Recent content by paultsmith

This seat may not be for everyone, but I'd though Id share because I haven't seen anything like it on this site. Its functional and makes it easy to carry a second passenger. Swivel is not a fan, as I'm sure others are not too. Although Swivel thought he'd let me know by sending me 2...

The gauges are from Parts N More, http://www.partsnmore.com/ They connected with the OEM cables and were a breeze to install. Yes, I did the seat myself. I either needed to cut off the grommet section from the tank or blend the seat into it. The seat was a lot of bondo/sand/bondo/sand. Also...

Here is my 1980 CB750F: Some of the mods include: LEDs Idiot lights mounted inside the upper fuse box Single red LEDs mounted in mirror mounts that flash with turn signals Custom aluminum battery box Two-up seat. Removable cowling to cover rear passenger seat Star pattern drilled rotors DIY...

Thought I'd share my seat for those who want to carry a passenger and still obtain that bubble hump look. I made the main part of the seat by carving a mold out of florist foam, covering it with metal tape and then fiber glassing over top. To create the removable seat cover/cowl I did the same...

I'm in Alberta too. Medhat

From what I remember there is a circular clip that holds the everything in place. After you remove the rubber cap, you need to do is push down on that metal cap. THen you can use a flat head screw driver to pry out the circular retaining ring. The ring is split and you can see the split at...

I bought the stuff at a local big box store. Canadian Tire, in Canada. It is just regular fiberglass resin, any store should have some., I think Walmart carries this stuff too.

There was quite the discussion going on at cb750f.com in regards to cafe-ing bikes especially the cb750f. Here are some posts Joined: Mar 12, 2010 Luba, I have not intentionally singled you out. Your bike is an F, although not my cup of tea, it is still an F, and belongs here. I however DO...

Just stay with it and it should work. I have an 81 XS400 too and did not want to cut anything off of the frame. You can check out my seat build here. http://dotheton.com/index.php?topic=9500.0 http://dotheton.com/index.php?topic=9500.0 I used florist foam and spray adhesive, butbet that the...

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The tail light isn't too bright. It is not DOT approved, but it is E-marked (european approved). They are bright enough however and the brake is fairly bright too.

Re: 1976 KZ400 Cafe Transformation (First Motorcycle) -Just Drilled My Rotor I would suggest buying a counter sink bit to chamfer the hole. Just buy the cheapest one when it comes to this as you will only need to hold it at each hold for a second and it should last for the duration of the...

The ones from partsnmore are 10" in length compared to the 8" from mikesxs The partsnmore ones are buried in the CB750 SOHC section.

MikesXS has a cam tool breaker/riverter kit for $44, and you can get free shipping. I say buy it there, use it and either keep the kit or sell the thing on e-bay for $24, then you have only payed $20 for the job and have the satisfaction that you did all the work yourself. Part #35-0112...

I drilled my front rotor and was surprised how easy it was. I think I used a 1/8" bit followed by a 5/16", and then used a HSS countersink bit to clean up the edges. I bought 1 bit in each size and they are perfectly fine now, plan on doing 3 more rotors. I used Cobalt bits. The trick is to go...