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1976 CB750 Cafe Racer Build
J.P:
Good afternoon guys,
I joined the forum a while back and have been simply amazed at the amount of knowledge that the collective has here. A real gold mine of information and very interesting to read though the various posts.
Unlike a lot of the members here, I have very little mechanical or practical skill, or interest for that matter, to do my own build. I know plenty of friends who are well into years of restoring the same bike and not really closer to an end product. Fun for them but not actually a useable build. so I decided to just pay someone a lot of money and have them build me a bike.
I chose a CB750 as it was a bike my dad had in the late 70's and I remember it as a young child. And given the history of builds and knowledge out there, I thought you could do a lot worse. :D
Its been around 6 months since first discussion with a two-Brother team in Southend called, 'Autofabrica', and we're progressing along nicely with a rolling chassis.
This is what we started with, a donor bike found in Aberdeen I think.
J.P:
I am not going for originality, that really doesn't interest me. I want form, and function.
Then it was onto the design stage which I really enjoyed, back and forth over a few months of fine tuning to get more of a finished idea to work with. One of the brothers is a automotive/industrial designer by training. Their bikes are very much part of the new scene of custom bikes in Europe at the moment.
It'll be twin exhausts both sides, like the old RC161's.
J.P:
Everything was stripped from the original bike and frame de-tabbed. Everything not necessary, or that could be discarded has been, or has been replaced.
Hagon have done the rear suspension also a new set of spoked wheels.
Front end has completely changed and forks replaced with a set of adjustable ones from a Yamaha XS650 with new race internals. Front and rear discs thrown in favour of new lighters units and waiting for a set of Ducati Brembo calipers to fit I think.
Engine rebuild is first rate, all blasted clean obviously but completely stripped and rebuilt with everything replaced if it was showing wear. We did give the engine a big bore kit from WISCO to stretch it out to 836 cc and it was gas flow optimised too to improve it a little more. A first class job all round, from a guy called Ash, who apparently is a part-time drag-bike builder. Cam-shaft rebuilt too.
J.P:
So, this is where we are at the moment.
Top yoke been shaved down and forks need cutting down some more too.
Rear seat unit will house the oil reservoir which I saw on a Kott Motorcycle build at some point last year.
Green1:
Welcome glad your choping an F1 rather than a K ;D
I met someone from The bike shed when they were first starting he offered good money for my bike but I just couldn't part with it knowing they were going to chop it.
Mick
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