Roland Sands KTM530 Café Racer
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RSD KTM 530 Café Racer
Setting out to re-invent the idea of a no-frills,
low-budget cafe racer, just with modern performance and handling, Roland Sands
converted this KTM 530 EXC using little more than some new bodywork and
shortened suspension. Despite the transformative results, the idea is that you
could probably do something like this at home. Where most bikes built in the
cafe mold end up with retro handling and performance to suit the looks, the idea
here is to create a bike that performs like a Super Single.
We can see clear influence from Roland's mad
CR500 streetfighter, but the headlight looks like something Shinya Kimura could
have made, it's elaborate and mechanical in a way that contrasts the rest of the
bike's simple lines.
The rear shock is the stock item, lowered by RaceTech, while the front forks are off a KTM supermoto, but have also been lowered accordingly. That's pretty much the extent of the mechanical work, the rest is pure style.
"The bike is super fun to ride, it's light, agile, torquey and stylish," describes Roland. "It does everything you want a good road bike to do....it just does it better."
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