{"id":32674,"date":"2019-07-31T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T08:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/?p=32674"},"modified":"2021-09-23T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T07:03:28","slug":"making-of-crd109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caferacerdreams.es\/en\/blog\/making-of-crd109\/","title":{"rendered":"Work in progress &#8211; CRD109"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first bike since the opening of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/en\/blog\/headquarters\/\"><strong>new Cafe Racer Dreams Headquarters<\/strong><\/a> could only be be as groundbreaking and dear to our hearts as CRD109 is.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus, also known as \u00a8Chus\u00a8 is a good friend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaimecolsa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jaime Colsa<\/strong><\/a> (CEO). Suchlike Jesus and Jaime, most of our team is originally from Santander, so having one of our bikes tracing the edges of our homes seaside curvy roads, definitely left us on a high key. The bike passed down from his uncle to him and he\u2019d been using it to go for weekend rides for a few \u00a8tapas\u00a8 and \u00a8aperitivos\u00a8on the surrounding towns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cafe-racer-dreams-crd109-BMW-R90-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chus had contacted us numerous times about turning his BMW R90 born in\u00a0 1976 into Cafe Racer Dreams Magic. His guidelines? \u00a8Just turn it into one of your<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/en\/motorcycles\/\"><strong> beauties<\/strong><\/a>\u00a8. He\u2019d been following us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/caferacerdreams\/?hl=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a> and was keen on putting a CRD number on his bike.<\/p>\n<p>We had his black donor cafe racer in great state sitting on the backdrop of our garage for a few weeks before we began its works.<\/p>\n<p>Chus is really into the start of BMW (the esthetic of the old cafe racers) so keeping that raw style was a must. CRD had been moving forward on design aesthetics for the past few years, yet this one was a visit to the past in terms of looks. Keeping the presence of the old, getting inspiration from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/en\/moto\/crd38-cafe-racer-bmw-r90\/\"><strong>CRD38<\/strong><\/a>, and going for a bespoke color that made us think of Santanders fully green covered hills\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cafe-racer-dreams-crd109-BMW-R90-02.jpg\" alt=\"cafe racer-cafe racer dreams-crd109-BMW-R90\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both fenders are stock BMW items &#8211; The engine has been kept at its original color. The rear mudguard as well as its suspension has been lifted a little higher, making the bike taller and smoother in its ride. Unique fender braces add to the bike\u2019s overall characteristic and vintage appeal, as do the classic CRD crash bars and Firestone Deluxe Champion tyres. The electrics are all Motogadget M- unit, keeping high quality in its mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cafe-racer-dreams-crd109-BMW-R90-03.jpg\" alt=\"cafe racer-cafe racer dreams-crd109-BMW-R90\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Working on a classic bike from \u00b476 and aiming to keep its heritage with our present knowledge on-site, was definitely fun and exciting. We couldn\u2019t be happier of the outcome!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cafe-racer-dreams-crd109-BMW-R90-05.jpg\" alt=\"cafe racer-cafe racer dreams-crd109-BMW-R90\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRD109 is inspired in one of our classics, CRD38<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Work in progress - CRD109 Cafe Racer - Cafe Racer Dreams<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CRD109 Cafe Racer is a motor bike with has been manufactured inspired in one of our more classical models, CRD38\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/caferacerdreams.es\/en\/blog\/making-of-crd109\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Work in progress - CRD109 Cafe Racer - Cafe Racer Dreams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CRD109 Cafe Racer is a motor bike with has been manufactured inspired in one of our more classical models, CRD38\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/caferacerdreams.es\/en\/blog\/making-of-crd109\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cafe Racer Dreams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/caferacerdreams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-31T08:38:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-23T07:03:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.caferacerdreams.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cafe-racer-dreams-crd109-BMW-R90-01.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"unoquesi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CafeRacerDreams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CafeRacerDreams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"unoquesi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/caferacerdreams.es\/en\/blog\/making-of-crd109\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/caferacerdreams.es\/en\/blog\/making-of-crd109\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"unoquesi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/caferacerdreams.es\/#\/schema\/person\/3b3b89afe622dbceedfeac2f0d7ffac9\"},\"headline\":\"Work in progress &#8211; 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