Fuel Tank, Rear Sub-frame and Rearset brackets
My facilities and experience with fabrication are limited, so one of the things that attracted me to this bike is the ability to bolt on a subframe rather than cutting and modifying the frame of the bike. I had originally planned on designing and building a subframe myself but after hours of research I decided that even the Hageman subframe available on ebay would be money well spent. Luckily for me, I did some more research and found an Australian business making parts for XV cafe racers.
Twig TT built an XV cafe racer back when it was a new thing, and has built a business out of passing his knowledge on to others and selling his subframes, battery boxes, rearset brackets and other custom parts; check out his website (trx850caferacer.com/how-to-build-an-xv750-cafe-racer/) and store (twig-tt.myshopify.com). He has been open with information about his build and no doubt would help me out further if I get into trouble.
Sub-frame
The subframe Twig sells is simple and cheap. Its made to fit the Motolanna seat (which I'd already decided to use) and there's even a version that you can weld yourself.
Fuel Tank
As I'm sure you all know, the Benelli Mojave tank is ubiquitous to XV cafe racers and for good reason. The lines of the tank match perfectly with the frame and engine geometry and no other tank has quite the same impact. There are hundreds of replicas fabricated from steel that come out of India, but there are also hundreds of horror stories about leaking tanks, terrible welds and significant issues requiring major rectification before it can be used on the bike. Luckily for me, Twig has developed a nylon version made for fitting on the XV frame. He even sells the mounting hardware for the XV. The tank uses the original petcocks!
Rear Set Brackets
The trend on the XV is to use the original rear set brackets but put the rearsets on the pillion peg mounts. However, the original rear set brackets are enormous, ugly and definitely not ergonomically designed for control and comfort. I had planned on designing custom rearset brackets myself, but Twig has already done it.
Twig TT built an XV cafe racer back when it was a new thing, and has built a business out of passing his knowledge on to others and selling his subframes, battery boxes, rearset brackets and other custom parts; check out his website (trx850caferacer.com/how-to-build-an-xv750-cafe-racer/) and store (twig-tt.myshopify.com). He has been open with information about his build and no doubt would help me out further if I get into trouble.
Sub-frame
The subframe Twig sells is simple and cheap. Its made to fit the Motolanna seat (which I'd already decided to use) and there's even a version that you can weld yourself.
Fuel Tank
As I'm sure you all know, the Benelli Mojave tank is ubiquitous to XV cafe racers and for good reason. The lines of the tank match perfectly with the frame and engine geometry and no other tank has quite the same impact. There are hundreds of replicas fabricated from steel that come out of India, but there are also hundreds of horror stories about leaking tanks, terrible welds and significant issues requiring major rectification before it can be used on the bike. Luckily for me, Twig has developed a nylon version made for fitting on the XV frame. He even sells the mounting hardware for the XV. The tank uses the original petcocks!
Rear Set Brackets
The trend on the XV is to use the original rear set brackets but put the rearsets on the pillion peg mounts. However, the original rear set brackets are enormous, ugly and definitely not ergonomically designed for control and comfort. I had planned on designing custom rearset brackets myself, but Twig has already done it.
