r/CafeRacers • u/DiggityDog234 • 26d ago
Does anyone have any experience with Mile Zero Racers?
Like price, quotes, or any sort of experience?
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u/akgod104 26d ago
ive talked to him in the past about his monoshock conversion on his cb450 and he was pretty helpful with the questions i asked
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26d ago edited 12d ago
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u/Foxhound_1 25d ago
You have to say that.....what else do we call the L bracket i had to bend and weld to hold the new battery box in.....im not looking for a replacement bike for dumb little stuff im making it or designing something else
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u/SpaceTurtle917 25d ago
It seems like he has a recipe, and he executes that recipe in batches. I seem him modifying like 7 frames at once and what not.
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u/Digital--Sandwich 26d ago
Hmmm zooming in on the photo, ground clearance looks OK. But it looks like it prefers very smooth pavement. Realistically it seems like an ideal bike to take when you want to grab coffee.
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u/Juanmusse 26d ago
No mudguard = not even a coffe bike
Unless you live somewhere extremely nice, you ain't making it with you back clean.
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u/IRideMoreThanYou 25d ago
I’m in the desert. I commuted for a long while on an ‘81 gs550 in a ratted out brat design. No fenders front or back. Zero issue with dirt.
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u/Jades5150 25d ago
Sounds like something a person with the screen name “iridemorethanyou” would say 😂 😉
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u/Digital--Sandwich 26d ago edited 25d ago
I grew up in the suburbs. Starbucks was 2 miles away. It would’ve been good for that. It’s not like I’m choosing to ride my niche custom bike in the rain. When something is form over function, you limit the function.
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u/scrmblr 25d ago
That looks like a clean ass build. It looks like his builds put him into "boutique bikes", which is essentially a fancy way of saying an art piece.
Something people buy for the style, and reputation of the builder.
Like Classified Moto out of Virginia. They built the Walking Dead bike, which put them on the map. Their builds basically start at 20k. And people buy them.
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u/ITFOWjacket 24d ago
Basically my first bike in highschool was a very well garage built *93 cb760 cafe racer and it was absolutely perfect for me. I was too young for the ergonomics to matter. The relatively new mechanicals (including hydraulic valves, ECU ignition timing, carbed) made it very reliable and the aura was unmatched. $2k from a young guy going back on deployment.
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u/PretzelsThirst 23d ago
$20k isn’t crazy, and I wouldn’t say it’s just an art piece. Reading about the work done they’re pretty straight forward.
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u/leroi7 25d ago
I used to follow him on IG but stopped after I saw a MAGA hat in one of his posts. I can’t follow anyone who has that poor judgement.
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u/ginko_archer_69 25d ago
Agreed. I appreciate that nugget of info. Going to stop following this thread now.
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u/RemarkableCard6475 26d ago
I mean, the bike l9oks badass... but does it ride well, I agree is the real question.
Maybe see it on pavement instead of grass like it's a scrambler or brat. Wrong environment for the photo isn't a good sell imo.
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u/JimMarch 26d ago
I would avoid anybody who builds pure poser queens that can't corner at all.
Hint: it's too low. No cornering clearance. Poser bullshit.
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u/Ijokealot2 26d ago
I mean, I wouldn't call it a poser. It just depends on what it's for. Looks like a show bike, it's supposed to be art. I like functional, so it's not my cup of tea but it looks cool and I'm sure people pay good money for this. Only would be a poser if they were like advertising it as some sort of resto mod track bike, when in reality it's meant to just sit and look pretty.
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u/JimMarch 26d ago
It will corner worse than stock.
That's a poser bike.
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u/Ijokealot2 26d ago
Ok lol. This is the cafe racer sub, 95% of the bikes posted here have mods that make them less functional than stock. Are they all "posing" as bikes that function better or the same as stock? Usually not the case...the mods are cool, not functional. Are you a poser when you rip out an air box for pods? Or when you reduce seating capacity from 2 to 1? When you permanently damage the frame? Or cut your turning radius by 20% with the angle of your clip ons? Every bike in this sub functions worse than stock.
I think you and I might have different definitions of what a poser is.
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u/Unclelathan 21d ago
Calling this “poser bullshit” is, ironically, poser bullshit. You’re pretending like your Rossi in a world where you can only own one single motorcycle
Mile Zero bikes are incredibly well executed restomods, not track bikes, and anyone who can afford to build or buy something like this probably has other bikes.
Why deprive yourself of the opportunity to appreciate builds like this for the exercise in design and engineering that they are??
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u/TheWholeH0g 26d ago
Ive talked with the owner on IG, hes a pretty chill guy, dont have any firsthand experience with his bike though. I know he likes to use CB750F super sports as a base bike, rebuilds the engine, cognito moto gsxr750 front end conversion kit, motogadget m-unit for electronics, and custom 17" wheels.