Topic: New member

[hooverhonda]

Hello everyone.  My name is Sean.  I ride a honda cb 750 (1970).  im a new rider and this is my first real bike.  I have ridden before but not on a regular basis.  I live in Hamilton ontario Canada.  Im a Leaf fan. ( dont hold that against Me).
Im hear to learn how to mod my bike.  i want to make it a cafe racer or a quasi chopper style bike.  i would welcome and advise on any subject.   I have a wife and 3 kids, the bike is giong to be my escape.  No offence to the wives on this site.  My wife doesnt ride.  Looking forward to hearing from u.

sean

[benly- ben]

welcome,
            youngest in the forum here ;Dlol.

you will learn a lot here like im doing!!

Ben

[kerryb]

Welcome Sean,  I'm new here too.  I also am considering the quasi chopper route.  (I know the other one is going to become more cafe than it is now.)    I think I would like to try the hardtail and sprung seat arrangement.  What I can't figure out is stretching the tail.  What would the advantage be besides more room for battery and oil tank? 

good luck,  kerry 

[Boner]

Hi Sean,
Im new too just joined a week ago. As far as a chopper goes the only way to go is get a custom frame anything else in my opinion looks cheesy. You can make it into a street fighter style or better yet cafe racer with a lot less trouble. The benefits from a stretched frame in my opinion is the looks plus a more gentle handling cycle ( I said gentle not better! ) and if you are over 45yrs old forget the ridgid frame there are sprung hub chopper frames which when combined with a sprung seat allows you to at least ride it for more than 30 minutes. Last but not least rake it do not extend the forks.
Just my opinions that I gathered from building many bikes.

[hooverhonda]

thanks for the welcome and the advise. ( from Boner;kerrb;benly-ben). i want to do as little frame modification as possible. i am a welder by trade but i know very little about bike.  i dont really want to muck around with the geometry of the frame.  I think the cafe style racer is the way i am giong to lean.  where do u think i should start?   

talk to u soon.

Sean

[Boner]

Look at pictures on this site you will find some lovely examples of cafe racers and race bikes. Pic the ones you like the best and start from there, a typical cafe racer of period would be just clip ons or ace bars, rear sets , and a custom exhaust but to make it a real eye opener get a race tank and seat, a custom paint job and away you go. It may not go faster but it sure looks as if it will.

[750cafe]

 Or you can do it the way they used to do it and make some solid struts inplace of the rear shocks!

[fuzzybutt]

welcome to the madness Sean! i have friends in hamilton, he's a retired hamilton police officer.