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I had a very productive day yesterday. I got up and replaced the fork springs and did the fork oil as I've lost almost 40 LBs since I started this build. I already changed the Hagon shocks springs a few nights ago. Then I put the bike on my truck and went over to my welder. We worked on it from...

I have gotten to the point of hating black motorcycles. BUT, this build is an entirely different animal. It's so well thought out and executed that the black in combination with the red is spectacular. The red wheels are a perfect counterpoint and the silver accents on the motor make it pop...

They are nicely made out of Aluminum. The Rethal bars are also aluminum and nice quality.

I forgot to mention, currently the gas tank, front fender, rear fender / seat are over at a painter that specializes in show quality paint jobs. His attention to detail is almost OCD. I've lucked out finding such excellent partners on this project. I'm pretty fanatical about doing good...

Once I got my Rox risers, I borrowed a couple of sets of handlebars to see what felt and looked good. I ended up buying a set of low rise Renthal street bars. The combination feels excellent and looks great. The risers allow a ton of adjustment and give me clear access to the fork preload...

I just bought a brand new one of those and a compressor from a guy on Craigslist for $200. Decided I don't enough use or room and traded it to my welder to finish the work on my 77 CB550 build. Kept the compressor.

There's no cheap way out if you want to do it well.

Since I found out that the Cognito rear set that I bought doesn't fit my 77, I've been trying to figure out what to do with the foot pegs. I hate the bulbous big rubber stock pegs. I also rethought riding position and want to keep the stock location. I decided to see if I could find some old...

I knew somebody would know about the chain. It's bizarre looking. I bought modern crank and sprockets as they all fit. I guess this stuff has been standardized for a long time.

The bicycle is a Mercury bike that I'm guessing is from the 30s. It has chain and sprockets that I've never seen before.....it skips every other link and tooth. It was sitting in my neighbors yard rusting away. I asked about it and he gave it to me. I managed to save the frame and the fenders...

I put them back in the stock position and I'll live with that. It's not that big of a deal and it's working well, plus I cut down the front fender and it will fit a little bit better that way. I decided to use that because it has a built in fork brace and this spindly 35 mm tubes need all the...

Go on their website and watch his video. Pretty cool company. I have another companies version of that seat that requires fabricating all of the mounting hardware if you're interested in a tracker style seat.

Worked on it for a bunch of hours today. The front wheel was bound up and I spoke to to Jeff at Godferry's Garage and he recommended that I switch the caliper to stock front facing position. Because he's got so much experience and builds these for a living, I took his advise. It turns out that...

I remembered to take a few photos for you. The mounting bolts, front tab and where it goes into the rear frame. The 2 tabs are for a removable strip (velcro) so you can paint the rear section if you wish.

Thanks for the compliments. They mean much more when they are from people on a dedicated custom motorcycle site as the people here have experience and know what they look like. As far as the the $300 starting price, that's about the only thing that wasn't expensive. I've spent ridiculous money...

It comes with the mounting system. It has to bolts which go directly into the existing holes in the rear frame section. I the front it has a tab that goes under the gas tank mount. It's so obvious and yet I didn't think of it. It comes with 2 wing nuts so it's easy to take off and access the...

I bought a tracker style fender / seat from a European company and it's good quality and looks good. It requires fabricating a mounting system. I ended up looking on Tuffside seats website to see how they made the mounts and was so impressed with their video on their development process that I...

That is a beauty. I didn't know they made a 750 twin. I figured all Japanese 750s and up were in line fours by that point. they makes it doubly cool. Thanks for posting that for us to see.

Damn! That is some fine workmanship. I'm curious to see what the rest of the bike looks like.

Since I've discovered that the Cognito rear sets are not going to work, I'm going to use the original foot pegs and controls. I'd like to figure out something to modify the foot peg bracket and put on a better looking peg. The welder I'm working with is really a great fabricator also so if we...