Topic: 1972 CB750 Steampunk(ish) Bobber Thing

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

This last weekend, I went to the Corsa Moto Classica show and races at Willow Springs. I saw so many truly purpose built racing vintage bikes. Many are not as pretty as our BOTM winners, but man can they run and the riders ride the piss out of them. Mods aplenty but I have to tip my hat to a go-fast bike and fearless racer.

Case in point, a friend's Super Pantah that won the vintage mid weight class and smoked everyone. It wasn't pretty but it wasn't meant to be - only fast.
http://youtu.be/iX8Ilm9nSwI

[Retro Rocket]

The Toecutter gang bought up all of the classic 70s bikes so they are ready to roam the Land of Oz when the apocalypse comes!

I worked in a large bike shop in Sydney in the mid to late 1980's, we were crating CB750's and Z900'z back to Japan regularly, My boss was Japanese..

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

The Toecutter gang bought up all of the classic 70s bikes so they are ready to roam the Land of Oz when the apocalypse comes!

I worked in a large bike shop in Sydney in the mid to late 1980's, we were crating CB750's and Z900'z back to Japan regularly, My boss was Japanese..

That was one smart guy.  No one gave a rat's ass about them then.  They were going nuts for the GPz's, Ninjas, Hurricanes, etc.

[KrautKoffin]

This last weekend, I went to the Corsa Moto Classica show and races at Willow Springs. I saw so many truly purpose built racing vintage bikes. Many are not as pretty as our BOTM winners, but man can they run and the riders ride the piss out of them. Mods aplenty but I have to tip my hat to a go-fast bike and fearless racer.

Case in point, a friend's Super Pantah that won the vintage mid weight class and smoked everyone. It wasn't pretty but it wasn't meant to be - only fast.
http://youtu.be/iX8Ilm9nSwI

Rad video!

[Retro Rocket]

The Toecutter gang bought up all of the classic 70s bikes so they are ready to roam the Land of Oz when the apocalypse comes!

I worked in a large bike shop in Sydney in the mid to late 1980's, we were crating CB750's and Z900'z back to Japan regularly, My boss was Japanese..

That was one smart guy.  No one gave a rat's ass about them then.  They were going nuts for the GPz's, Ninjas, Hurricanes, etc.

I think it may have been around the time Japan changed its law regarding their 400cc max limit, and yes, he was a smart guy, doing very well in high end real estate now....

[Retro Rocket]

OK, looks like I’m going to have to go against my own “I’m out until I actually start building something” comment to try and put a few facts into the story. It seems people are happy to make a load of assumptions without actually bothering to find out any real information…

fine looking motorcycles should be considered art, but only if they're ridden

I couldn’t agree more. My first bike, the one at the very start of this thread, is my only form of transport save for a shared car with my partner. If I’m going anywhere on my own, I take Isabel. I’ve put over a thousand Ks on her since I ‘finished’ (less than a year ago). To put this in perspective, I work from home, I live about 10km from the centre of town, and it takes roughly 200km to ride from one end of the island I live on, to the other. It’s not a big place, I don’t ride for 700miles at a stretch, and nor do I need to. We also get all kinds of weather, usually in the same day.

There is also nothing on Isabel that isn’t functional. There’s no brass doodads glued on for the sake of it. All the parts are just executed with a different aesthetic. As they will be with this new one. Someone has seen a word and gone “oh, I know what that means’” and haven’t actually bothered to look any further, or at any of the actual information given… like all good bigots…

6 pages of insults seems like more than a joke to me Dave.

It is. I can take a good ribbing as much as the next guy, though generally I feel piss-taking does have to have a modicum of good-nature in it… I’m also pretty sure ‘jokes’ need to be funny.

I like this old K1 chopper. No tacky non-functional add-ons, just a nice neat custom CB750 from back in the day.

Ok, you like a certain style that’s different from this one… I’m so happy for you. Wait! Is that a non-standard frame I see? Chopped? Custom seat? Increased rake? HERESY! BURN THE HERETIC! Good god, the hypocrisy of this post alone astounds me… I can only assume you were trying to make my point for me.

the new style is a fad that will go away

Just like all styles. That’s why they’re styles. Nothing stays ‘in style’ forever. Styles/fads/fashions go in cycles, they do in manufactured bikes just as they do in custom bikes. Some people like some styles, some people don’t. I can only assume by this post alone you’re actually a trained monkey who has been taught to type on a keyboard, but lacks any real understanding of the words he is using… Just type “oook” if you think I’m mistaken and I’ll swap you a mint condition CB750 for a banana.

I notice he has stopped commenting, I hope that isn't because you guys haven't chased him off.

Nope, not chased off at all. Encouraged would actually be more accurate… ‘on holidays’ would also work, alternatively ‘doing what I said I was going to do and not commenting until I had some progress to report’ could also fit the bill. Though the last one is probably less accurate now…

As much as I know I should feel ashamed for deriding Noddy's vision, I certainly won't be apologising any time soon

Well, that covers pretty much all we need to know about you there then doesn’t it? Damn right you should be ashamed. You spout some crap about your years of knowledge but lack the basic manners taught to school children.

I’ve seen many failed projects blah blah never to be seen again.

Clearly, this could be the only possible outcome. “I’ve seen it all before” cries every single old bugger so set in his ways that if we all actually thought like that we’d have never made it down from the trees. You haven’t seen it all Terence, and you sure as #$%* don’t know it all. Your own brain-atrophied little world-view isn’t the only one that matters. Christ, my 3 year old niece has grasped that better than you.

You may have noticed that in one of Noddy's last posts, he refused my offer to supply him with all the OEM parts he needed to actually turn his vision into reality, but offered to sell his bike to me, that tells me that he's probably lost interest and is moving on.

Does it Terry? Is that all it tells you? What it ACTUALLY means, if you even care to know, is that I ACTUALLY umm’ed and ahh’ed over your offer. As I said VERY early on in the thread, I was after something that had already been molested. You obviously thought this one was not beyond saving (from one very small picture on the internet, because clearly you are omniscient), and even through your deplorable manners, I considered it. I just offered it back to you in the same manner you presented your ‘offers’. And in an actual functional way. How was your offer supposed to work anyway? Some #$%*wit from the internet says “I’ll give you all this stuff” for your bike, do I just ship it over to you and hope you send the stuff back? Or do you send the stuff and hope I send the bike back? It was dumb offer from the get go, and you know it.

And I can assure you, I’m in no way ‘moving on’.

he'd tire of once he realised that the end result of his labours doesn't quite match his vision.

Wow Terry, you just keep getting more wrong. You have no idea how much I’m going to enjoy spending the next year or so showing you up for the complete wanker you are, not that you really need my help, you pretty much do it yourself every time you post in this thread. And that’s just an added bonus to the joy I’m going to get from doing EXACTLY what I set out to do.

Yeah, I understand the "It's mine so I can do what I like with it" arguments

You clearly don’t.

I'm with Banker on this- for the first time, I don't really want to be known to be part of this forum.
Y'all are better than that. #$%*ing act like it.

Thank you for the voice of reason and sanity injected here Dusty. I couldn’t have said it better myself. A bigger bunch of childish behaviour I think I’ve yet to see. Anywhere. And that includes when I was in primary school. The next thing you’ll hear from me will be with some kind of update. The kids around here can carry on with whatever makes them happy (kicking sand in others kid's faces and pushing them off swings, I can only assume), I’ve got work to do, skills to learn, and a motorbike to destr… err… build.

I only just bothered to read this pile of rubbish retort, Noddy, you just made a pile of useless assumptions and pretty much called anyone who disagreed with you every name under the sun, well done mate, you've just proven that what ever was said here, you're just as bad as everyone else, pretty clever that,  grab some tissues, grow some balls and try eating a half bag of cement. And while i'm definitely not sticking up or speaking  for Terry, he has already helped another member of the forum who moved to Melbourne from the USA get a bike together by DONATING the bloody thing to him, Thats a guy from the other side of the world he's never even met..    Instead of putting your foot in your mouth and ranting like a spoiled little boy, maybe a couple of reasonable questions earlier on would have helped get things sorted out, you clearly took a defensive path and still think that Terry was making fun of you when it was actually a genuine offer. Your not the first or the last guy here that the fellas have tried talking out of cutting up a perfectly good bike, I think Terry tried to explain that to you but monkeys or caves or something  managed to get in the way.

I'm a really talented bike builder

   

I think "Really talented" has a different meaning round here and i think you may just be the first to call yourself one,  "Little boy blue come blow your horn"    you've been here for a week and know sweet FA about the place , this forum has builders that would easily make you feel inadequate and quite average mate, your just another bike builder around here and there are 100's, did you just come here to brag.... Seriously, I thought you were doing well till that half page rant.....

[dave500]

so a an old bronze anchor would suffice for a dual disc set up?i was going to put the kettle on but really didn't fancy any more steam than there already is?

[70CB750]

so a an old bronze anchor would suffice for a dual disc set up?i was going to put the kettle on but really didn't fancy any more steam than there already is?

That would be the equivalent of single disc setup, for dual disc you need an anchor for the bow and second one for stern.

[dave500]

ahh me hearty?so its batten down and lower the main sails already,AHH!keep your powder dry and your beer wet or some #$%*?
you meet the nicest pirates on a Honda!  thread pirates?

[70CB750]

Arr matey!

[dave500]

no women allowed below decks on this forum 70CB750!a man of your calibre and experience should know better!tie him to the yard arm,and its 3 lashes as a warning to the others!

[bikerbart]

Butt Pirates  , Oh Wait , I cant say things like that, this is a new society where one can be arrested for talk like that. Uh Oh. I cant believe this thread is still happening. I read it for all the mad people.

[Retro Rocket]

There he goes...

[dave500]

yeah ease up fellas.

[seanbarney41]

god dammit Dave, I know you got that Scuba Helmet out of the trash

[dave500]

ha ha!yeah from the trash,i find cool #$%*,i could build a steamed punk dim sim easy from the #$%* I find!

[Retro Rocket]

#$%* sake give it a rest. Find something worthwhile doing. It's his bike.

He's built one bike before Lester, he's a really talented builder , he'll survive....

[kghost]

Funny Thread

[jaguar]

Guy seems really bent on DTT, kinda funny actually.

Prison ally I don't get these dress up parties.
Painted a stock bike funny colors, nothing more then that.

Some guys build a bike to ride, other to take pictures of it for the web.

[Retro Rocket]

Yep, looks like he's teamed up with the knuckle dragging back slappers over there, Thats what he was after here after reading his posts, more, "well done mate" , "your a legend" and more arse licking stuff like that, was what he was after,  definitely wasn't after OPINIONS, When you are appealing to the lowest common denominator thats what you get     He's still checking in here though....   I did a search on his bike and found it and his story on numerous sites, Plenty of similar opinions posted there as well, he sure likes his moment of fame...I think its gone to his head, Look at me, look at me....   lol   Just giving the boys a DTT something to whine about   

[vfourfreak]

Mon Dieu !

I was away only a short while and this all came to pass  un vrai orage dans ma tasse de thé ! Possibly a bit late for my €0.02's worth, but I personally thought Uncle Tel made a good offer, in good faith, with no risk whatsoever seeing as he has many kilograms . . . of Credibility !!
Shame our good Oui Oui is so serious that a bit of chain pulling was too much for him, on this forum that is inevitable, and a small price to pay for the very valuable advice that is available here.

All is not lost however, If ever I need a plumber I know who I can call.

Kev
 

[70CB750]

All is not lost however, If ever I need a plumber I know who I can call.

Kev

You bad 

[vfourfreak]

C'est vrai !

Always said of me, no doubt the fruits of a good Catholic education.

Hope I don't stray into another minefield with that observation !!!

Fr Kev

[Noddy78]

I've just scored a good K2 rolling chassis that I can install the 836cc engine into, so I still get to put a perfectly good CB750 back on the road, while I watch your progress. Cheers, Terry.

Excellent news mate, I hope that means you can concentrate on doing your thing, the way you want to, and stop wasting your time re-iterating your opinions over and over again here...I get it, you're very knowledgable so your opinions are clearly the only ones that matter. Is there an official place for your subjects to kneel? Some kind of temple? Or some kind of particular direction I should face? It's the direction one isn't it? As long as we're looking at everything the same as you we're all good.

I think "Really talented" has a different meaning round here and i think you may just be the first to call yourself one

Well the fact that Terry said that and not me kinda ruins your point...

Thats what he was after here after reading his posts, more, "well done mate" , "your a legend" and more arse licking stuff like that, was what he was after

Or did I come here to learn like I said in the first post? Again, a little less of the assumptions and little more reading might help you out there fella. A little less talk, and little more listen, eh?

definitely wasn't after OPINIONS

Well at least you got something right.

He's still checking in here though....

Yep, it's constant source of entertainment.

Some guys build a bike to ride, other to take pictures of it for the web.

You've come from the Retro Skool for Peeple Hoo Dont Reed Good haven't you?


So... let's actually have a look at this CB750 shall we... rather than all these nipples I never asked to see...

EDIT: Dunno where these shots went... lost to the sands of time...
EDIT 2: Found 'em! Alas I've now lost all my snarky comments...

[Noddy78]

You bad 

Oh, I do keep forgetting to give you the attention you so clearly crave don't I Princess? Here you go:



Enough said.