Cafe/modded 1970s CB750 pics?

[schleppy]

A friend of mine has a 1976 Honda Supersport 750, and he's looking for inspiration. If anyone has any pics/links post em up!

Here is what his bike looks like:

[Sheppo]

cb750cafe.com - custom cafe racers

here check it out ! Cool site

[schleppy]

Nice, thanks for that. Keep em coming!

[Beemer Boy]

This is one of my favorites sites. This is my first post here, so I hope it's helpful.


BCR Originals - www.benjiescaferacer.com

[smack doogle]

A friend of mine has a 1976 Honda Supersport 750, and he's looking for inspiration. If anyone has any pics/links post em up!

Here is what his bike looks like:

Cool, I'm currently working on my first rebuild. A 1974 CB750K. Very long and slow process so for. Picked up the complete bike (not running) last Dec. for $50. Here she is upon arrival.

[smack doogle]

Currently everything is off in boxes labeled. Frame is ready for paint. All chrome is ready for sand blasting. Once that's done I should have a rolling chassis. Then on to a running engine and electrics. I'm going for a cheap nice looking rebuild/cafe/street tracker. No show winner, something I can ride and have fun with.
Below is my inspiration. Once of Carpy's bikes from cb750cafe.com - custom cafe racers
He may want to check out this site also for local help on the Honda.
New England Honda Guys - Index or this one is good to
The Single Overhead Cam 4 Forums - Index
Tell him good luck and don't give up.

[Tabby]

What kind of inspiration does he want? I didn't have one of those, but I started riding during that era. Ditch the stock bars. Back then, clip-on and clubman bars were the extreme. Superbike bars were more livable. Actually before Superbike bars, CB400F bars were the hot choice. A classic 50$ cafe fairing would be the next thing. Those are still available in various catalogs for around that price. Ditch the rear shocks. Again, back in the day, around here, Koni 7610 series shocks were very popular. Don't know what a modern equivalent would be. I would shoot for at least a current brand that has some damping adjustments and is rebuildable. Could be a wee bit costly, but worth it. While you are back there, check to see if there is slop in the swing arm pivot. I'm not sure, but those bikes may have had bushings instead of needle bearings. On the front end, most of us went up one weight on the fork oil, and either modified the fork caps with shrader valves {8 to 14 psi}, or put in heavier springs. Check out Progressive Suspension{springs}, RaceTech{springs, cartridge emulators}. On the engine, since he already has a pipe, he could go with some K&N "pod" filters. Those bikes responded well to those. A friend of mine had an older "K" 750 that had a Hooker header and pods. He had to go up quite a bit on the maiin jets to make the engine happy.
Today, if he goes that route, I'd highly suggest a dyno shop that has an exhaust sniffer. It would make that process much more accurate. Back then, for those kind of carbs, there were no "jet kits".
I'm sure some other,,, ahhh,,,, older gentlemen will chime in with some good suggestions. If most of those things are done, especially the suspension stuff, he will have a sweet vintage machine that can be ridden at really good pace, all day long. This is coming from an aging fart who is still flogging his 86 GSXR.

[CBGB]

Just Finished up a CB750FCAFE I will post some pictures today or tomorrow.

[CBGB]

Here are some pictures of my 78 750 cafe This was a wreck that we totally rebuilt
Viper ferring, clubman bars, Air-Tech rear tail, custom seat, lowered couple inches, bar end mirrors, custom paint
any questions feel free to email
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[schleppy]

CBGB, that thing is awesome!

[FirstDuc-1098]

wow, these are cool. I knew I should have kept my 79 CB750

[obsolete]

Here are some pictures of my 78 750 cafe This was a wreck that we totally rebuilt
Viper ferring, clubman bars, Air-Tech rear tail, custom seat, lowered couple inches, bar end mirrors, custom paint
any questions feel free to email
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That thing is hot like a 20 dollar pistol.

[CBGB]

THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE COMPLEMENTS IT TOOK ABOUT 8 MONTHS TO DO IT SO THE NEXT THING IS TO GET TO PUT MILES ON IT.

[Gr8lite]

Here ya go!

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[-jro-]

Here ya go!

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