Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

Looking for any ideas on what to do for my hatches, they are cracking and in my opinion way to heavy. I have to keep replacing my gas shocks that hold them open. All the help would be great guys!

Re: Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

I thought about it when I painted my boat last winter. I had one person tell me to have an aluminum frame fabricated and then inlay plexiglass into it. I'd like to have something translucent to get more light into the cabin, like those white hatches that formula uses.

Let me know how it turns out...

Re: Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

More light in the cabin would be nice. Keep us informed.

Re: Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

They are very heavy. The secret when I had mine was to change the hasp lock to something more stable so it didn't bounce. You may think they don't but they are very active when running and extremely hard on the shocks.

Re: Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

Where's the best place to buy those little shocks for a Top Gun hatch? Price?

Re: Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

Place: Tres Martin
Price: Way too much for those little thangs, but you gotta have them.

Re: Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

I got mine from West Marine (special order- around $30 each?).

My 22lb ones just gave out after one year- I'm thinking of upgrading to 30lbs. (or so).

Re: Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

If I remember on the Cafe I had those hatches are pretty uniform in thickness... they do have the bend in them but there is an outfit locally that does all the plastics for Outerlimits (windscreens..) I bet they could duplicate the shape in plexiglass if they had a model to work off of.

THey will do the small windshield for my Tiger when I replace it, I will ask them then.

Re: Cafe Racer cabin hatches replace
 

I got mine from Cig. The shocks were not that bat but I needed new mounting brackets for the shocks. They busted me in the ass for the 8 L-brackets :mad: