November 10, 2020 4 Comments
Source: Return of Café Racers & Pipeburn
Opposition of two Yamaha SR400
THE differences Between these two motorcycle styles can be difficult to identify, this is what we will resolve in this article.
At first, we will define these 2 Motorcycle types Then the differences.
According to legend, the coffee motorcycle comes from the "Rockers" subculture in the 1960s.
Due to the lack of sports and affordable motorcycles, bikers began to build their own racing motorcycles To roll coffee in coffee.
A coffee motorcycle is a version stripped And course of a standard motorcycle. The goal is to make driving more sporty, a neo -retro motorcycle.
Let's take up the SR400 presented in Café Racer and Bratstyle at the start of the article.
Basic changes are:
Here is the result on an old -fashioned SR400 by Orange boulevard:
The term "brastyle" comes from Japan; A workshop in Tokyo is simply called BRAT STYLE.
They had a typical way of personalizing motorcycles. This style has been copied worldwide and motorcycles were called "brastyle" Or "bras".
Our example SR400 and the modifications to be made:
The motorcycle is stripped and lowered with a "cool" driving position.
Basic changes are:
The driving position is "sunk", no sporting pretension.
The biggest difference is at the level of driving position.
On one Motorcycle Cafe, you will have a more sporty driving position. The word "racer" takes on its full meaning. It's the Racer coffee style.
The brastyle is the cool motorcycle, to chille.
Even if a Motorcycle Cafe can be led to cool and a brastyle Trew in passes, these preparations are predestined by their characteristics and images that they reflect.
THE Café Racer could suit the biker lover of sportsmen who has settled down and wishes to personalize his motorcycle.
Source: gumzcustommorcycle
THE Motorcycle Cafe Recalls the race, the speed and the knees that rub the ground during the turns.
With this driving position, it makes you want to put the handle in the corner and attack.
SR400 DE GARAGE9, photo of Jean-Jacques Marchand, Source: Unpneudanslatombe
THE brastyle Maybe the preparation adopted by a former owner of Roadster. He makes you want to walk, the beautiful landscapes and the wisdom.
In terms of the basic elements of the modifications, the parts used are different.
In terms of the basic elements of the modifications, the parts used are different.
Product / Type | Motorcycle Cafe | Brasyl |
Handlebar | Bracelet / Clubman | Flat and right |
Saddle | Single -seater | Plate and fine biplace |
Footrest | Remote controls | Original model |
Suspensions | Harder | Shorter |
THE Brastyle is a style of motorcycle customization more contemporary, which started in the 2000s in Japan.
THE Coffee motorcycle He is much older, originally from England (1960s), he has experienced several developments, several currents and fashion until today.
THE Motorcycle Cafe and the brastyle It is UK/Europe vs Japan.
These 2 types of preparation come from two different cultures, with different inspirations and goals.
Today, with social networks, these barriers have disappeared and the impact on style is no longer as important.
Facing Motorcycle Cafe, THE brastyle is little known. It is a variant of preparation still little present and used in comparison with the Cafe Racer.
Most bikers know the cafees and know what it corresponds to.
You can see the style difference more precisely here by reading our articles devoted to its subjects:
We have seen in detail the characteristic elements of the coffee and brastyles coffee.
We can now clearly assert that these 2 types are different and not the same origins and vocations.
However, they have their qualities, their charms that everyone will appreciate according to these tastes.
And for polyamoureux, there is the crossing bratcafé to satisfy them.
April 21, 2021
Très bien vos articles.
Je suis moi-même amateur et je réalise actuellement un BRAT sur une base de YAMAHA SR 500 de 1981.
Amateur d’anciennes a l’origine, j’affectionne les gros mono et j’apprécie ce modèle pour sa légèreté et maniabilité.
La philosophie COOL est aussi la mienne pour des balades tranquilles dans la campagne Lotoise et ailleurs.
J’ai déjà commandé des fournitures chez vous pour cette transformation.
Bien amicalement.
April 21, 2021
Bonjour,comment faire un café racer en vue du prochain contrôle technique dont tout le monde parle,sûr qu’on voit sur les sites d’annonces des “prépas” faite un peu à l’arrache …..
April 21, 2021
Merci, article intéressant, détaillé et agréable.
Le même sujet, concernant les 125cm3 un prochaine fois serait top 🙂👍.
Merci à vous.
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Didier FALCOMER
April 22, 2021
Complet et interrompu votre article.
Vous aviez précédemment évoqué ce sujet mais sur des modèles de plus grosses cylindrés.
Je pense que d’autres évolutions naîtront encore dans l’avenir et la moto reste un support inépuisable de recherche artistique et philosophique.
L’invitation à la balade et aux rencontres suffisent à cet épanouissement.
Bien cordialement.