txrenegade
XS650 Member
After spending the better part of far too much time on a 1973 CB750..
I finally decided it was done. So what now... Start a new project!
Limey bikes up in Austin sold me a titled 1975 frame and did a big bore build for me with a NOS Yamaha Factory 750 kit that he had sitting around. From what I understand, those kits are very rare, but I love the nostalgia of basically running a racing engine from the 70's! I don't have a garage, so as the pictures show, this thing is built in a bedroom of my house as was the CB750.
The frame was quickly de-tabbed and chopped up to get ready for what I had in mind....
The tail of the frame was cut off and a new hoop from Cognito Moto with integrated tail light was welded up along with a pan underneath. I am running an XS750 gas tank so my buddy and I got new mounts taken care of for that as well. It's a section of pipe with washers welded on so the rubber pucks pop right on.
This thing is running some GSXR forks up front with 18" rims front and back with Buchanan Spokes too. It was my second time to lace and true the rims and it still sucked.
I caught it trying to take a nap one day... (actually I forgot to latch the lift) but luckily nothing was messed up.
I was worried about the overall seat shape with the height of the hoop so I used some florist foam to mock up an overall seat shape just to be sure.
My next step was the headlight plate and dash. I had seen a few cool ones floating around and after mocking it all up with foam board, my architect buddy drew up my parts in CAD and I had it all laser cut from 5ga. aluminum. I think it came out pretty good. The Motogadget Mini along with the idiot lights and switches and "key" (more on that later) will be in the dash as well. I'm pretty excited with the way this is coming together.
The headlights required some trick brackets to get them mounted but I was glad to get that sorted out.
So that's where it sits right now... I just ordered some shocks from Works Performance and I'm still in the process of getting the front end right.
I'm also still sorting out the rear brake setup with the stretched swingarm but hopefully will tear it down in a few weeks and send the pieces and parts to powder coating. Then the real fun begins...
I finally decided it was done. So what now... Start a new project!
Limey bikes up in Austin sold me a titled 1975 frame and did a big bore build for me with a NOS Yamaha Factory 750 kit that he had sitting around. From what I understand, those kits are very rare, but I love the nostalgia of basically running a racing engine from the 70's! I don't have a garage, so as the pictures show, this thing is built in a bedroom of my house as was the CB750.
The frame was quickly de-tabbed and chopped up to get ready for what I had in mind....
The tail of the frame was cut off and a new hoop from Cognito Moto with integrated tail light was welded up along with a pan underneath. I am running an XS750 gas tank so my buddy and I got new mounts taken care of for that as well. It's a section of pipe with washers welded on so the rubber pucks pop right on.
This thing is running some GSXR forks up front with 18" rims front and back with Buchanan Spokes too. It was my second time to lace and true the rims and it still sucked.
I caught it trying to take a nap one day... (actually I forgot to latch the lift) but luckily nothing was messed up.
I was worried about the overall seat shape with the height of the hoop so I used some florist foam to mock up an overall seat shape just to be sure.
My next step was the headlight plate and dash. I had seen a few cool ones floating around and after mocking it all up with foam board, my architect buddy drew up my parts in CAD and I had it all laser cut from 5ga. aluminum. I think it came out pretty good. The Motogadget Mini along with the idiot lights and switches and "key" (more on that later) will be in the dash as well. I'm pretty excited with the way this is coming together.
The headlights required some trick brackets to get them mounted but I was glad to get that sorted out.
So that's where it sits right now... I just ordered some shocks from Works Performance and I'm still in the process of getting the front end right.
I'm also still sorting out the rear brake setup with the stretched swingarm but hopefully will tear it down in a few weeks and send the pieces and parts to powder coating. Then the real fun begins...
