Topic: new to cb750 world

[mackdaddy27]

Hi,
I just recently purchased a 1975 cb750 and am going to start a slight café conversion.
I am basically the second owner of the bike and the previous 2 owners were family.

I am new to any type of bike modification and will be learning as I go and what I have done to date was learnt from many posts here so thank you already!

So far in week one I have removed and cleaned the carbs, including jets, installed clubman bars and bar end mirrors, replaced the petcock, installed a fender eliminator and lucas style rear light and replaced the turn signals, oh and also disconnected that annoying turn signal buzzer.

I have a new seat coming and would like to remove the front fender.

I am telling myself that will be all for this year as I'd like to learn about the bike and slowly replace more as I go along.  Ideally I think I'd like to relocate battery, oil tank, etc and replace some of the controls and the fender eliminator was just a quick fix for now!

Any suggestions on front fender removal do's and dont's? Or, any other mod's that should be addressed first?

[CycleRanger]

Howdy! Welcome.

If you're going to remove the front fender you'll need to replace it with a fork brace.
And never ride when the roads are wet.

[mystic_1]

Assuming that your existing front fender isn't a total wreck already:

Put it away, buy a crappy version of same from eBay, drill out rivets holding fender to fork brace, install fork brace, ? ? ? , Profit!

mystic_1

[mrbreeze]

That's what I did for now (about 5 years ago actually!). I put my pristine stock fender up in the rafters and run without a fender. I did however score a beat up fender to rob the brace from. It looks like sh!t but it's better than having nothing up there. A custom made brace has been on my later list for quite a while. I generally don't ride in the rain but the few times I've been caught I noticed that the thick leather tool pack that I run under the headlight keeps the tire splash down.

[mackdaddy27]

Thanks for the suggestions.
My current fender is quite pristine and I am keeping all removed parts so I may go the route of grabbing an old one to modify up...or a fender brace.
Here's a pic of it before lights were installed.

[70CB750]

My advise would be to keep it stock, looks great like this.

Welcome aboard