Okie bobber

[kbmx613]

Before I start into this, I'd like to thank you guys for all the help and inspiration you've provided.
I've been around here for awhile, and it's probably well past time to start a build thread. I'm a college student, and am limited to working on the bike on weekends at the moment.

The bike is a 75 cb750 that I found through a family friend for $500. The day I brought it home:

I originally set out to build a cafe but it has definitely become more of a bobber project as things have progressed. Three things have remained the same: it is to be light(for a cb750), short, and fast.
In its current state with fender bob mocked up:

For the most part, all I've done up to this point is get the bike running, strip most of the excess crap off, clean the tank, and install the clubmans. (which I found out was no easy task)

My current focus is getting the suspension right, I've already dropped the forks 1.5" internally and I'm bidding on a pair of cb500 forks to bring it down some more. The shocks are temporarily shortened, but I plan on buying cyclex's drop shocks for the back.

Look forward to hearing your guys input!

 

[VonYinzer]

Re: Kurt's bobber. Project DCCL

Nice start man! Keep the pics/writeup comin'!

 

[troybilt]

Re: Kurt's bobber. Project DCCL

Really nice bike to start out with. Nice and clean. Good start so far and I really like the polished covers. Nice work there! I think a nice small seat would look killer on there. Something about 2" thick that follows the frame rails and has a small back part that rises up the finder. Once roughed in you could take it to have it professionally covered. I think that would look killer. What ever you come up with I'm sure it will look awesome. What kind of a tail light are you considering?

 

[VonYinzer]

Re: Kurt's bobber. Project DCCL

A nice old "limp dick" style taillight would look good with the style of seat Troy described imo.

 

[JRK5892]

Re: Kurt's bobber. Project DCCL

this is my all time fav bike! i hope you know what you have there! awsome scoot! let us knwo if we can help at all! bratt style seat 100% so you can put some of the college tail on the back!

 

[VonYinzer]

Re: Kurt's bobber. Project DCCL

this is my all time fav bike! i hope you know what you have there! awsome scoot! let us knwo if we can help at all! bratt style seat 100% so you can put some of the college tail on the back!

Is that all you think about Joe?

 

[JRK5892]

Re: Kurt's bobber. Project DCCL

pussy and bikes! what else is there to think about!

 

[kbmx613]

Re: Kurt's bobber. Project DCCL

Thanks guys.
Troy described almost perfectly what I'm going for on the seat, but i'm not sure exactly how I want it to rise up the fender, if at all. If not, it certainly would be cozy IF I got a girl on the back. lol
I have an old Lucas style taillight, and I have planned on building a side mount for it and the tag. I like the look of the limp dick lights on most bikes, but I really want to keep the side profile of the bike as low as possible. Plus, i think the fender will look sexy being bare after I get it smoothed and painted.
Any more suggestions?

 

[kbmx613]

Finally got around to making it run again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYoO9ojiUEM&feature=youtu.be