Topic: 1978 CB750 SuperSport Build

[CB_Jeff]

....Lots of nice F2 / F3 projects in the Project Shop, which I like to see. 
While Pale Painters Super Sport build is a (very) tough act to follow, I wanted to post an update.   Mainly cosmetic things:

 - I had the three rotors drilled,

 - A set of Frankie's sidecovers and also the stock headlight bucket chromed by Frankie's chrome guy,

 - Frankie's trick points covers (very, very cool part),

 - A black powder coated set of eurobars (from Dime City Cycles which I may or may not order from in the future, a little frosty on the customer support),

 - Napoleon bar end mirrors,
 
 - New JT Sprockets 530 sprockets and chain,

 - New set of plug caps

 - Refurbished the gauges, and

 - A custom tidy tail from the good folks at Zookmoto (thank Matt and Ben!) - they hooked me up with a one-off fender eliminator that will work with the F2 / F3 Frame and Aerotech's seat.... very clean solution for the tail light and the plate.

   





The spoiler alert is that I am a bit further ahead with the build now and have the body work back from paint and also my new set of IKON shocks.  Stay tuned for some more updates.

[madmtnmotors]

- A black powder coated set of eurobars
 

Be advised, the start button and the horn button are grounded through the stock handlebars. Painted/powder coated bars typically make for poor ground connections. Correcting the ground connection at the switch is only half of the equation since the ground connection where the bars clamp to the top of the tree has to be addressed as well.

Your project is coming along nicely. Looks good so far. 

[CB_Jeff]

Wilbur,
Received and good point on the handlebar grounding, everything appears to be working correctly, but I will certainly give it a second look.

[madmtnmotors]

Wilbur,
Received and good point on the handlebar grounding, everything appears to be working correctly, but I will certainly give it a second look.

When mounting the controls and bars you may have lucked out and gotten a good "bite" that cut through the coating at the mounting points. There have been numerous threads by members with painted bars that weren't so lucky. As long as they are working you should be fine. If the starter and horn ever quit working you'll at least know where to look first. 

[Stev-o]

Bike is looking good, waiting to see the body work.

Are you sure the bars are powdercoat and not black chrome?
DCC are basically resellers of others' parts.

[CB_Jeff]

Steve-o,

Thanks!  I also have the upholstery finished-up, I will try to get everything assembled and push it outside for a couple of photos tomorrow, I am pretty pleased with the way the paint turned out, it is definitely "sympathetic" to the original design, but also freshened-up just a bit.... even picked up a replacement set of tank decals, more on this tomorrow.

On the bars, they are powder coated, I am pretty sure that DCC took a set of Bikemaster Eurobars, sent them out for powder coat and marked everything up, the quality of the powder coat is good.  I bought them before I knew any better.