Author Topic: 73 CB 750 Cafe Racer Project OCR / BCR Style (Read 119293 times)

CrisPDuk · « **Reply #75 on:** March 15, 2008, 04:17:47 PM »

Holy Crap Dude

If the rest of the bike is even half as good as that it's going ot be awesome

I love the way the orange seems to float over the metal flake base

rachet · « **Reply #76 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:34:08 PM »

I said it before and I'll say it again...

It looks "Glorious!"

That's simply amazing my friend! Simply Amazing!

Rachet~

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #77 on:** March 16, 2008, 06:35:22 PM »

Thanks for the kind word guys! After getting the body work back, made me want to get this bike finished even more! I spent some time out in the garage this afternoon and this is what I got accomplished:

I mounted the rear tire along with the drum brake support and the rear brake assembly including the brake pedal. Threw on the kick start arm, the shifter and a new engine bolt mounting kit from Yamiya. Threw on the fresh painted headlight bucket, still trying to decided what light to go with. Also put my VDO oil pressure gauge on:

It is a pretty nice little unit thanks to RenoBruce over on the GSResource board, he made me a deal on one for the CB and one for the GS 1000...

I need some help, what do you think I should do with my front fender? 1) Don't run it, find a brace and adapt it. 2) Powder coat it gloss black. 3) Chrome the piece. I am leaning toward the gloss black....

Big thanks to Paul at WBS Fabrication for shaping the fender for me yesterday! It was driving me nuts trying to get it right, I guess the right tools and a bit of experience make everything look super easy...

HELP, can one of you guys take a left and right picture of your stock footpegs and how they mount. I am fairly sure I have got them right but want to make sure. Anyone have an extra spring for the left peg? While cleaning the spring my wire brush attached to a drill grabbed it and destroyed it.....

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #78 on:** March 17, 2008, 03:24:18 PM »

Found the needed pics of the footpegs after doing a search on the SOHC-4 forum, this place is awesome. What do you guys think about the fender though? I need some imput....

Spikeybike · « **Reply #79 on:** March 17, 2008, 03:52:17 PM »

well I think you should ditch it , or send it to your painter so it matches

BlindJoe · « **Reply #80 on:** March 17, 2008, 04:54:01 PM »

I don't think you have enough holes in your brake rotor.

Spikeybike · « **Reply #81 on:** March 17, 2008, 05:02:47 PM »

are those cyclex rotors CNC ,does anyone know (assuming that is cyclex)
cause that IS a sh1tload of holes

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #82 on:** March 17, 2008, 06:25:15 PM »

Spikeybike, thank you for your opinion. I am leaning toward either ditching it and trying to find or make a cool brace or having the fender re-chromed. My buddy Ohio Cafe Racer thinks I should use a GS fender or aftermarked fender?

I would like to see them fit a few more holes on the rotor. Yes it is a CycleXChange rotor, Ken did an excellent job on it not quite sure if it is CNC'd or drilled using a pattern? I tried to do my own thing on a spare rotor and did a great job of F'N it up, tried to rush it and ended up breaking quite a few bits...

KB02 · « **Reply #83 on:** March 18, 2008, 05:24:31 AM »

I say paint the fender gloss black. I will look betteer with those blacked out rims.

flipprboi · « **Reply #84 on:** March 18, 2008, 08:02:42 AM »

hi ed,

I say invert it. Fabricate a fender bracket and put the fender under the bracket. Paint the fender black and chrome the fender bracket. I think it'll give more detail to your lower fork area, but not take the attention away from that absolutely awesome paint job. Good Luck on your project and by the way, Love the tank and seat

-benjie

lendog · « **Reply #85 on:** March 20, 2008, 07:09:26 PM »

HOLY..

....Looking awesome great job! BOTM for sure!

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #86 on:** March 21, 2008, 07:43:51 AM »

Benjie and LenD thank you for the kind words about the bike!

I got a bit of time in the garage yesterday so I check a few more things off the list. I put back together all of the controls as well as the Speedo and Tach. Below are some pics of the finished project:

Speedo and Tach, front

Speedo and Tach, rear

Clutch

controls and hydraulic reservoir

Mother-In Law is coming in to town this evening, the wife usually lets me stay in the garage when she is here. Hopefully will get some more work done this weekend. My little (only in age) brother is hopefully going to help me get her off the table. Next Wednesday a few of my buddies from the OCR group are coming over to strip my new GS.

CrisPDuk · « **Reply #87 on:** March 21, 2008, 10:32:47 AM »

That was one of the questions I never thought to ask by the way, how the hell are you going to lift the thing down from up there

I'm liking the shiny bar controls

ohiocaferacer · « **Reply #88 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:24:23 PM »

Quote from: CrisPDuk on March 21, 2008, 10:32:47 AM

That was one of the questions I never thought to ask by the way, how the hell are you going to lift the thing down from up there

I'm liking the shiny bar controls

Yeah....Ed and his little brother Luke(should we say big brother Luke...big boy) will have no problem lifting it off the table.

Hell.....Ed...I bet either one of you could lift it off with no help at all

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Oh...by the way....count me in for weds....wouldnt miss it for the world. Just let me know what time you want everyone to head over. Also....if you need me to bring anything special....let me know and i'll load the truck up.

Cya brotha',
Greg

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #89 on:** March 24, 2008, 06:12:06 AM »

Luke and I were able to get her down off the table no problem! Man does she look awesome sitting on the ground. Now I just need to tie all of the loose ends up and get her running. This weekend I mounted the speedo and tach, mounted the carbs and fixed a front suspension leak (didn't have the allen head on the bottom of the fork tight enough). I will post pics later when I get home.

Greg, I would not want to lift the bike down by myself, might get a sore back. HA!! Glad to hear your gonna make it Wednesday, meet at my place at 7 p.m. I will provide pizza and beer, doubt you will need to bring anything? Should be fun to strip down El Sucio!

Anyone here know where to get a nice rear axle? Anyone know of aftermarket replacements, pretty sure they are discontinued from Honda? Over the years it looks like someone used a 5 pound sledge to beat the axle back on more than once. If I can not find a nice one, I will pull mine off and grind it down and have it chromed! Let me know if anyone has done this or found a good replacement, please!

.RJ · « **Reply #90 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:40:36 AM »

Quote from: bgfootball67 on March 24, 2008, 06:12:06 AM

Anyone here know where to get a nice rear axle?

I think I have a few - do you have a 69-76 swingarm or the wider 77-78?

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #91 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:56:31 AM »

RJ it is a 73 swing arm, did not go with the wider swing arm, since I wanted to run the drum brake and a narrow rear tire...

Either shoot me a PM or e-mail me at eddiemer@yahoo.com.

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #92 on:** March 25, 2008, 06:06:32 PM »

OK, finally got around to taking a few pics of the roller on the ground! Here you go:

Right Side

Right Side Front

Gauges

Oil Pressure Gauge

Next up, I need to get the oil tank re-powder coated as I scratched it big time. I have a few pieces that need chrome, need to purchase K&N pod air filters and new coils and wires (probably Dyna 5 ohm coils). Then put back together the front brake and adjust the rear a bit more, then mount weld and paint the X-Pipe... Once that is finished, it is one to wiring and then start up & tune! Once that is complete the BCR body work will be mounted!

KB02 · « **Reply #93 on:** March 26, 2008, 09:36:21 AM »

Looking Great so far, man.

Quote from: bgfootball67 on March 25, 2008, 06:06:32 PM

...Once that is finished, it is one to wiring and then start up & tune! Once that is complete the BCR body work will be mounted!

You can't tell me you haven't at least placed them on there to get a feel for how they'r gonna look...

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #94 on:** March 27, 2008, 04:59:56 AM »

Thanks KBO2!

My buddies think I am crazy, because I have not set the tank and seat on the bike yet, and do not plan too until I have a runner. If I do that I may got too excited and rush things, and I do not want to risk scratching them?

I need to post some pics of the damage we did to one of my other bike last night. We stripped a GS 1000 bare in an hour and a half!

ohiocaferacer · « **Reply #95 on:** March 27, 2008, 06:32:12 AM »

Ed...you are a stronger man than I!! I would have had that body work on there the moment I pulled into the driveway.

Everyone needs to see this bike in person....none of the photos do it true justice. Ed is definately building a world class....show bike and I wouldnt be surprised if you start seeing it in some magazines or bike shows....thats how amazing this bike is. I was absolutely stunned last night, to see it in person!!

The paint on the body work is soooooo amazing in person....just doesnt look real...looks like the paint is just floating on the tank....WILD!!

Oh......brotha...you definately have to post some photos of the tear down on the GS1000 from last night...I have a few pics also. Did you get any good pics of all the sheep wool we pulled out of the airbox.....or the corn??

Later brotha'
Greg

Spikeybike · « **Reply #96 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:34:22 PM »

man that bike is lookin mean.. i also would have put the bodywork on the minite i hit the driveway

cant wait to see some pics of it out in the sun

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #97 on:** March 27, 2008, 06:16:48 PM »

Greg thank you for the kind words, means quite a bit coming from you. Especially after being able to hang out learn from you (not to mention all of your help!) and watch you build your tanks. Here are a few pics from last nights destruction party (not an SOHC Honda, but it is a DOHC?)

Should be a fun little build after I finish buttoning up the cafe. Next winter's project and challenge, since I went overboard on the cafe build (aptly named Excess) I am going to do this chop on the cheap! Should be fun........

bgfootball67 · « **Reply #98 on:** June 03, 2008, 06:46:33 PM »

So finally got around to getting some work done on the bike this past week! Over the past weekend, I mounted the K&N Pods. Mounted the oil tank, and set the seat on the bike to see if the battery I purchased fit (did not) and how rough the riding position will be. Also started in on the exhaust, will post pics of that later...

PODS & BCR OIL TANK

SIDE PROFILE

REAR PROFILE

THIS IS WHAT I WANT THE EXHAUST TO LOOK LIKE

More Pics Soon!

void909 · « **Reply #99 on:** June 04, 2008, 02:40:08 AM »

great looking bike! did you buy that drilled rotor or did you drill it yourself?

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Author Topic: 73 CB 750 Cafe Racer Project OCR / BCR Style (Read 119293 times)

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