The Cafe Racer's video: Spirit Of The Seventies Spirit II - Tim fires up his ride

Spirit of the Seventies 2012 Open Day - BBQ and Rideout. Spirit II: Here we have a Spirit-built '79' S2 road racer. It started life as a sedate 1979 Yamaha XS750 tourer, then re-engined to 850cc for more torque and reliability, dropped at the front and raised at the back for sharper steering and better handling, and a glorious three-cylinder bark from it's new ceramic coated exhaust system. Specifications 750CC ENGINE REPLACED WITH GRUNTIER 850CC UNIT SPIRIT-DESIGNED, LIGHTWEIGHT CARBON FIBRE SEAT UNIT FRAME DE-LUGGED, SUBFRAME SHORTENED AND REWELDED R6 FRONT CALIPERS WITH FZR400 FLOATING DISCS AIRBOX REMOVED, K&NS ADDED LENGTHENED HAGON REAR SHOCKS NEW AVON PERFORMANCE TYRES CARBS OVERHAULED 18' FRONT WHEEL CONVERSION LI-ION LIGHTWEIGHT HIGH POWER BATTERY ELECTRONIC SPEEDOMETER NEW POWDERCOATED HEADLIGHT LED REAR BRAKE LIGHT OVERHAULED SHAFT DRIVE SYSTEM CUSTOM-MADE, CERAMIC COATED EXHAUST SYSTEM LSL CLIP-ONS, HEADLIGHT BRACKETS & BRAKE RESERVOIR TOMMASELLI QUICK-ACTION THROTTLE & GRIPS TOROZZI FORK BRACE SPIRIT-DESIGNED, 3-PIECE LEATHER SEAT UNIQUE SPIRIT PAINTWORK http://the-cafe-racer.com