1977 Yamaha XS750 Cafe Rebuild

Update: Got the back hoop seat bar made and welded on, I am starting to get pumped about fiber glassing my own seat... not so excited about the upholstery.





 
It's coming along nicely! I love those tanks for some reason, just have a nice shape and pre-dished sides, so cool. This guy did some neat stuff that wasn't overly expensive, watch towards the end and I think he has another close up of the bike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FcO90iGM5E
 
Spitfire151 said:
It's coming along nicely! I love those tanks for some reason, just have a nice shape and pre-dished sides, so cool. This guy did some neat stuff that wasn't overly expensive, watch towards the end and I think he has another close up of the bike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FcO90iGM5E
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looks and sounds really good. I wonder what kind of gauges he has because they look good. looks like double chrome guages.
 
I love seeing another triple. It looks like the PO did some work. Did he rebuild the engine himself or was it done at a shop? Have you checked out the Yamaha tripes site? You'll find all the answers there. I'd be worried about the tire hitting that loop without a kink. If you look at my build. My tire has touched the seat pan once or twice between the taillights over big bumps. I'm plannig to add heavier duty springs and possibly a small rubber bump stop to the shocks.
 
yea, i thought about the whole springs thing too, I am really banking on having just enough room but I guess i will find out if i hit a bump too fast, lol. And I was told the engine was rebuilt by a guy who owns a small car shop... it looks like he did a good job but i have not cranked the bike since the carbs have been cleaned. And dude, you have one of the sweetest bikes I have ever seen, Amazing job!
 
Update: Got the metal cut out for the seat! Can't wait to weld this sucker on, that way I can mount the battery and fiberglass a seat.


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Update: Watching my buddy Robert weld the back seat pan on, I cannot weld worth a damn. Sanding and cleaning it up tonight. Now I just have to find a good fiberglass kit.

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Update: After some bumping and grinding the seat pan is looking sweet. Got it painted black, this thing is finally taking shape!

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Update: After inhaling about 3 pounds of green foam... the cafe seat mold is lookin purty nice.

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Update: Fiberglass mold was a success! After adding about 6-7 layers of that liquid mess I actually have a seat I can work with! Totally dreading the sanding now...

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Update: Cleaned my work space... this is a much greater accomplishment than building a cafe racer. Place was a dump.

 
Spitfire151 said:
Looks cozy lol, I see some carbs are apart. Damn nice workshop ya got there.
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thanks, took me forever to clean it last night... hopefully things will move faster now. Question for you though, have you ever had a problem with bolt on handlebars moving? Mine are bolted on and do not move easily... but if I really jerk the hell out of them they will pivot forwards and backwards... I was looking for a solution to keep them still. Another guy wrote that he put rubber in between the bar clamps and rods and it helped.
 
Oh that's no good. I would use the rubber idea, I have yet to experience any issues like that with clipons.

Did you order the wrong size perchance?
 
looking really good! for the clip-on handlebars you can just cut open a soda can and put that in between before you bolt them on...
 
Update: Happy New Year!!! hope you don't have too bad of a hang over. I spent my new years break trying to perfect my fiberglass cafe seat and i think it is looking pretty spiffy. After sanding and bondo and sanding and bondo... then more sanding... I finally have the seat done, except for the padding and painting.

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I also cut the hole for my cool looking tail light enclosure... sorry, forgot to snap pics.

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And after weeks of watching videos on how to make cafe seats but absolutely NO videos on how to mount them to your bike... I decided to fiberglass rods that would bolt directly to my seat pan with wingnuts. That way nothing can be seen, very clean looking.

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