1982 CB900F build

[origin8or]

Hi folks, been a while since the last build but that's because I've been busy building. Just finished this 1982 CB900F for a customer and still have my own '82 900F (now a 985F) to finish as well as a 1982 XV920, 1977 GT500 and a 1990 Katana 1100.

Anyway, this bike started life as a donor bike for my own ride until I got a call from an interested party and had a deposit in hand. My bike got put on hold in order to build this one. So here are the photos from beginning to final product. It always seems like I am taking so many photos but then when I go through them all I find I am missing a ton of steps so I will try to explain...

The bike when I brought it home.

Then the teardown:

Frame de-tabbed, hoop added and seat pan for the new custom designed fiberglass tail I made.

The new solo-tail which matches the tanks raised center

Tape lines showing how it will be trimmed, you can also see the rearset mounts I welded on to support the CBR600 rearsets.

 

[origin8or]

So while the frame, swingarm and wheels were off to get powdercoated I started on the engine:

Entire bike theme is black and gold as per the customers request.

Back from powedercoating, tires mounted and re-assembly begins:

Outside for some shots - you can also see my frankenbike 985F

Tail trimmed and new tail light mounted

 

[origin8or]

Had a problem with the dual exhaust and the kickstand as well as the position of the rearsets so I opted for a new 4 into 1 V&H unit and made some cool mounting brackets on my friends plasma machine:

Starting on the bodywork, my least favorite part of the builds:

then off to a friends paint booth as it was still too cold to be painting outside in April:

Painting the GT500 tank too:

nice!

Back home to work on the seat. Made a fiberglass pan to rivet the material to.

And mounted to the base:

 

[origin8or]

Some beauty shots in the garage

Showing how I mounted all the electronics:

 

[origin8or]

And the final shots

The build sheet:
• New rear shocks
• All Balls tapered steering head bearings
• CBR600RR 03-06 SPEEDKING adjustable rearsets
• Custom plasma cut brackets (rearsets, exhaust & signals)
• CBR600 F3 kickstand
• Kawasaki ZX6R/636 Clutch and Front Brake perch/levers
• Goodridge steel braided brake lines (new DOT4 fluids)
• Custom designed fiberglass tail (1st of its kind)
• Custom fiberglass seat pan and custom stitched seat
• Lossa Engineering LED tail light
• Woodcraft Black Clip-ons custom milled to 39mm
• New headlight and bucket
• New headlight brackets
• New billet signals
• New grips
• LED “idiot” lights
• New 2.5” speedo and tach
• New 4 into 1 Vance & Hines exhaust
• SpeedCell lithium battery
• RK 525 Gold chain
• Frame and Wheels sandblasted & powdercoated gloss black
• Valve, engine and starter cover powdercoated gold
• BASF Limco Supreme paint - Black and Gold
• K&N oil filter
• MOTUL 10W40 Semi-Synth oil

And of course I made a mold of my unique tail. If you're interested in one for your ride let me know!

More of my builds can be found here: Chappell Customs

Thanks for looking!

 

[Maritime]

Classic black and gold. Nice.

 

[JustinLonghorn]

Hell yeah, man. Very nice.

 

[Nein_Collins]

Awesome! Inspiration for my 900

 

[NvgtrWiggles]

Lovely. Never was a fan of gold on engines, though.