Cafe Racer (Harley Davidson Street 750 by Rajputana Customs) — Transcript

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1. 0:05we all know the motorcycle Market is a
2. 0:08tough
3. 0:10competition and it seems that during the
4. 0:12last decades Harley-Davidson has been
5. 0:15losing to rign to its
6. 0:18competitors but we have to consider that
7. 0:21we are talking about a company with more
8. 0:23than 100
9. 0:25years one of the world's oldest
10. 0:28motorcycle brands
11. 0:31it is extremely hard to keep a business
12. 0:34for so long selling the same kind of
13. 0:37product and the worst part the loyal
14. 0:40customers won't ride motorcycles up
15. 0:43until they reach 90 years
16. 0:45old at least not all of
17. 0:49them but the good news is Harley
18. 0:53Davidson is
19. 0:55changing old school still has its appeal
20. 1:01and the motorcycles that you are about
21. 1:03to see were built to change the
22. 1:06direction of that
23. 1:08appeal it is not so unusual to find
24. 1:11someone trying to make a cafe racer from
25. 1:14a Harley
26. 1:16davidon but what is rare is a very
27. 1:19goodlooking Harley that really looks
28. 1:21like a cafe
29. 1:25racer
30. 1:28welcome to Racer
31. 1:35TV this beautiful project was built by
32. 1:38freej iing and his team Raj Pano Customs
33. 1:44located in
34. 1:47India they made an excellent job
35. 1:50following this minimalist aesthetic
36. 1:53approach these chunky tires may not be
37. 1:56the best option to lean on curves but I
38. 2:00recognize they fit beautifully in this
39. 2:03compact
40. 2:06attitude the project is based on a Model
41. 2:09that Harley-Davidson purists probably
42. 2:11won't
43. 2:13like and why because it is a liquid
44. 2:17cooled
45. 2:18engine fuel
46. 2:21injection a very competitive
47. 2:24price and only 750 cubic cm which were
48. 2:29refined to make everything smoother
49. 2:33there in other words the Street 750
50. 2:37model is a motorcycle built to conquer
51. 2:40the urban World offering a great
52. 2:42potential for
53. 2:46customization and this project
54. 2:49demonstrates precisely
55. 2:52that the rear frame structure was
56. 2:54upgraded to receive a Monoshock absorber
57. 2:57which is hidden under the side covers
58. 3:01the front suspension came from a Suzuki
59. 3:05GSXR the swing arm had to be slightly
60. 3:08changed to receive the new
61. 3:11tires and the transmission by belt is
62. 3:14now made by
63. 3:16Chain you are probably asking yourself
64. 3:20why did the guys from rajpan Customs put
65. 3:23the number one on the fuel
66. 3:25tank no this is not their first build it
67. 3:29is only the Harley dark custom logo
68. 3:32which is also on the phase two of the
69. 3:35project yes they built another
70. 3:39one besides all the changes already
71. 3:42mentioned this one includes a new
72. 3:45custommade fuel
73. 3:48tank a new rear
74. 3:51cowl a rear foot Peg
75. 3:54set and a proper performance exhaust
76. 3:57with the sound that we want to hear
77. 4:20[Music]
78. 4:24from a homemade project perspective the
79. 4:27changes made on these two Harleys maybe
80. 4:30more extensive than most of you would
81. 4:33like but I believe that it is possible
82. 4:36to get something similar with much less
83. 4:40modifications as I said previously these
84. 4:43two motorcycles are based on the Street
85. 4:45750
86. 4:47model but very recently Harley-Davidson
87. 4:50has launched a new and upgraded model
88. 4:53the street
89. 4:55rod as you can see in this transition
90. 4:58the changes are
91. 5:00significant even the handling brakes and
92. 5:04engine power were
93. 5:06improved but what is really interesting
94. 5:09is that it requires much less changes to
95. 5:12get to this Cafe Racer
96. 5:15stance I am glad that Harley-Davidson is
97. 5:18trying to conquer a new generation of
98. 5:22customers and this means there is a new
99. 5:25candidate with potential for a good Cafe
100. 5:28Racer
101. 5:30and these two beautiful projects are the
102. 5:35proof thank you for watching Racer
103. 5:41TV and as
104. 5:43always I hope to see you next
105. 5:49week