At $2,195.00*, the 2019 SG250 San Gabriel is the perfect foundation for YOUR custom bike!
The CSC SG250 San Gabriel motorcycle is a throw-back to the 1960’s. It’s a motorcycle that brings us back to our roots. The San Gabriel is handsome, yet rugged. It’s stripped down to the essentials and intentionally avoids complications. The SG250 is equipped with a proven 230cc, air-cooled counter-balanced engine. CSC has brought back the café racer, equipped with everything you need for heart-pumping, purist motor bike riding – and nothing you don’t!
Ace Cafe, Home of the Cafe Racer in England
The “café racer” was born in England in the 1950’s. Young “Rockers” took the boring motorbikes of that era and stripped off the trim and heavy accessories to get to a bike that was lighter, faster and a lot more fun to ride. This era overlapped into the 1960’s and crossed over to the United States. Café racers, leather jackets, rock and roll, and rebellion defined the motorcycle culture of the times.
Since then, motorcycles have become bigger, heavier, more complex and much more expensive. Café racers are at the opposite end of the motorcycle spectrum from luxurious cruising motorcycles with self-leveling suspension, Bluetooth, heated and cooled seats – and reverse gear since no human can push one. The first café racers were the fastest thing around, especially if you couldn’t afford a hot rod automobile.
Café racers developed notoriety for “record racing”. That is, two riders would race up the road to an intersection and back in an attempt to arrive before a 45-rpm record stopped playing on the juke box. Sometimes riders would race from one roadside café to the next.
Modern Cafe Racers on the SG250 San Gabriel
Eventually, special board tracks were built and “trackers” were specially modified for these races on a controlled course. In the U.S., dirt track racing became enormously popular. It didn’t take long for street riders to incorporate many of the same modifications for barely street-legal motorcycles, known as “street trackers”.
Café racers evolved from the heavier and sedate production motorcycles of the day. If you wanted to ride off-road you needed to modify a street bike – since the “enduro” had not yet been developed. The resulting bikes were called “scramblers”. Later the scrambler became the motocross bike, which evolved into the modern “dual-sport” motorcycle.
The Modified Scrambler Motorcycles
This history lesson only shows that there is a progression from one class of motorcycle to another. While you can’t convert a 1500cc cruiser or chopper into an enduro, the lines between café racer, tracker, and scrambler can be blurred. Often the definition of each bike is different from rider to rider.
CSC SG250 San Gabriel with NEW stainless steel exhaust and rear disk brakes
The CSC SG250 San Gabriel is faithful to the appearance of the old bikes, but also well-equipped with important features like 17-inch tires on aluminum rims, full instrumentation including an electronic speedometer, tachometer, odometer, fuel gauge, gear indicator, neutral light. You have inverted front forks plus adjustable rear reservoir shocks. Stopping power is provide by a huge front and rear disk brakes.
The 2019 CSC SG250 includes a 300-watt alternator, a 2-person seat plus rubber-cushioned foot pegs for driver and passenger, and even a locking gas cap – all as STANDARD equipment! This makes the SG250 the perfect starting point for your CUSTOM bike.
New for 2019 are an LED headlight with halo ring and stainless steel exhaust!
NEW 2019 CSC SG250 with LED headlight and halo ring
Want more café racer style? Add handlebar end mirrors and old school grips.
Old school grips and bar-end mirrors!
Want more scrambler styling and capability? Swap out the street tires for dual sport knobbies and add a headlight guard.
SG250 San Gabriel with Shinko 244 Knobbies
Want more of a street tracker look? Exchange the flat handle bars for enduro bars. CSC also has LED tail lights and lower license plate brackets to delete the rear fender!
CSC SG250 “Street Tracker” with rear fender deleted!
At only $2,195.00 (plus fees*), the CSC SG250 is an unmatched value. Your modifications are easy and inexpensive. The proven dependable and economical 230cc motor is paired with a huge list of standard features that cannot be duplicated elsewhere for TWICE the price!
CSC SG250 San Gabriel Standard Features:
- 230cc air-cooled engine, overhead valve, with counter-balancer
- Fuel system: Keima slide carburetor
- Long maintenance intervals and easy repairs backed by a full Owner’s Manual and online service tutorials
- 5-speed transmission
- New for 2019 – stainless steel megaphone steel exhaust
- 4-gallon fuel tank with locking gas cap – keyed to ignition
- Dash with electronic speedometer, tachometer, odometer, fuel gauge, gear indicator, neutral light, turn signal and high beam indicators
- New for 2019 – LED headlight with halo ring.
- Chrome retro brake light
- 300-Watt alternator
- New for 2019 – Inverted front forks, front fork lock
- Adjustable dual rear shock absorbers with reservoirs
- New for 2019 – Larger diameter front disk and rear disk brakes
- Front 90/70/17 spoked wheel with DOT tire and tube, black aluminum rim
- Rear 120/70/17 spoked wheel with DOT tire and tube, black aluminum rim
- Folding rider and passenger foot pegs with rubber inserts
- Black low handlebars with bar-end weights
- Dual rear-view mirrors
- Comfort seat for driver and passenger
- Side stand and center stand
- Available Colors: Gloss Black/Matte Black, Metallic Silver/Matte Black
The 2019 CSC SG250 San Gabriel is available now for ONLY $2,195.00, including shipping. *Note the MSRP price does not include the documentation fee of $55.00 so that you can obtain a title and license the new motorcycle in all 50-states. (The CSC SG250 is EPA-Certified in all 50-states.) Also, not included is an assembly and inspection charge of $345.00. This fee covers the inbound import fees and the assembly at CSC so that all you need to do when your bike arrives is install the rear-view mirrors, add gas and start riding!
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