I'm a powder coater and custom bike builder by trade. I know the history of the cafe racer, the Ace Cafe, et al... And I watch a crap load of bike building shows and whenever Brits are involved they talk of converting some sport bike into a "bobber" and end up building what we Yanks would call a cafe or brat, with a long skinny "banana" seat (some with the tail hump, some without), clipons, rearsets, the whole shebang. Maybe not all Brits share consensus, I'm not saying the Brit builders I've seen speak for the whole island, but from what I've seen and heard quite a few Brits call our cafe racers "bobbers"...dunno why, but I know it is so. My apologies if we were already on the same page.
And, yes, as I stated before, a cutoff wheel, a pile of tubing, and a welder will build you whatever the heck you want...but when you step back from it, what you will have accomplished is the recreation and subsequent bobbing of a Vulcan 500 frame...and, again, HAVE AT IT! In my opinion, the EX makes an excellent Neo-Cafe'. I am not afraid or ashamed to admit I wholly lack the motivation to make the mods you speak of...all of my bobber builds began life as a cruiser...
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