My new Project...... CB750 Cafe Racer

[Swampy]

Bare came over today to check my progress and asked me to post up a thread with some pics ..
Hope you guys enjoy....

It all started when a friend of mine bought this...
CB750 K


He slapped some paint on it and rode it around for a while..


The tank started leaking so he swapped it out and changed the exhaust..


Then sold it to me...

I decided to make it a Cafe Racer so I pulled off the bars and replaced them with Clubman bars..


Then I decided to repair the dents and stuff in the tank and get rid of the honda emblems.


Slap on some primer..


Then I mocked up a cardboard seat cowl..


Decided on House of Kolor Cobalt blue Metallic




I made a license plate mount out ....


I am currently decideing between a Mac 4 into 1 header or a Kerker 4 into 1
This is the Mac.

Kerker looks like this..



While Im deciding .. I did a few more things..

Disassembled the shocks and painted them..Cut off the tail section..


Bought a set of spoke rims and mounted my new front tire.


And took off the stock gauge cluster ..
I mounted a single speedo and drilled holes in the headlight to mount the indicator lights


Thats about where Im at right now... I should have the new rear tire Monday, and get it mounted up..
I have the side cover , the valve cover gasket and the oil pan off of the bike right now.. But Im going to get them mounted back up tomorrow.. (Except for the side cover I need a new gasket for it) But Monday it will be a rolling chasis again..
Ill post up some pics when I get it back together and get it out of my garage again...

[Swampy]

Third option just came up...

Vance and Hines...


This one is for sale for a very good price..

[Capt. Rory]

Very cool. I love checking out bike builds. Keep photos coming.

[Bareass172]

I'm looking forward to seeing the final product, it looks great so far.

[Swampy]

New rear tire came in today.. I mounted it .. But I got to cold to air it up and put it on the bike... Maybe tomorrow...

[big bad]

Thats awsome i built one 4 years ago, sad it gets more looks than my busa or my x. I started with a 72 cb500. Keep the pics comming

[TASSY5]

Very nice, I remember those bikes since I was a young buck. Looking good, keep up the pics.

[Jack]

I had a '71 and a '72 Honda 750/4. Made the '72 into a chopper in '75. Sold it in '88. Solid as a rock. It was the one bike I never wrecked(lol). Never thought about making one into a cafe'.

[Swampy]

Pulled it out of the garage today for another picture...

Spoke rims are on and new tires...




Waiting for the exhaust to come in and Im missing a gasket on the stator cover.. (waiting for it..)
Seat should be finished any time now...

This is the wood mock up... Not a great pic but you can get the idea..



Fiberglass work is being done now...

Then I have to mount the tail light..

[Bareass172]

Looking good! I can't wait to ride it, hehe...

[Swampy]

You know Ill let you ride it Bare...


OK..Header came in a few days ago...

Quick test fit..


A little Hi heat paint and she looks like this...


Hoping to have the seat back by this weekend...

[Bareass172]

Looking good!

[Swampy]

Seat cowl came home today... I slapped a coat of paint on it and it is drying.. .Clear coat tommorrow and drop it at the upholstery shop...

[Bareass172]

Looking good, is that a new (used) cowl or what? I thought you said you were having to get one custom made?

[Swampy]

It is custom made. It started with my factory seat pan and some cardboard then a guy picked it up and converted my cardboard to wood and fiberglassed it...

Pre fiberglass...


After fiberglass but pre gelcoat...


I didnt do that work so I didnt post the pics.. LOL..

[Bareass172]

Hah, well it looks good.

[Swampy]

Got my cowl in yesterday.. Painted it up last night..



Then mounted it today..




Had some coil issues so I swapped the stock coils out for GM dual tower DIS coils..
crappy cellphone picture sorry..

Stock coils only put out about 15,000 volts ... The GM DIS coil puts out about 40,000
so I added some new NGK plugs... Gapped at .42 instead of .21 and threw on some new wires,

Man oh man, this thing is running about 500 times better...

I am very happy with it... I took it for a short shakedown area (about 20miles) and it was perfect... No issues at all...
So thinking I might make bike night Wednesday... Bare you coming????

[Bareass172]

That is looking awesome man, I mean really good.
Weather permitting I would LOVE to ride this week, give me a call between now and then and we'll iron out the details. Looking forward to seeing it and riding, the cold and rain have been keeping me indoors more than I like lately.

Bike looks great though, looking forward to seeing it "in action".