Author Topic: CB750K7 Nine Lives Cafe Racer - au revoir (Read 139987 times)

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #475 on:** July 04, 2014, 11:53:40 PM »

Bruce MacKown, who produces videos of motorcycle builds under The Moto Channel on YouTube shot a video of my bike a couple of weeks ago. There are also a bunch of great bikes on his channel, including forum member Doctor D, Jay LaRossa and others. Aside from the awkward guy in the video (me), it's pretty cool.

I hope you guys enjoy it.

http://youtu.be/VVo5299mCgA

http://themotochannel.com/

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Retro Rocket · « **Reply #476 on:** July 05, 2014, 12:19:45 AM »

You did well Don, not too awkward at all...

You had to find a false neutral for the camera too i noticed...

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #477 on:** July 05, 2014, 12:28:45 AM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on July 05, 2014, 12:19:45 AM

You did well Don, not too awkward at all... You had to find a false neutral for the camera too i noticed...

Thanks! Unfortunately that made the edit.

Tews19 · « **Reply #478 on:** July 05, 2014, 04:22:11 AM »

Great video CB750!

bwaller · « **Reply #479 on:** July 05, 2014, 04:24:07 AM »

Very well done Don. Great bike, great vid to boot.

calj737 · « **Reply #480 on:** July 05, 2014, 04:40:42 AM »

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce to you, our newest member, Hollywood Don!

I just want to know, did you have to read the list of all the mods from a script, or was that truly from memory? Petty comprehensive description. I couldn't tell if you were pandering for sympathy about all the trials and tribulations you'd gone through to get the bike to it's now, beautiful stage? Or were you just documenting for insurance purposes

Seriously enjoyed the vid and walk around. Lots of great looking details and to see/hear it in motion is a very in treat.

Cheers-

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #481 on:** July 05, 2014, 07:15:51 AM »

Quote from: calj737 on July 05, 2014, 04:40:42 AM

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce to you, our newest member, Hollywood Don!

I just want to know, did you have to read the list of all the mods from a script, or was that truly from memory? Petty comprehensive description. I couldn't tell if you were pandering for sympathy about all the trials and tribulations you'd gone through to get the bike to it's now, beautiful stage? Or were you just documenting for insurance purposes

Seriously enjoyed the vid and walk around. Lots of great looking details and to see/hear it in motion is a very in treat.

Cheers-

Bruce had me give a description of all the current mods on the bike, but trying to remember and recite the 5-6 year history of mods with no list or script was a challenge. Looking back, a list really would have come in handy.

riverfever · « **Reply #482 on:** July 05, 2014, 09:25:40 AM »

Seeing pics of your bike is always nice but seeing a video was awesome. Thanks for sharing Don. Nicely done.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #483 on:** July 05, 2014, 05:36:14 PM »

Cal,
I never thought of the insurance angle, but that's a pretty practical use for it!

Trad · « **Reply #484 on:** July 05, 2014, 08:30:07 PM »

Don, that was super well spoken. Great job! The bike looks killer as always.

calj737 · « **Reply #485 on:** July 06, 2014, 04:42:41 AM »

How much did you have to pay that Boy-toy, hunk of a man to stand in for you like that, Hollywood?

Prez1967 · « **Reply #486 on:** July 06, 2014, 06:17:40 AM »

Excellent video!

The inspiration from this bike just keeps flowing...

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #487 on:** July 06, 2014, 09:29:17 AM »

The coolest thing of all is that Bruce spent a good 4 hours shooting the video and stills, and he gave some great "beauty" shots of the bike.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #488 on:** July 06, 2014, 11:59:50 PM »

Thanks, everyone, for the compliments.

The bike has been running solid. Between rides on the 550 and 750, I haven't had any time to ride my modern bike.

calj737 · « **Reply #489 on:** July 07, 2014, 03:44:29 AM »

Keep the SOHCs and give it to your nephew

why spoil him with one of you one beauties? Make him earn their ownership!

riverfever · « **Reply #490 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:29:53 AM »

Beautiful photos Don. Are those mirrors functional? Meaning can you see anything without having to move around on the bike?

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #491 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:51:58 AM »

Quote from: calj737 on July 07, 2014, 03:44:29 AM

Keep the SOHCs and give it to your nephew why spoil him with one of you one beauties? Make him earn their ownership!

Hah! A v-twin superbike for a 17-year-old. I'm sure he would like it but I would be disowned by my entire family. It look some significant seat time before I started riding that beast. It is a LOT of bike.

I'll probably start him with an enduro.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #492 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:55:01 AM »

Quote from: riverfever on July 07, 2014, 07:29:53 AM

Beautiful photos Don. Are those mirrors functional? Meaning can you see anything without having to move around on the bike?

Not so much. I have to move my forearm up to see around it. I will likely buy the bar end adapters so I can re-mount them with better clearance.

brandEn · « **Reply #493 on:** July 08, 2014, 09:57:13 AM »

So I just checked out the video. I really like your bike, its one of my favorites. The video has me wondering a couple questions. You may have covered it in your thread here but I couldn't find the answers. I know you got new forks tubes but are they shorter? Did you get shorter springs as well? I also noticed you have the speedo drive but its not connected. How does your speedo read the speed?

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #494 on:** July 08, 2014, 11:15:27 AM »

Quote from: brandEn on July 08, 2014, 09:57:13 AM

So I just checked out the video. I really like your bike, its one of my favorites. The video has me wondering a couple questions. You may have covered it in your thread here but I couldn't find the answers. I know you got new forks tubes but are they shorter? Did you get shorter springs as well? I also noticed you have the speedo drive but its not connected. How does your speedo read the speed?

Hi Branden. Thanks! I did purchase new fork tubes from Forking by Frank. I had them make me tubes that were approximately 1 3/4 inches shorter than stock, since the GL tubes are so much longer than the 750 tubes. Race Tech took the shorter length into account in selecting the springs for my weight, too. I do not think that the springs are shorter, but have less tension. Otherwise, the springs for your regular weight in a shorter tube are too stiff.

I eliminated the manual tach and speedo drives. The tach is read directly from an output wire from the Dyna 2000. I think you can have it also take a reading off of the coils if you have a Pamco or Dyna S. The speedo reads off of a magnetic pickup unit on the wheel. The opposite pickup is next to the left brake caliper. You can see the line leading to the pickup runnning downward wrapped around the left brake line:

brandEn · « **Reply #495 on:** July 08, 2014, 11:37:57 AM »

Yea that unit is pretty slick. Thanks for the response. I wish I would have gone with the shorter forks and custom springs on my GL conversion.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #496 on:** July 08, 2014, 12:43:04 PM »

Quote from: brandEn on July 08, 2014, 11:37:57 AM

Yea that unit is pretty slick. Thanks for the response. I wish I would have gone with the shorter forks and custom springs on my GL conversion.

The Acewell meter by itself isn't half as sharp looking without the cool Joker Machine billet housing that Richard Warren agreed to sell me -- one of his spares when he made a similar housing for his show bike.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #497 on:** July 28, 2014, 04:39:31 PM »

I am running aftermarket fork gators on this bike, but the quality is turning out to be less than stellar -- I can see some cracks forming on the creases. It's been so long that I cannot even remember where I got these, but they do not require the fork ear and fork leg fittings.

Does anyone have a recommendation for similar gators that will not crap out on me? DCC vs. Cycle X?

Trad · « **Reply #498 on:** July 28, 2014, 07:08:29 PM »

Don, how do you like the LED headlight? I'm debating one myself. They look great and I hear the output is stellar.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #499 on:** July 28, 2014, 09:56:06 PM »

Quote from: Trad on July 28, 2014, 07:08:29 PM

Don, how do you like the LED headlight? I'm debating one myself. They look great and I hear the output is stellar.

Jared,

I'm pretty happy with the Trucklite LED headlight. The output is a huge improvement over stock, and a more defined beam than the halogen. It also draws less current. The only minus is that it is a heavy bastard. It must weight 3 times a regular bulb because it has a metal housing. I would recommend using a metal headlight bucket since your plastic one may crack (mine did!).

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