Topic: My 1975 cb750 project - project "island cafe"

[cbsrawesome]

so this past couple weeks was spent prepping other parts for paint.  got the cylinder head cover, generator cover and clutch cover taken care of.



decided i wanted to go with a metallic flake for the parts i'd be painting black.  i don't think this pic does em justice, cuz it looks good in person.  i hope it matches up with the all the rest in the end...


and i'm starting to get all parts lined up for the rebuild, in order with their respective layout page.  


it's amazing.  i thought i had done a halfway decent job labeling parts when dismantling the bike, but it's funny when you look in the box with all parts that are labeled and say, "wtf!? where'd that come from and where does that go?"  

[cbsrawesome]

been a while since i posted.  came up with some paint problems with the engine.  guy at the paint shop sold me the wrong stuff.  long story short, had to strip it all down again and paint it over.  now got the right paint and i like the color even more.  so i guess the weeks of it being an absolute pain in the a$$ were worth it in the end...






and got it back in the frame too



next up, getting the tree/forks/shocks/wheels in place

[dmill78]

I really like that color on the engine, could u please tell me the brand of paint and color... i'd like to use it on mine if you don't mind

thanks;)

[cbsrawesome]

the paint color is plasti kote's engine enamel universal grey.  i really like the way it has come out.

[cbsrawesome]

i found myself in a bit of dilemma this weekend.  how to get the bike down off the shelf.  why i put it up there in the first place escapes me.  nonetheless, my friend and came up with a very unconventional, slightly dangerous, and in the end successful method of getting her down.

when the engine was originally on the ground, we had her on rollers.  we screwed the two roller pallets together and propped the frame up on her

notice the giant a$$ chunk of paint i took out of the rear brake caliper...sigh...

we put the shocks and front wheel on, and had intended of sliding the yellow bench under the front to give more support for rolling her down.  we soon realized that the original tressels we built were lower than the shop bought one...

so we took the wheel and shocks off and somehow slid it under.  then we lined up the ramp

put the front back together.  getting those two rolling pallets out from under the motorcycle in order to roll it down proved to be a challenge, and what seemed like an unbelievable amount of small adjustments with the bike almost tipping over, but we finally got it down!

[MoMo]

Looking good, that is some cramped quarters you're working in, but at least it seems like it is dedicated to your use, Larry

[tango911]

I was going to dog you out, as well, saying leave it alone, but I think its really going to be nice.  Everyone has their own taste.

Looking sharp!!

[cbsrawesome]

thanks tango!  you know, it's funny.  the more i "restore"/"refurbish" and redesign the bike, the more I actually end up not wanting to change much.  I've got to say, the next sohc i do, i'll probably just try to bring it back to it's original glory.  these bikes are so great and were built to a great standard.  i suppose there's just that little part of me that said, "i've got to do this one my own way" and see what happens.  i think i'll end up surprising myself in the end.

[cbsrawesome]

next up, some of the front end.  my tach and speed paint jobs were in pretty bad shape, and the rubbers, as well. so stripped em down and prepped for paint





painted them and they came out nice.  got new rubbers and chrome holders



got a new mounting bracket too as the other one was toast, broken in two places.  mounted them up and after some fooling around, got everything pretty much situated where i want them to be.



got a new right switch (will be rebuilding the other one at a later date) and the throttle handle with the brake back on too



here she is, front and back



i've been thinking a lot about the color of the engine.  while i'm not a huge fan of the car, i think the color is awesome.  what do you think?  it's called citrus fire metallic

[the technological J]

my guess is that your painting over some oil that u dont realize.....theres a lot of crap on the inside of those covers thats super difficult to get rid of... i would just wash em real good in some dish soap and make sure to be meticulous about how u handle them