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Offline RupertB

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Foale framed CB750
« on: February 11, 2025, 06:04:04 AM »
Those of you who have been here a good few years (probably several of you) and who remember my previous posts (probably very few!) will know I had a Foale monoshock frame with a cafe race-styled CB750 engine in it which was being put together bit by bit. Then it all went quiet, due to the usual curse of the rebuild world, lack of funds. So the poor thing sat in my garage, part restored as had been done to it by numerous previous owners - it hasn't been on the road since 1987 as that was when its last road tax expired, so 38 years of sitting around - 17 of them in a garden under a tarpaulin I was told, the rest under some sort of cover but never getting done. Anyway, funds are now around I'm pleased to say, and an amount has been earmarked for it to be 'done' - which I hope will mean 'beautifully restored and completed' - it will be about 8 to 10 months on current estimates due to the restorer's other work commitments, but the final leg of the journey is now under way. Cheers all!
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2025, 08:17:46 AM »
Welcome back aboard the project. I missed your original thread on it but will finish reading through it later. I didn't join the forum until 2017.
That looks like a great frame setup.
Are you going to update and continue the original thread on your Foale restoration?

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My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2025, 11:49:41 AM »
I'm looking forward to seeing more of this, a Foale frame is something I've always liked. It's good to see another special frame project about too, they seem to be really increasing in popularity in the last year or two.
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2025, 11:56:03 AM »
Your project might be a good place to use the SumpThing to not have to deal with an oil tank. Hondaman was mentioning it in a thread a day or 2 ago.

https://sumpthing.net/
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Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2025, 08:54:10 AM »
I discussed the Sumpthing with the restorer and was definitely going to use it, but having got the bike to him he is now confident he can clean out the original Foale oil tank in the top frame tube which is great news. The twin petrol and oil tanks in the fuel tank shell will probably be converted to have a feeder pipe linking the two so it will have a twin filler massive petrol tank - that should give a range that will challenge anyone with a dodgy back!
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2025, 08:55:08 AM »
I'm promised a series of photos as the rebuild progresses so will try to post some as it goes along if possible.
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2025, 12:20:17 PM »
Fascinated and looking forward to more pics!
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2025, 02:13:21 PM »
Surprised to read that tony had made around 1000 frames . I wonder where they all went . They are very rare over here ive probably seen three or four over the years .never seen one on the road .
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2025, 02:38:59 AM »
I only knew of him from a Bike magazine article in 1976 (at the time I paid more attention to the young lady on the bike than the framework) and since getting the Foale I have seen one (for a CB500/4) sold on ebay from Winsford as I recall, and I heard of another which was allegedly running a bored our CB900F engine of something around 1130cc and handling it well, but that was a very second hand report. Tony Foale told me he made something around 40 frames for CB750s, but a lot of them ended up wrapped round Armco barriers or discarded as race technology moved on.
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« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2025, 03:03:21 AM »
Not many were raced as unfortunately they were not very competitive. I rode a 350 to Yamaha in a foal frame and it is an experience I would rather forget. I did love my waddons though they were made by ex foal employees and were a very similar design . This is not to take anything away from your bike , it will make a very interesting and rare road bike .
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2025, 03:16:46 PM »
Hei Rupert, it's been a while indeed

tony still has an active site, if you have question he might answer: motochassis@gmail.com
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #11 on: Today at 03:40:10 AM »
yossefs link led me to this which is interesting

https://motochassis.com/photos/
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #12 on: Today at 06:45:11 AM »
If you click on the 'Some TF Road Chassis' icon and scroll down to the last full line of pictures, the one on the left is from the Bike magazine article that made Foale frames a part of my youth....
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Re: Foale framed CB750
« Reply #13 on: Today at 08:32:36 AM »
I had no idea he had been that busy .

If you look at yamaha chassis the top left one is the bike i hated
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