Cafe Racer Vs Bobber. The frame is all cafe racer. The tracker is a design that stems from American dirt track racing.
As in bob-tail as in the tail cut off a dog or cat, like a Bobcat, or a Semi truck running without a trailer is called "Bob-tailing it". The name Café-Racer was originally a mildly derogatory term describing "a motorcyclist who played at being an Isle of Man Racer" and would seldom make it very far away from the café's they would frequent. Come join the discussion about restoration, performance, racing, classifieds, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more!
Although the bobber looks radically different, much of the original bike remains.
If you decide you would rather do a bobber, we should swap bikes.
Insightful Reviews for bobber cafe racer: motorcycle new racer. The goal of the project was to create something with the nimble handling and speed of a cafe racer but the style of an old-school bobber. As in bob-tail as in the tail cut off a dog or cat, like a Bobcat, or a Semi truck.