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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #150 on: March 27, 2016, 05:14:26 PM »
To white or not to white...I'm not sure how i feel about it...


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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #151 on: March 27, 2016, 05:16:56 PM »
All depends on the rest of the bike for me... :-\
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #152 on: March 27, 2016, 07:48:33 PM »
White header...very 1970's.  But, how are you gonna keep it clean?
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #153 on: April 23, 2016, 08:15:13 PM »
well, one of the major things holding me up was the seat mold.  Finally found the time to lay up some carbon and for the first one out it turned out pretty good.  Will hopefully all get better from here on out...




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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #154 on: April 23, 2016, 09:05:02 PM »
Exceptional!
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #155 on: April 27, 2016, 12:15:45 PM »
Thanks Jimmy!
First trim and mock-up on the frame...the rear frame is angled more than i like...but this is my own fault for finishing the frame before i had a seat to test visuals with.  Idea was to sweep up the tail for the rider to sit higher (taller guy) so hopefully it doesn't alter visual looks too much...



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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #156 on: August 13, 2018, 07:58:38 AM »
Hi all, i realized that I never added some finished photos of the bike once it was completed.
The paint didn't turn out as planned (was supposed to be more of a burnt tangerine) but things happen.  Still more touches to add to pull together the overall look.  Enjoy






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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #157 on: August 13, 2018, 10:14:00 AM »
Great looking bike, Squirley!

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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #158 on: August 14, 2018, 11:39:10 AM »
I've been wondering how this project was going!
How's that rear rotor working for you?

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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #159 on: August 16, 2018, 12:56:45 PM »
Godffrey,

The rotors are great! Check out my next project below in the pics...more of your goodness!
Here's a few more pics of the build, will have better ones up soon.




When not in direct sunlight, paint looks almost black...


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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #160 on: August 16, 2018, 01:09:52 PM »
Hi all, i realized that I never added some finished photos of the bike once it was completed.
The paint didn't turn out as planned (was supposed to be more of a burnt tangerine) but things happen.  Still more touches to add to pull together the overall look.  Enjoy




Nice touch on the seat adding the extra padding to make it more comfortable on the inner thighs...that color looks great in the sun  8)
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #161 on: August 16, 2018, 02:20:04 PM »
I like it, too.  So much I'd think about adding a layer of a similar hued candy to the seat and then reclearing, so the color become uniform for the seat and tank.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #162 on: August 16, 2018, 07:10:34 PM »
The bike looked sooo sweet in the sun...pics do not do it justice. 
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #163 on: August 16, 2018, 07:43:30 PM »
As the lucky, and very very very grateful recipient of this bike, I urged him not to paint the exhaust tip and to leave the seat carbon fiber...so much work went into the design and construction of the seat, I didn't want it covered with even an ounce of paint...plus, I dig the contrast.
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« Reply #164 on: August 16, 2018, 07:44:09 PM »
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« Reply #166 on: August 16, 2018, 07:50:50 PM »
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #167 on: August 17, 2018, 01:14:00 AM »
So, did you pay Squirrely to build this bike for you?
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #168 on: August 17, 2018, 01:31:10 AM »
So, did you pay Squirrely to build this bike for you?
oops, nevermind, just read the whole story at the beginning of this thread and in the bike of the month thread
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #169 on: August 17, 2018, 05:59:48 AM »
Lots of nice finishing on there....well done and not over done.


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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #170 on: August 17, 2018, 09:33:31 AM »
 Thanks for posting those pix!  Would it be okay if I used a couple of them for my website advertising Parts & customer bikes? 
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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #171 on: August 18, 2018, 06:56:27 PM »
Godffery,

Absolutely! i can take some higher res pics and send them your way if you like.  Let me know, thanks again.

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Re: Squirley's CB750 Cafe Project
« Reply #172 on: August 18, 2018, 10:20:32 PM »
Godffery,

Absolutely! i can take some higher res pics and send them your way if you like.  Let me know, thanks again.

Jens
That would be Great, thank you!