Yamaha MT-07 Custom By Thomas Neus
Cafe racers are nowadays the big hit. What could be more obvious than that you then build parts of a coffee machine on your bike? Thomas did not even have a Cafe Racer conversion in mind. But he used on his MT 07 also parts of his old coffee machine, which was broken in his garage and forgotten in the corner. "I was able to grab the krad a few months ago totally cheap. But original is not a moped for me anyway. I always have to "attend" and change that. If possible something with whistle and calculus. "
That should then happen to the resourceful craftsman, who has been screwing on the most exotic motorcycles for twenty years, also in this actual 'Normalokrad'. So the roundish cover of the coffee machine found its entirely new purpose as a small panel above the headlamp. Fittingly, of course, had also invented the holder for the round headlights themselves and built: "This is a self-made, made of aluminum, with the course simply from the upper fork bridge down to the headlights ... that looks like it would float freely."
Thomas shortened the rear frame by about 30 centimeters so that he could build on it the original solo seat of a Yamaha XSR 700. From above he screwed the part. The transition from the tank cover to the new bench was really tricky: "The tank cover is original from Yamaha, but I changed it in the rear area for the new seat. Its transition was difficult. "I bought it with leather, also up to the tank. The material comes from a belt I found on ebay at some point, "he laughs. Everything else, like the panels under the bench, both front and back, on the air filter box, Thomas made them all out of aluminum and coated these surfaces with a kind of rust color.
He left the fork in the original, but provided it with feathers from Wirth and brought the Falgenbälge for optical reasons. The short Fender front of JvB, Jens vom Brauck, pleased him so much that he dared to this new part and his low budget principles at this point simply throw the pile. A bit of luxury must be, if in other places so could be saved. And yet he finds his eye-catcher at every bikers club for his krad. The harmonious overall picture is also due to the fact that the frame remained basically original, but Thomas repainted all the bezels and the footrest system including the heel guards and all levers of silver on matt black: "With the paint can. It works too, "he grinned once more mischievously.
He also wants to mention that he owes his friend 'and Kupferstecher' Matthias Riedel and his son Jan some advice on style issues as well as the idea with the rust brown coating on the small but fine elements. Oh, and the exhaust system he topped with a smaller rear muffler and the smaller footpegs come from a Yamaha R6. All in all, no colossal interventions on a anyway well designed Krad, but with fine delicacies provided a real eye-catcher, not only at the first inspection.
That should then happen to the resourceful craftsman, who has been screwing on the most exotic motorcycles for twenty years, also in this actual 'Normalokrad'. So the roundish cover of the coffee machine found its entirely new purpose as a small panel above the headlamp. Fittingly, of course, had also invented the holder for the round headlights themselves and built: "This is a self-made, made of aluminum, with the course simply from the upper fork bridge down to the headlights ... that looks like it would float freely."
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The electrics have also modified Thomas for it, because he changed the cable layout, both for the headlamp and for the turn signals front and rear: "I put the rear turn signal in a tube and the cables in the middle again led in to below the Bench. "The rear direction indicators also act as brake lights and turn signals - small but nice. And so restrained, as well as the entire tail. This comes from a Thomas "not exactly known Sym-scooter," is made of plastic and he found the ominous part in the garage just like the old coffee machine. "I purposely did not painstakingly paint the part but only made it black with plastic paint. That just fit better with the material. "
The electrics have also modified Thomas for it, because he changed the cable layout, both for the headlamp and for the turn signals front and rear: "I put the rear turn signal in a tube and the cables in the middle again led in to below the Bench. "The rear direction indicators also act as brake lights and turn signals - small but nice. And so restrained, as well as the entire tail. This comes from a Thomas "not exactly known Sym-scooter," is made of plastic and he found the ominous part in the garage just like the old coffee machine. "I purposely did not painstakingly paint the part but only made it black with plastic paint. That just fit better with the material. "
Thomas shortened the rear frame by about 30 centimeters so that he could build on it the original solo seat of a Yamaha XSR 700. From above he screwed the part. The transition from the tank cover to the new bench was really tricky: "The tank cover is original from Yamaha, but I changed it in the rear area for the new seat. Its transition was difficult. "I bought it with leather, also up to the tank. The material comes from a belt I found on ebay at some point, "he laughs. Everything else, like the panels under the bench, both front and back, on the air filter box, Thomas made them all out of aluminum and coated these surfaces with a kind of rust color.
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He left the fork in the original, but provided it with feathers from Wirth and brought the Falgenbälge for optical reasons. The short Fender front of JvB, Jens vom Brauck, pleased him so much that he dared to this new part and his low budget principles at this point simply throw the pile. A bit of luxury must be, if in other places so could be saved. And yet he finds his eye-catcher at every bikers club for his krad. The harmonious overall picture is also due to the fact that the frame remained basically original, but Thomas repainted all the bezels and the footrest system including the heel guards and all levers of silver on matt black: "With the paint can. It works too, "he grinned once more mischievously.
He also wants to mention that he owes his friend 'and Kupferstecher' Matthias Riedel and his son Jan some advice on style issues as well as the idea with the rust brown coating on the small but fine elements. Oh, and the exhaust system he topped with a smaller rear muffler and the smaller footpegs come from a Yamaha R6. All in all, no colossal interventions on a anyway well designed Krad, but with fine delicacies provided a real eye-catcher, not only at the first inspection.