Bryan Fuller's SOHC CB750!!!

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Has anyone seen this incredible build on the latest Cafe Racer TV??? OMFG and holy shit. The look on the PO is priceless as he watches these guys immediately start cutting apart his pristine CB that he bought new in '69. As soon as they roll it onto the lift, out came the angle grinders! Ripped it apart in 25 minutes... The result is probably the most bad ass SOHC's I've ever seen. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any pics of the bike anywhere. Some rich dude commissioned the build and pulled up to the Barber Motor Sports track in a slick CLS63 AMG (I think). This slide show doesn't show the finished bike, though. Scroll down the page to Fuller's build.
http://www.caferacertv.com/tag/cb750/
 
Yeah I saw that. Not totally sure what I think offit yet. Yeah the bike is probably the coolest sohc 750 I've ever seen, but did he have to use a sandcast 69?! The rarest year out there? Any other year 750 id be perfectly ok with hacking up, cause there are literally tons of em out there. But it kinda seemed like he was going for shock factor with this build. Not quite my cup of tea, sweet end result tho.
 
Idk...imho, a cafe racer should be a mainly stock frame, not just stock headtube. Looks to me like he built a modern looking streetfighter with a vintage motorcycle. Not really my thing...
 
It took me a sec to get used to the seat, but I absolutely love the stance of the thing. It's probably because I've been riding sport bikes so long that I dig the edgy builds (I'm a big Roland Sands fan, too). They did chop up that frame, didn't they? Like a swarm of Egyptian beetles! :-D
 
been talked about to death....

yeah some people think it looks cool....
but its no cafe racer.....

rear cafes should perform and not just look

there is NO WAY that bike actually performs. personally i think that its a worse performer now then it was stock

its fine that they build the bike for looks. OCC does that every day and thats what this bike is. I just dont like that they try to pass it off as a performance bike. or the fact that they could have chopped up any bike to do that and didnt need a one owner K0 with amazing history that is now gone for ever.
fullers bike will be dated and forgotten soon.
a 75K miles one owner K0 would have been a great piece to have forever
 
I beg to differ. The weight savings alone improves performance. "The enemy of speed is weight" (Unknown source.) Brakes, suspension and exhaust were changed as well to updated and custom components. I don't know if they did any engine work, however. I argue that it is very much a cafe racer if not a cafe bike. IMHO, the looks are functional in that the aggressive riding position allows more efficient rider input. I also think it's a work of art and in the art world there is a saying that "To create art, you must kill the father". Sand cast schmand cast. :)
 
biker_reject said:
I beg to differ. The weight savings alone improves performance. "The enemy of speed is weight" (Unknown source.) Brakes, suspension and exhaust were changed as well to updated and custom components. I don't know if they did any engine work, however. I argue that it is very much a cafe racer if not a cafe bike. IMHO, the looks are functional in that the aggressive riding position allows more efficient rider input. I also think it's a work of art and in the art world there is a saying that "To create art, you must kill the father". Sand cast schmand cast. :)
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X2, and I completely agree!!!
 
It's already been 'done to death' on a couple of threads here and even further on SOHC4.net.
It may be 'art' but Fuller doesn't know what he's doing .
removing linkage from STOCK Yamaha then fitting shock direct to swing arm will mess up rear suspension.
Removing all brackets from STOCK CB750 (weak) forks will make it liable to weave all over the road.
Stick it in a glass case and everything will be fine.
Fuller's comments make him come across as a total douche bag.
I felt (feel) strongly enough about it to e-mail the shows producer (Chet Burks)
 
I thought it looked kinda cool. But I also wondered why it was on the show. It isn't a cafe racer.
It definitely should not have been the first featured build of the second season.
Shit... I'd ride it... It would be a blast, I am sure. But given the choice, I would choose to own the "before" bike. I am no purist, but what a great vintage specimen.
-chris
 
My bad. I did a search for Bryan Fuller and this build and didn't see a topic posted in Loungin' or Cafe , so I started one... I lllike it. Can you guys tell? :-D
 
It's "Reality TV" right, so that means it's not real. Sure the bike is real but trashing good parts was partly for the cameras, but things like the gauges were put away nice and safe and a junk set were thrown in the dumpster. It's about shock value.

This has been debated to death and was designed to get people talking and watching the show and to generate business and publicity from Fuller Customs. Nicely executed even though it's not necessarily the way I would have done it.
 
I work in production and totally agree with teazer. All shock value. There's no way they'd throw away sand cast parts that could easily be worth more then that bike is now. I just rescued a pristine fender off of a half cast that someone ruined and I'll bet I could get a few hundred dollars for it from someone doing a restoration.


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I like the 550 he built a couple of years ago better. I saw it in person at Barber last year and it was amazing.
 
not sure what i think about it yet.

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Don't like it.....just doesn't look functional....

No to mention his rear suspension engineering is nightmarish.
 
Kanticoy said:
Don't like it.....just doesn't look functional....

No to mention his rear suspension engineering is nightmarish.
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Yep, the shock placement means
1. it has to have a real stiff spring, don't know leverage ratio but it looks high? (I'm not going to do any scale drawings or math on it)
2. mounting has to be MUCH stronger as it's trying to tear it off frame, it doesn't directly 'feed' stress to steering head

USMCRIDER said:
Is it normal to need that many balancing weights on that rear wheel? :eek:
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Only when something isn't done right.
A professional motorcycle tech (instead of a car builder) would have a real good idea how to overcome the 'problem'
It isn't as low as some of the previous pictures make it look though.
Still needs a fork brace, front end is lowered more than it looks.
I can't place it, but, something doesn't look right with the carb mounting angle?
 
Auww! That Japanese flag paint job that was in the rendering is inspired, and I'm pissed that I never thought of that. It doesn't really translate on the finished product though.
 
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