BoneDaddy
Been Around the Block
I got this 750 from my father a while age and finally got to do some real work on it. He asked me to chop it since he's getting on in years and can't take on big projects anymore. The old man is about as cool as an old biker can get, always about the bikes and never about being a tough-guy, so I want to make something he'll like.
I've stripped it down and made myself a nice pile of scrap metal in the corner of my shop that includes the tail section, monoshock,center stand, the dumbest exhaust I've ever seen, and various other bits and bobs. The wiring harness is in a tangled mess after being cannibalized for a few pieces to make the bike run. Everything else is getting converted to single wire with inline fuses (a side stand safety switch with it's own relay? Come on...) I've raked the neck out an additional 10 degrees and the rear end is about as low as it will go with about 2.25 inches of clearance at the bike's lowest point. I still have to chop off a few more things, maybe swap on a longer front end with a dual-disk, get myself a new set of bars and figure out the tank/seat combo but I'm getting there. Here's a couple of pics of the build, sorry for the crappy quality.
This is the bike mocked-up before the rake job:
And after:
I need to make a solid strut to complete the hard tail and the old man suggested something adjustable. I was thinking a 5/8 grade 8 threaded rod would be suitably strong and it would be kind of cool to adjust the ride height. I'm still playing with ideas but I'll post whatever I come up with.
I've stripped it down and made myself a nice pile of scrap metal in the corner of my shop that includes the tail section, monoshock,center stand, the dumbest exhaust I've ever seen, and various other bits and bobs. The wiring harness is in a tangled mess after being cannibalized for a few pieces to make the bike run. Everything else is getting converted to single wire with inline fuses (a side stand safety switch with it's own relay? Come on...) I've raked the neck out an additional 10 degrees and the rear end is about as low as it will go with about 2.25 inches of clearance at the bike's lowest point. I still have to chop off a few more things, maybe swap on a longer front end with a dual-disk, get myself a new set of bars and figure out the tank/seat combo but I'm getting there. Here's a couple of pics of the build, sorry for the crappy quality.
This is the bike mocked-up before the rake job:
And after:
I need to make a solid strut to complete the hard tail and the old man suggested something adjustable. I was thinking a 5/8 grade 8 threaded rod would be suitably strong and it would be kind of cool to adjust the ride height. I'm still playing with ideas but I'll post whatever I come up with.