« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: First custom  (Read 4012 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Sully_PA

  • Guest
First custom
« on: July 31, 2008, 08:21:20 AM »
I'm getting ready to do a build with a 74' cb750...I thought I wanted to do a café but after looking at the bobber/choppers I've decided to go that route...I really like the syle.... I'm getting ready to start as soon as the 79' vette I'm working on is done this week and I'm collecting the parts I'll need for the project I want. My first question has to do with wheels.....been thinking of going with mags and I've been searching the forum like mad ...found a list of bikes that match up with our axles. I'm looking at sport bike mags.... I've read you can get most metric rears to work but was wondering about the front ....can they be made to work well also and how big a job is it to setup the disk brakes for both? would a complete front end swap be easier? might there be a list somewhere of bikes that will swap over ? Thanks ahead of time.....Sully
Logged

martino1972

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2008, 09:36:55 AM »
cool......i love bobbers.....make sure you take millions of pictures...
Logged

Offline Hush

  • Finally they realise that I am an
  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 6,761
  • "Lady, I've heard it all before"!
Re: First custom
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2008, 09:40:59 AM »
I second that. ;D
Logged
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

martino1972

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2008, 10:04:56 AM »
p.s. thanks for the avator you got........you got me hit my screen and make a fool out of myself,trying to take the bug of the screen... ;D ;D
Logged

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2008, 01:30:18 PM »
lol  ;D
Logged

Offline mystic_1

  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 6,071
  • 1970 CB750K
Re: First custom
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2008, 04:40:58 PM »
heh, I think it was orfeen who used to have a similar image as his sig.

:)

mystic_1
Logged
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
- John Augustus Shedd

My build thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=68952.0

Offline Spikeybike

  • when planting C4 at your enemy's base make sure you don't use a
  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,265
  • member #1150
Re: First custom
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2008, 04:49:15 PM »
Quote from: mystic_1 on July 31, 2008, 04:40:58 PM
heh, I think it was orfeen who used to have a similar image as his sig.

:)

mystic_1

ofreen got me with that one so i was not fooled this time  ;D
Logged

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2008, 12:20:11 PM »
This is the look I'll be shooting for only with a cb750

Logged

martino1972

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2008, 12:23:30 PM »
you just made my day with that picture,ive been looking for a idea of what to make of my cb750,and this just hits the spot...
Logged

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2008, 12:48:20 PM »
Logged

martino1972

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2008, 12:56:21 PM »
cool,not a bad price either...
make sure you make a tread in the project section with lots of pictures..
i will be making my own rigid rear end,but im looking forward to see your project come to live
Logged

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2008, 01:20:56 PM »
This is it!!!!!! ;D ;D
« Last Edit: August 02, 2008, 01:23:31 PM by Sully_PA »
Logged

martino1972

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2008, 01:50:12 PM »
yeah,after posting that,i thought...oh crap,this is the project section.. ;D ;D
Logged

Offline KB02

  • Take it easy there, Sonny, I'm an
  • Old Timer
  • ******
  • Posts: 3,760
Re: First custom
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2008, 02:53:52 AM »
sweet tail!!   ;)  I love the look of an actual hard tail rather than just struts.
Logged
1978 CB750K Project
2000 Ducati ST2
...and a pedal bike

Join the AMA today!!

My project thread Part I: K8 Project "Parts Bike"
My project thread Part II: Finishing (yeah, right) touches on Project "Parts Bike"

Offline Hush

  • Finally they realise that I am an
  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 6,761
  • "Lady, I've heard it all before"!
Re: First custom
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2008, 04:28:50 AM »
Their advert bike is cool as too.
Logged
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2008, 08:17:32 AM »
Now for a few questions I want to put a 16" rim on it and the largest tire I can using the stock hub and axle. It came with spacers so I could use them..the tail measures 9" inside to inside width..What do you think is the largest width I can go.....can I maybe get a 16 x 3 and a 150 on it....also wondering about the height ....To keep this height what tire size do I need.(stock tcb chopper photo not my bike)...and if I choose to lower it what size? .... I'm looking to tack the rear on with rim and tire so I can setup the braces for the fender on the frame. I'm looking at Harley 40 spoke for the back ....thinking about keeping the front stock size not sure. thoughts....thanks in advance. Sully
Logged

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #16 on: August 10, 2008, 05:42:45 PM »
Figured it all out ........

Well no pics till tomorrow but got he bike stripped...cut off the tail and put the new tail in place ....on the bad side at the start I jacked it up with the floor jack and started to slide some blocks under it when it got away from me and fell over #$%*! Dented the left side cover and oil poured out....now I need to find a new one.....was a dumb ass mistake caused by rushing
Logged

Offline Spikeybike

  • when planting C4 at your enemy's base make sure you don't use a
  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,265
  • member #1150
Re: First custom
« Reply #17 on: August 10, 2008, 06:31:09 PM »
Quote from: Sully_PA on August 10, 2008, 05:42:45 PM
Figured it all out ........

Well no pics till tomorrow but got he bike stripped...cut off the tail and put the new tail in place ....on the bad side at the start I jacked it up with the floor jack and started to slide some blocks under it when it got away from me and fell over #$%*! Dented the left side cover and oil poured out....now I need to find a new one.....was a dumb ass mistake caused by rushing

don't mean to be a downer , but i really think you should brace it all up with scrap stock, and pull the motor . before doing this kind of major frame mod .   not that it's not possible with the motor in .  but your gonna want to move the frame around to weld and grind certain parts of it (the bottom for one)
lets say , you weld the whole top of it , then go to turn the frame over , now the weight of the motor is pulling on unfinished hot welds... not good
 then you still have to grind it . 

just my 5 cents
Logged

Offline 754

  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 29,058
Re: First custom
« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2008, 09:35:19 PM »
140 tire will just kiss the chain..


 you can go bigger with offsets but save your money to put into stuff that is more visible..

.. if you want to rake it a bit, now is the time..
Logged
Maker of the WELDLESS 750 Frame Kit
dodogas99@gmail.com
Kelowna B.C.       Canada

My next bike will be a ..ANFOB.....

It's All part of the ADVENTURE...

73 836cc.. Green, had it for 3 decades!!
Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2008, 07:31:22 PM »
Spikey: I never intended to do the job with the motor in just left it till I was done cutting off the back .. thanks for the heads up though.

754: not sure if I should rake it...may just stay stock with it...on the fence....

Ok a few pics .... after I cut the back off I mocked it up just to get a look at it .....then tonight I got the motor out of it ...also a shot of the damage the dumbass move of mine made to the cover ....haven' a little bit of a hard time finding one....





Logged

martino1972

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2008, 07:35:59 PM »
this will be closely followed by ...me.!!!
very interesting build,and you use lots of pictures,thats good,very good.. :P :P :P

sucks that you got that dent....
what did you do to make sure the back rigid is square on the frame..????
Logged

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2008, 07:51:39 PM »
If you look at this pic  on the bottom you see the hole? That uses the swing arm bolt and the curved part sits right against the cross brace on the bottom of the frame. Once you have it bolted in on the bottom it's pretty much square.
Logged

Sully_PA

  • Guest
Re: First custom
« Reply #22 on: September 05, 2008, 08:18:58 AM »
Can anyone give me a heads up on how to remove the axle from the front hub of the gl 1000? Dont want to screw anything up.....
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »