1980 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer....project King Midas

westside cafe

Life is a blur at this point.
Zach picked up this road hog for $1200 bucks and made the mistake of telling the poor old guy that owned it we planned on stripping her down to her skivvies. LOL, he could've kept the saddle bags we wouldn't have minded. So the plan is to cafe her out in black and gold motif for as little dough as possible.
 

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Re: 1980 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer....preject King Midas

A quick mockup using another style seat pan. We've ordered another one from Roc City as we were so happy with this one. The tank is off of an older CB and is more than likely the tank that is going to get used unless Zach changes his mind.....again. LOL
 

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After months of enjoying it, we are finally getting to the tear down.
 

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Re: 1980 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer....preject King Midas

Is that what the engine looked like before? Or what did you use to clean it. Looks great.
 
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Look at the first pics. It was an old man bike before...I love old people. They take great care of their posessions. And sell for great prices ;D
 
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Clip ons came in thanks to ebay of course. Also a really rough mock up of the completed bike.
 

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Re: 1980 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer....preject King Midas

That is how it was when we picked it up. That's old man clean right there.
 
Re: 1980 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer....preject King Midas

So the decision has been made to convert this project to a monoshock with a modern front end. Leave it to Zach to go big lol. Anywho I finally get my chance to use these spoke wheels that are laying around Zach picked up a few months back. Thanks to another Tonner we got the idea to modify the hubs to fit the forks and new swing arm (whatever we end up getting) and relacing to 18" and 19" wheels. These 40 year old wheels were a bitch to get apart BTW!
 

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Re: 1980 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer....preject King Midas

feel like selling those comstars?
 
Re: 1980 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer....preject King Midas

Definitely is a possibility! How far to ship? Send us a message as these wheels are readily available out in AZ.
 
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