunder do a cafe racer with one of these kits. january time I think it was.


Val.

Yes and in my opinion it was bloody awfull.

 

[PW Cymru]

Nice looking bike, you made the right choice.

Good to see a GSer with taste

Ref Rocker cover, why don't you just get them powder coated.