Welcome to the asylum! Grab a beer from the shop side fridge and find yourself a nice spot to sit.

So, having kept several overlapping build blogs about the Triumph written from slightly different points of view depending on the target audience I got somewhat frustrated about it and decided it`s probly better just to do it once, do it right and do it from my own perspective. There most probably will be other projects as well as random thoughts of my life around motobikes, motorbiking, ride reports and life in general to whatever extent I see fit at any given time, but the main goal of this blog is to document as closely as possible my upcoming project of trying to convert a late seventies/early eighties motorbike to be electric driven. That spesific era for juristical reasons to what I will delve deeper into in future posts. I have named the project, at least until/if I can come up with a better name for it, the "El Cafe" for obvious reasons. The main project however will probably have to wait for some time until I can get pretty much anything done to it for the simple reason that I currently do not have a motorbike to start with, and to my amazement neither seems anyone else. I spesificly want a Honda CB because I studied the frames of different motorbikes from that said era and the CB frame seems to best suit my intentions, there just currently isn`t any for sale for any kind of even somewhat reasonable price. So my first project will probably be to change the timing belt of my old winter banger Renault Clio and try to convert that into cold hard cash and keep prowling for a suitable specimen. I`m in no hurry with this as I currently own a perfectly working motorbike so I don`t really care if I have to wait for an extended perioid of time, at least I have more time to study the subject so for once I would actually know beforehand what am I getting myself into.

So why an electric motorbike? They don`t generate much power, the range is terrible, parts extremely expensive and many say that they lack "balls" so to speak. I beg to differ. Of course you cannot get very far with one of those on one charge, but if it`s a commuter bike why should you be able to go further that to work and possibly back, if you`re planning to take a detour on your way home just plug it into the heater pole in the parking lot for the day and when you get from work you got full batteries. Yes they do have the distinctive lack of not making any engine sounds but let`s be honest the purr of a seventies 350 twin doesn`t exactly rock your world either eh? I find the thought intriguing to have a motorbike that will get going completely silently and when you`re riding all you`re hearing is the chain, the slight whizz of the engine and your tires. Oh, and EVERYTHING AROUND YOU which in an urban environment is not a bad thing at all. If I can pull off the design lurking in my head the bike WILL get noticed even without sound, or better yet because of it. The design will be something between neo-retro, fifties googie style in the style of "The Jetsons" topped of with a hint of cafe racer. I will post some preliminary design renderings once I can get something drawn well enough to be publishable. So stay tuned, honestly I don`t know can you subscribe to this somehow or not, but I will promise daily updates will NOT be coming :D In fact there probly will be quite long gaps between since I don`t have a frame to work on yet but I`ll keep one ear to the wind!