Cafe bars
 

Here's a pic of a bike I picked up for $400 and started the transformation already. The bike has a tick in the upper end so I know I need to have a new valve seat installed before it drops a valve. I wanted to get the bike looking the way I wanted before I drive it or I know it will never happen. :ride:

These are just used upside down dirtbike handlebars I put on there to see how it feels while seated. Someone had already shortened them so the controls are in very close but they still clear the tank by 1/4". The correct clipons that go forward and up for a bigger person were way out of my budget at $200. I looked at the Norman Hyde M-Bars but they really don't have a cafe look to me once you bolt them onto the bike so I ordered clubmans. My clubmans will be here tomorrow so I will install them ASAP and post more pics. The top tree of these bikes are pretty wide at 11" so I had to buy the wide clubmans with the 11-1/4" between the horns or they wouldn't be adjustable. Hope any of these pics will help U decide. ;)

What wheel and tire combo is that up front?

It's a chrome Marshin rim 21x1.6 on ebay for $60 and getting the spokes(part#2000137) on sale at J&P Cycles for $32 and a Shinko 777 80/90-21 for $48. The correct chrome Radaelli rim was $137 so I opted for the Marshin rim, although new is a little lumpy at the sides. The tire was a bitch to put on!!! The hub holes will need to be drilled slightly larger and the spoke threads will need to be trimmed approximately 1/16".


If you are looking for a 19" direct bolt on for the front of your bike, use a front wheel from a GT550, GT380 or GS450 available on ebay. The GT250 comes in 18" which would have been great for me since I already had a brand new Sava MC7 3.50x18 tire laying around, but the 18 didn't have the large diameter I was looking for

Wow. This is good info. Did you figure this out just by doing research?

EDIT: Just say your other thread.

Great work, man.

Sorry, new to the forum and don't know all the ins-n-outs yet, thanks for the help & the compliment Jonatahan. As for the wheel, lots of online searching and measuring some other bike hubs too.

My wide clubmans came in today so I installed them every which way I could think of and took lots of pictures. I made a Youtube video with them mounted in 6 different positions so you might get an idea if you like them or not. Here is the vid on my youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VMqnuw1BhM

Should this vid link be posted in tutorial also, or maybe just the pics?

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I like what you have done to the bike and thought you did great job on the video. You have done yourself proud. Good Job!!!

Well done. Personally I like the upsidedown dirt bike bars. Probably a lot cheaper too.

Not sure if anyone is still around but the clubman Bars with the 19 " rim have piqued my interest. Anyone else tried this with their GZ250?

Nice!

It's hard to make a true cafe racer bike with the cruiser-ish frame of the GZ.I did convert mine into a cafe style cruiser with minimal effort.Most people think it's a Triumph!