Topic: Finally...About to start a new project - my idea so far w/ a photochop

[greenjeans]

I've been searching Texas for a decent CB750 at a decent price for months now.  Every now and then, I'd pick up parts here and there.
Picked up a bunch parts/frames, and motors (2) over the holiday and now I have enough good parts to make a start.

Plan on making somewhat of a cafe bike.   Still need to find a Suzuki GT750 front drum - going a bit beefier vs the one I have on my 72.

Going to attempt all the metal work myself with some guidance from my old man (he taught silversmithing/jewelry/sculpture for 30 years) and a buddy of mine.
Got a super cheap planishing hammer at Northern Tools (we'll see if it's worth a crap) it should last long enough to make a tank, tail section and oil tank.
Plan on stretching a stock tank (always like the lines on them) and hopefully incorporating a double-walled insulated oil tank within or under the stretched portion.
Wish I had a Tig, but the little MIG is going to have to do - I'm getting better at making reasonably good-looking welds with it...practice.

I'm even going to try and make my own exhaust.  I plan on using stock headers and hopefully adding some megaphones very similar to what Benji uses on
his bad-ass Trixie bike.   Cone Engineering -  http://www.coneeng.com/  has a great site with megaphones, baffles etc.   This should be an adventure for sure.

Still have some bugs to work out in my mind - handlebar controls - internal throttle...we'll see.

Anyway, since everybody here likes photos - here's a photochop of what I want to do & a pic of my '72.  

Stay tuned - the fun begins this weekend.   And get ready for the slew of questions I'll be asking.



Big orange:



Any suggestions are greatly encouraged.

[MoMo]

Looks like you've spent quite a bit of time in the planning stage-that is one great looking concept.  Why the drum brake? Clean lines?  the combo gas/oil tank will require double caps and custom lines-that does not seem to show in your concept but I'm sure you realize.  Good luck with the project...Larry

[lofton05]

Looks like its going to be a sweet bike.  Thanks for posting the website for exhausts.  Thats what I have been looking for so I can create my own as well and hopefully should save me some bucks in the end. 

[FunJimmy]

It's always fun following your builds greenjeans.
This concept looks especially nice.
It has a light and lean look to it with the oil tank wedged up under the tank.
The larger front hub is a good visual too.

Any thoughts on the gauges?

Good luck

[greenjeans]

Just love the "look" of a gigantic drum brake - kinda cleans things up on the front end too - so many interesting details on them as well.
Those big thick/heavy clunky discs on the CB just never did anything for me.
I like the look of the modern discs, but I want to keep a vintage feel & disguise the bike a bit.  That will be one of my bigger purchases.

Going to run copper lines for the oil tank that run along the inside of the frame.  You'll see them, just not if you are looking at it directly from the side.  Oil tank filler
will be covered by the rear of the tank - not 100% on that, it will make it a slight pain to check oil level etc., but I can live with that.

As for guages...still up in the air.  Probably just run a small tach - that usually is the last thing I think about.  I'll have to hit a few flea markets & swap meets & see
what I can find.

[Syscrush]

NICE plan!

Plan on stretching a stock tank (always like the lines on them) and hopefully definitely incorporating a double-walled insulated oil tank within or under the stretched portion.

Fixed it for ya.

The only thing I ever dislike on 750's is the oil tank - if you do a nice clean job of hiding yours under a modded fuel tank you're going to have a lot of devoted fans.