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I am new to the scene. Well, the Cafe Racer one anyway.
I have a few vehicles but as yet not a cafe racer.
I have big dreams and hope to put them into reality.
Been looking at CB750 options but at the first hurdle i am stuck!! lol. What age or mark is the best to use as a donor bike? I am based in the UK, Orkney, a small island to teh north of Scotland.
Been looking at this, it is some distance away from me but as its a total strip down and rebuild i dont suppose the condition matters too much and i could afford to buy blind, what you guys think?
What sort of roads do you have up there to ride on? Apart from trying to avoid those odd small sheep that grow up in those parts, are teh roads small and winding or do you have a chance to open it up? What I'm getting at is that maybe a smaller 4 or maybe a twin might be better suited to riding where you are than a heavy and wide old clunker - regardless of how cool an old 750 looks. Maybe build a street tracker which fits in the same general genre and is much easier to ride on rough or twisty roads.
The roads are fine, we got some tarmac last week which is great, lol. But seriously, we have a great mixture of roads up here. Its very much like the isle of man set up for roads maybe on a smaller scale. A few bigger A roads with the B's branching off them.
Not really interested in the speed aspect on this bike as have others to meet that requirement. Just always loved the style of them, also i am quite a big unit at 6'2" and 16 stone so might need a 750 to haul my ass around.
Loving all the products on " cognito moto ", shopping list is growing lol. Just need to source this doner bike.
Dude I rebuilt and chopped up an '81 750K and it runs and looks pretty sweet. Great bikes to work on, couple of things to look out for (cam chain tensioner bolt thread can strip and may need re-working) but really a pretty bullet-proof bike with a great engine and sweet lines. Tank is not to everyones taste (I really like it) as it doesn't follow the straight horizontal lines of earlier 750's, but totally workable. Check out my thread for a better look at what I did and how I did it - http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=72170.0
If you are thinking of a CB750, then I would go with the DOHC 750, they are usually cheaper and they have more power and handle a lot better. As cool as the SOHC 750's are, they don't perform nearly as well as the DOHC's. They have twice as many valves and use shims to set valve clearances so that is one thing to consider though.
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