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hello all. my name is Jeremy. I have had the notion to build a bike for years. Lately ive been hell on wheels trying to find something affordable and a good platform.
I was looking at the cb350 however I realize that Im a little too big for a bike of that size. I ended up getting a '73 cb750 last week and I am going to slowly build into something I can learn to enjoy.
In case I forgot to mention it I have never been on a bike before. So learning to ride and building into a cafe is going to be good time. I appreciate the resources and the questions I may ask to anyone here.
Does your 750 run? I'd start by making sure the bike runs well and then learn how to ride. If you have any friends with smaller cc bikes, even dirt bikes, I'd ask them to teach you on something of that nature. Riding motorcycles isn't for everyone, so I'd take those steps first to find out if it's something you want to do. Then if you do choose to get into bikes, you have the knowledge and a running bike to being working on. Good luck!
no offense jim but that is terrible advice. No sense in dumping $800 (cost of a low budget cafe build) into a bike that won't run. Racer 650 is right get the thing in rideable condition and then focus on cosmetics. If you don't have tools/ workspace/ mechanical inclination you may find yourself way over your head in repairs/ mandatory maintanence. Get her safe and mechanically sound see how much that costs you and then move on to the pretty stuff. After oil/ filters/ tires/ chain/ fork seals/ battery/ points etc... that "great deal" just got pretty pricey. It's all part of motorcycling though. If you are in for the long haul and ,with these bikes you have to be, you will enjoy all of it. Now let's see some pics of that 750
First, you need to ride some before you have an idea of what bike you want. Second, there is WAY more to a project than making a bike look good. Making it look good comes after making it run well. Third, selling on a non-working bike is, at best, a great way to lose money.
Buy something which suits your needs and then ride it for a year or two. Discover the things you like about the bike and the things you don't. Decide whether or not these things are within your ability to change or whether the money is best used to buy a different bike. Then, and only then, do you start modifications.
If you don't know how to ride then you don't know if you've made a bike better or worse. You must have a baseline against which you can compare.
I didnt mean to come across like I was going to mod the bike before learning how to ride. I have been building Hondas and Subarus with 5 years of autocross and road racing experience so I know all about learn the vehile and mod to the specs you need to perform better. Yes, the bike does run. Also I would never sell a bunch of problems. Ive learned that from the car world that its just not something you do.
I have been doing to reading up and builds and looking over the bike to learn the mechanics. Ive been learning to ride slowly with the clutch(starts and stops) brakes and shifting etc. Its quite the learning curve but over all its not too bad.
As a professional photographer Im a little embarrassed to post up iPhone pics of my bike but it needs a bit of TLC but the bike is stored at my parents house 2.5 hours from me. here goes.
clubman bar mock up, they were removed shortly after...again learning to ride first.
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