Topic: 1978 CB 750K CafeHooliganRod (new pix 4/29/09)

[78CB750CAFE]

ok, lots of work this fall/winter, not all of it shows... some does
First up, new rear brake and signal lights

[78CB750CAFE]

Super cool guy Progressive Suspension rear shocks/springs and new plate bracket, made out of $2 clearance gas pedal cover from Pep Boys drilled, bent bolted and JB welded to a bent plate backing plate

[78CB750CAFE]

rebuilt forks w/ Progressive Suspension springs, RaceTech valve emulators etc (can't see) and moved key to left side panel (look close...) and "customized" tank with clubman dents parking bike in snow to take a pic on Superbowl night

[78CB750CAFE]

refinished fork legs, trees, idiot lights/bracket, K4 (?) speedo, brake pads, caliper and MC rebuild, installed new bike computer and All Balls tapered rolling bearing h/s, re-did all electrics and ran relays for headlight...

[78CB750CAFE]

Here she is as she sits today... she kept me busy and kept me sane (sort of) this winter.
On to frigging spring already!!!!!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I need a job....

[captaincrash80]

That's sick man, love the looks of it

[78CB750CAFE]

Thanks cap'n!
I still need to swap to another set of carbs I have to alleviate a sometimes leaky carb 3 and hinky choke on 3/4, make/get a short front fender (still considering making it in carbon fiber), replace the hi/low switch for the headlight, re-paint the left side electronics cover and put on my cool GreenJeans badge, and then drill the front rotor and install a braided brake line.
Other then that, she's done (for now) oh yeah, I wanna do the seat pad over and.........
Like I said, I need a job

[CaféElite]

Do you mind telling me where you got your seat? Its crazy I have a pic of how I want my 550 to look in my head and you have almost completely built it. Its just amazing.. I really like it. Good job!

[78CB750CAFE]

cafe elite-
The seat is a hardwood base that's mitered and the hump portion is shaped foam that the PO then covered with fiberglass, then the whole kit and caboodle got the bed liner treatment. I need to re-do the seat pad, it is more wood then foam right now. I am going to do a humpback style pad with snaps along the back for old school flavor when I get a good deal on some better quality marine padding and some gray leather.

Glad ya like it, even though it and the bed liner are the only 2 things on the bike I didn't do

[CaféElite]

While I think the tank to seat has a great flow and think the bed liner is cool im more impressed w/ the engine paint. Over all the bike fits together really well, top marks for that. I will say im not a huge fan of the exhaust though, think something like a supertrapp would have fit\looked better. Im not feeling the license plate location either but to be honest that apply to the location and not your craftmans ship.

Thats what I love about the cafe scene.. most of use dig the same basic flow but every bike has the little touchs that bring out the owers personality.

Again, amazing bike.

[78CB750CAFE]

Hey, for $40 I couldn't pass up that CBR carbon can, and it sounds good (LOUD and throaty). Thanks for the compliments, and as always... it's a work in progress

[raymond182]

Cool looking bike, a true hooligan.
Great job!
You have to tell the story of this stop light though!
And a picture of it lighted would be nice

[78CB750CAFE]

There is a "how to" I did about a week ago on installing aux signal lights that has pix and info on the rear LED flex strip I got from Custom Dynamics you can find here:
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=46474.0

[78CB750CAFE]

for bigger pix, click here
http://www.drewfusnation.com/apps/photos/

[Blaise_78]

Any chance you can give me some details on your left side cover? Just plain old sheet metal?  How'd you mount it? Pics would help me tremendously!
Thanks again for your help...REALLY digging the bike!!

Sound Clip with slip on? Please!?!? Any videos at all anywhere?
-Blaise

[Blaise_78]

Sound Clip with slip on? Please!?!? Any videos at all anywhere?

Nevermind...Found it on page 5!  Guess I should open my eyes before my mouth!
-Blaise

[78CB750CAFE]

Thanks for the compliments 

The left side cover is just sheet metal, it is held in place on top by a pair of rubber trimmed 1" "P" clamps (under $1 each @ home despot) and uses a bolt through the chain guard tab on the bottom. I also dummied up 2 of the P clamps on the right side and use them to level out and add some shock absorption to the plywood based seat.

I plan on doing some detailed pix of the seat, side cover, electrics and my new brake anchor, but not today since it is 50+ degrees out and I am off on the bike to the nearest IMAX theater to see The Watchmen  and then drop my resume for Service Manager to the local Hardly Dangerous shop.

[78CB750CAFE]

OK, it's been a while since I updated and I still haven't stopped F'ing with the bike (wonder if I ever will? maybe when I get project fo fiddy underway...)

She has been running great, but after the bike took a tumble off the kickstand out in the snow late January it got a crease in the generator cover and developed a leak. Thanks to Seaweb I got a super clean cover with a perfect field coil and stator at a sweet "bro deal" price (I owe ya one!).

I painted it up all pretty and installed with fresh Honda gaskets for both the gen and trans covers, and popped some more holes in the front sprocket cover while I had it out.

The finned covers came from the for sale section here, and were pretty rough (especially the stator cover), so I filed the upper and lower most fins off and re-shaped the rest of them so they were flat on top and tapered off at the edges and I painted them with wrinkle paint and sanded down the fin edges.

[78CB750CAFE]

Here are the finned covers on the other side, and you might notice I geeked out and did the kickstarter, starter cover, brake and shift pedals in the wrinkle black as well.
Dig on the 2 for $5 led flashlight pegs too 

[78CB750CAFE]

I also got a front fender from Carpy which I am up in the air about how to finish (rhino liner? semi-gloss black? gray? who knows, I will figure it out in the 4 more weeks it is going to take to get my Tarrozzi fork brace) so I am just rocking it in the gloss black gel coat it came in.

Other totally ghey details I did lately include the red fuel lines, and a few other bits I can't quite remember.

Here are some shots from today between the rain storms

[78CB750CAFE]

mo

[syth82]

 
I ROFLed when i saw your pegs.... LOVE IT! Good looking bike.

[78CB750CAFE]

Here is a fairly complete tech sheet on the bike as it sits now:
rear frame rails chopped behind shock mounts
all useless frame tabs cut and ground off
DupliColor rattle can paint EVERYWHERE except for
truck bed liner on tank, headlight bucket and custom seat
full top end tear down and rebuild, all genuine Honda gaskets etc
ceramic coated then wrapped Mac (?) header pipes
custom taper/flange for muffler in stainless, home made muffler hanger clamp
Two Brothers carbon exhaust from CBR600RR
2 sets of Keihin PD41 carbs rebuilt, cleaned  etc with 120 and 122.5 mains
all engine bolts stainless steel hex head
all critical bolts either grade 8 or 10
Marshall oil pressure gauge tapped into oil journal
K4 Tach with custom single mount
K4 (?) idiot light cluster (with all LED lamps)
SunStar front (15 and 16) and back (38 and 41) sprockets, 630 RK O ring chain
custom spin on oil filter set up and Lockhart cooler (Terry from Oz) with K&N filter
Emgo (?) pod air filters, stainless intake manifold clamps
Progressive Suspension gas charged shocks
Progressive Suspension fork springs and RaceTech gold cartridge valve emulators and GOKI air valve top caps
all new Honda seals,dust caps, etc and front fork hardware
All Balls tapered roller steering head bearings
EBC brake pads front and rear, rebuilt front caliper and master cylinder
Stripped stock footpegs with covers made from LED flashlights
fork brace off stock fender with Carpy fender
Kuryakyn mirrors, headlight brackets
Parts Unlimited dogleg "magura style" shorty levers
home made curved license plate holder with LED lights
home made alloy electrics side panel with key cylinder installed
home made 6061 brake anchor arm
3 Ohm Dyna coils, Accel 8.8 wires, platinum Irridium resistor plugs
Hondaman Ignition box and resistor pack
Metzeler ME550 140/80 VB18 rear, Cheng Shin Barracuda 100/90 19 front tire
Superbike bars with weighted bar ends
handlebar switches from earlier K model
Superbike grips
GreenJeans badges
new Honda and Motion Pro cables
new  solid state regulator/rectifier, starter solenoid, bladed fuse box
relayed Sylvania SilverStar H6024 headlight with on/off switch on top of headlight bucket
most bullet and multi pin connectors have been replaced, switches refurbished
clear lens w/ amber LED front signals
Custom Dynamics flexible LED tail/brake/signal light
secondary LED signals in rear frame rails
LED friendly flasher relay
BackOff! XP brake light modulator
Cateye bicycle computer for speedo
Neodymium magnets along frame bottom to trigger turn lights
red fuel lines
customized finned side covers
91 octane w/ a little SeaFoam
BelRay fork oil
10/30 or 20/50 Honda HP4 oil
N12 15 amp hour AGM battery
2 hidden power cut off switches because key is broke off in cylinder and I turn it with either a nickle or M10 washer Wink
$50 cafe fairing that comes and goes at whim

In the works:
Tarrozzi fork brace
re-lace wheels w/ Buchannon SS spokes (2 broken rear spokes currently)
braided SS brake line
EBC rotor
horn(s) with relay
K&N oval pod filters
custom hump style seat pad

[void909]

great job! bike looks amazing

[andy750]

+ 1 on the great job. Clearly a lot of effort has gone into this and looks good! Very useful info on the parts that went into it. Thanks!

Now how does it ride? ;-)

cheers
Andy