Topic: 79 CB650 Cafe Racer

[redbarchetta]

Don't really have any progress pictures, but thought I'd share some pics of my 79 CB650.  Let me know what you all think.

[sinister902]

sharp looking bike, but I can't help but think traditional spoked wheels would really pop on that bike more than those alloys.

[pae]

Love the look of that, very clean. The tailpiece and rear light is very nice,

Phil

[slapi01]

very sharp looking. love the tail and agree on spoked wheels!! 

[Lefthook]

REALLY love the tail.  Where did that come from?

[Toxic]

For sure ... let's hear more about the seat and tail.

I gotta admit I prefer spokes but overall the bike looks real sharp

[UK Pete]

That is real nice it gives me an idea on what i would like to do to an F2 750
Pete

[nvr2old]

Nice bike, but it looks like the tail light would be smashed on the first bump you hit..(?)  Longer rear shocks and dropping the forks a bit would also level it out  for even more of a cafe' look.   

[redbarchetta]

Thanks for the comments!

The tail piece is a solo cover from a hayabusa, the tail light comes from the busa as well.  I used the stock seat pan, modified a bit to fit the tail piece and had a local guy pad and cover the seat.

It does sit low in the rear, which was the look I was going for.  The shocks are from an 06 R6, which are pretty much overkill spring rate wise. It's practically a hard tail with two of those on there.  Believe it or not, the tire has only rubbed the tail light once, and that was a rather large pot hole.  I think it damaged my back more than the light

I would like to lower the front, but there's no room to drop the forks with the z-bars on there.  At some point I'd like to fit a sportbike front end to it and go with clip-ons.