cxtex
New Member
I picked up this bike earlier this year as a candidate for my next cafe racer project:
I'm aiming for something like this (bike and photo credits go to Carpy -cb750cafe.com:
Here's how my CB project looks so far:
Current mods include:
Dyna ignition and coils
MSD wires
Raask rearsets
Fiberglass tank (sealed of course)
Fiberglass seat
Progressive rear shocks
Adjure tri-bar H4 headlight conversion
Woodcraft clip-ons
GL1000 front end with dual discs, trailing calipers, 37mm forks, Markland fork brace, Progressive springs, aluminum rimmed wheel (bolt on conversion)
Drilled front rotors
CBR600 master cylinder
Mods on deck (I have the parts, just need to put them on):
530 chain conversion (17-48 tooth sprockets and Diamond chain)
Steel braided brake lines
CC insert for Kerker 4 into 1 header (I had a Kerker can with the small baffle, but it was too quiet)
17 inch aluminum rim (gl1000) to be laced to CB rear hub (hopefully, this will not be too difficult)
Bearing conversion for swingarm
Future mods under consideration:
Battleax tires
New clocks (OEM gauges are not a direct bolt on to the GL1000 triple tree)
Ported head (I have a rebuilt head with HD springs and retainers, decked surface, and seated valves, but I don't want to stray too much from the stock engine. This will be my daily driver, and I don't want tempermental cold starts and diminished fuel economy)
I will try to add more pictures/notes as the project progresses. I welcome any comments, and if anyone sees me doing something blatently wrong, please point it out -this is only my second bike project and second bike I've ever owned; I am by no means an expert on this stuff, and any info I gather to finish this project only comes from my handy Clymer's manual, Google, the forums and my local motorcyle shop (Dougherty's -good peeps if you're in the area).
I'm aiming for something like this (bike and photo credits go to Carpy -cb750cafe.com:
Here's how my CB project looks so far:
Current mods include:
Dyna ignition and coils
MSD wires
Raask rearsets
Fiberglass tank (sealed of course)
Fiberglass seat
Progressive rear shocks
Adjure tri-bar H4 headlight conversion
Woodcraft clip-ons
GL1000 front end with dual discs, trailing calipers, 37mm forks, Markland fork brace, Progressive springs, aluminum rimmed wheel (bolt on conversion)
Drilled front rotors
CBR600 master cylinder
Mods on deck (I have the parts, just need to put them on):
530 chain conversion (17-48 tooth sprockets and Diamond chain)
Steel braided brake lines
CC insert for Kerker 4 into 1 header (I had a Kerker can with the small baffle, but it was too quiet)
17 inch aluminum rim (gl1000) to be laced to CB rear hub (hopefully, this will not be too difficult)
Bearing conversion for swingarm
Future mods under consideration:
Battleax tires
New clocks (OEM gauges are not a direct bolt on to the GL1000 triple tree)
Ported head (I have a rebuilt head with HD springs and retainers, decked surface, and seated valves, but I don't want to stray too much from the stock engine. This will be my daily driver, and I don't want tempermental cold starts and diminished fuel economy)
I will try to add more pictures/notes as the project progresses. I welcome any comments, and if anyone sees me doing something blatently wrong, please point it out -this is only my second bike project and second bike I've ever owned; I am by no means an expert on this stuff, and any info I gather to finish this project only comes from my handy Clymer's manual, Google, the forums and my local motorcyle shop (Dougherty's -good peeps if you're in the area).