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Offline BlindSight

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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project
« Reply #50 on: February 10, 2011, 04:41:15 PM »
excited to see, we have had a surprisingly cold winter here so far so havn't been able to do much myself so its nice to see everyone else getting things done.

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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project - Finished PICS
« Reply #51 on: February 14, 2011, 08:44:18 AM »
Nice warm weekend, garage doors open, bike DONE (for now).








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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project
« Reply #52 on: February 14, 2011, 08:56:17 AM »
awesome bike nice work
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« Reply #53 on: February 16, 2011, 09:04:58 AM »
Just a couple more gratuitous pictures....  A friend of mine took these using an old school photography process - and I think they look really cool. 




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« Reply #54 on: February 16, 2011, 10:10:31 AM »
Lovin' it!

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« Reply #55 on: February 16, 2011, 11:12:22 AM »
Bike looks great! It has a very clean, classic feel to it. I've never heard of the Harvest Classic. I would like to check that out.

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« Reply #56 on: October 23, 2011, 01:43:55 PM »
I played around with one of your photos in Photoshop.

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« Reply #57 on: October 23, 2011, 02:12:04 PM »
I really dig it.   Don't see too many white bikes that actually look "right"

Turn signals ?   Almost look like old scholl spartos - what are they ?
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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project - Finished Pics
« Reply #58 on: October 23, 2011, 02:24:06 PM »
great looking bike, I have the exact same seat. I like the way you covered yours. Well done!!
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« Reply #59 on: November 15, 2011, 01:13:06 AM »
As i was looking at all the great photos I kept thinking how much you really need some work benches.

Also the engine case can be fixed. I would not throw it away. Easy repair.

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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project - Finished Pics
« Reply #60 on: December 31, 2014, 09:22:59 AM »
Hi everybody - Was back on the forum digging around and thought it might be fun to post a few updated pics.  Been riding this bike about 3 years now, and have changed / learned a few things. 

Just this month I did what I consider to be the "final touch" to this bike - which was rebuilding the wheels.  While I was working on it and doing a quick tune I snapped a few pics. 



One thing I had to do was touch up the engine case paint, and over the years I've had to do it a couple times.  Usually had something to do with a leaky carb and the gas peeling the paint off.  Its not a huge hassle, and I still like the look, but in retrospect I don't think I'll ever paint engine cases again. The bare metal is much more durable, original, etc...

A few other mods I did in the past years included changing out the blinkers (the little red lends torpedo guys were cool, but a bit too distinctive maybe), adding gators to beef up the look of the front end, changing grips and the mirror, etc.  Mostly subtle stuff, but I think the bike looks much better for it. 



And as expensive as it was, I'm really digging my new wheels.  The rims I was running before were mismatched and vintage, and recently I started to hear the spokes tinging a bit during and after rides.  I took it as a sign, bit the bullet and called buchanan.  Now I'm running the Excel shouldered rims (which look exactly like the Akront I had on the rear before) and with new shiney spokes.  I upped the rim width on both wheels by 1 increment and of course polished the hubs.  Now I just stare at them.


 
The front wheel was almost a scare.  Because I had done the dual disc mod, the spacing there was already super tight.  With the new shouldered rim on the front, I had even less to work with.  There is one bolt on the caliper carrier that is super tricky to install, and the length of the bolt is so important I was literally counting the threads.  It came together ok, but the tolerance between rim and the top bracket was so close I pulled it again and shaved a few millimeters off it. 

You can kinda make out the flat spot on it in this pic.

   

Overall I'm pumped and can't wait to get some miles on her. No exhaust on her here, but everything else is in place.



One last note for cafe builders - when I was fitting up my seat, I wish I had been more careful about the fasteners I used.  Popping that seat off takes about 3 wrenches, a screw driver and an allen wrench.  It's super secure and sturdy (I even rubber mounted it) but its unnecessarily complex.  I should have been a bit more consistent with the bolt sizes I used.  Hindsight is always 20-20. 

Thanks for looking.  Maybe I'll post a few more pics later when I have her out in the sun.

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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project - Finished Pics
« Reply #61 on: December 31, 2014, 10:08:49 AM »
Thanks for the update. It's always nice to get feedback on mods based on long-term use.
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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project - Finished Pics
« Reply #62 on: December 31, 2014, 10:56:29 AM »
Solid looking bike.  I have the same Excel polished aluminum shouldered rims on my 750.  People do mistake them for Akronts.  Like yours, mine do not have the painted red Excel -- the only markings are stamped into the metal rim. 

The motor touch up looks good.  I originally had polished cases but got sick of re-polishing the nooks and crannies of the motor.  I ended up painting but the cases discolored when I had some gas cook off on them.  My current darker VHT paint seems to be more durable.  I am going to PC the motor for my next build.
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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project - Finished Pics
« Reply #63 on: December 31, 2014, 04:08:12 PM »
I would stick a fork brace on that bike just to make it better.... ;)
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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project - Finished Pics
« Reply #64 on: December 31, 2014, 04:11:07 PM »
a sancho normally comes in the back door when the husband leaves out the front door for work.  does a sancha come in through the window while the wife is in the kitchen???

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« Reply #65 on: December 31, 2014, 05:46:31 PM »
I would stick a fork brace on that bike just to make it better.... ;)

A solid improvement.  I run them on both of my CBs.
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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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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: "Sancha" - My cb750 Cafe Project - Finished Pics
« Reply #66 on: January 01, 2015, 10:32:07 AM »
Thanks for the comments guys.
Medyo - you pretty much nailed it on the name man.

Good tip on the fork brace.  I had a little something on it before I did the gators that I had machined myself, but it really didn't do much cause I had it up high on the tubes.  I may shop around for one of the guys that clamps to the fork lowers and goes over the wheel - I think I've seen one from termignoni that fits these bikes. 

Been giving some serious consideration to a steering damper too.  As far as the handling goes its pretty strong and stable.  The taller shocks in the back have been balanced to the progressive springs in front (and I'm running the stiffest fork oil I could find).  Its balanced really well front to back and corners pretty well, but I think the steering could be a bit stiffer.

Takes the corners way better than my most recent build, that's for sure.  But this thing is too fun for me to care:
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« Reply #67 on: January 01, 2015, 11:04:12 AM »
Looks great, Aaron. Let me know when you want to make a high speed run on Ranch Road 1431!
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