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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #125 on: May 11, 2015, 04:24:41 PM »
Quote from: callmejarob on May 11, 2015, 12:54:09 PM
Broke my dang ol clutch lifter plate!!!

Does anyone have an extra?!

PM Bill Benton.  He has some.
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #126 on: May 11, 2015, 04:38:55 PM »
Bill Benton must be the Vic World of used CB parts!!
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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: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #127 on: May 11, 2015, 09:01:07 PM »
I call his house "Bill Benton's House of Hondaland Fun".  He has just about anything you could want for the SOHC bikes and he's going to California to pick up 11 more 750's, 3 750 frames and 3 more 750 dragsters.  Mega cool guy.
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #128 on: May 12, 2015, 03:08:12 PM »
Ordered one from BillBenton.com! 
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #129 on: May 26, 2015, 04:38:07 PM »
Progress has been slow because I was buying a house but I closed on it today!  Moving in on June 13th and I will have a 2 car garage to work in now!  I am going to epoxy the floor before I transfer everything over and turn it into a badass workshop.  SO the bike will most likely go back on the back burner until the garage is finished and we are moved in.
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #130 on: July 22, 2015, 03:55:40 PM »
Wow I havent gotten anywhere on this bike how disappointing! 

Let see, I bought a house and moved in, started a company and have been busting my ass getting it off the ground, and have barely touched the bike!  I did however setup a workbench in my new garage!












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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #131 on: July 22, 2015, 08:07:24 PM »
Jarob,
Been there, done that with the business.  The only way to make that business grow is to put in the time and the effort.

But one thing you might want to do is start to 'budget your time' with the bike.  Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you have to work on the bike for 2 or 3 hours at a time every time you work on it.  Pick something that needs to be done and go spend 15, 20 or 30 minutes on it at least 2 or 3 times per week. 

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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #132 on: July 23, 2015, 06:59:46 AM »
Quote from: Restoration Fan on July 22, 2015, 08:07:24 PM
But one thing you might want to do is start to 'budget your time' with the bike.  Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you have to work on the bike for 2 or 3 hours at a time every time you work on it.  Pick something that needs to be done and go spend 15, 20 or 30 minutes on it at least 2 or 3 times per week.

This is such excellent advice. Wish I had done this through spring. My bike would already be done.
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #133 on: July 23, 2015, 07:05:05 AM »
Quote from: Restoration Fan on July 22, 2015, 08:07:24 PM
Jarob,
Been there, done that with the business.  The only way to make that business grow is to put in the time and the effort.

But one thing you might want to do is start to 'budget your time' with the bike.  Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you have to work on the bike for 2 or 3 hours at a time every time you work on it.  Pick something that needs to be done and go spend 15, 20 or 30 minutes on it at least 2 or 3 times per week.


Unfortunately the next step is to have the frame painted and reassemble everything!  I can't afford to put money anywhere other than the company or the house at the moment so the bike will have to sit.
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #134 on: August 04, 2016, 03:29:40 PM »
Wow I have not touched this bike for over a year now!  My business is doing fairly well and I started a second one which has been in the buildout phase of my new warehouse, should be done in the next few weeks.

Since last month was a record month for me I decided to reward myself by finishing up my bike!

Just ordered all of my MotoGadget gear and parts needed.  My custom tank/seat should be done next week, and frame is at powdercoat.  Finally!  Progress!



Also, my new business is motorcycle related and incredibly badass.  I'll show you when my warehouse is complete!
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #135 on: August 04, 2016, 07:54:51 PM »
Great news on the business and the bike.  I had just gotten the email that there was a new post in this thread and it made me smile.  Looking forward to seeing this one on the road again!
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #136 on: December 29, 2016, 11:45:57 AM »

Life updates:

Sold our house.
Moving to new one today.
Got married.
Had honeymoon.

Bike updates:

Tank and seat finished (my wife paid for them to be finished and had it custom painted and upholstered for me for my wedding gift)
Frame and parts powdercoated  (also a wedding gift from my wife)
All parts ordered
Assembly to start FINALLY

Here are a few pics of how it is sitting at the moment.







Also I have been riding this little gem around but sold it last week.  1971 CB450 with 500cc big bore.

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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #137 on: December 29, 2016, 01:24:13 PM »
I really like the powercoating on the frame.  I wonder, if you are doing a solo seat, why did you keep the passenger footpeg brackets?
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1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"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)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #138 on: December 29, 2016, 03:41:17 PM »
Awesome.  Glad to see you getting back onto this bike.  And congrats on the wedding.
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #139 on: December 30, 2016, 10:36:06 AM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on December 29, 2016, 01:24:13 PM
I really like the powercoating on the frame.  I wonder, if you are doing a solo seat, why did you keep the passenger footpeg brackets?

At the time I was in the air about the solo seat and was also thought about using them for the rear-sets.

I have since changed both of those and went with the solo seat and rear set mounts.  Oh well!
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Re: '78 CB750K Cafe Build - Money Pit!
« Reply #140 on: January 06, 2017, 07:39:03 PM »
Really nice looking. I love the subtle brushed gold filler cap.
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