CB750K7 Cafe Racer Build

[Doctor Jones]

Think I'll go for shiney with the bike as I have the weathered look myself! Now, where did I put my face cream?

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Loving the attention to detail.
Keep it up!

 

[Doctor Jones]

Thanks for the encouragement HD. All I can do is build stuff so I may as well make a decent job of it, eh? Its either this or therapy!

 

[SaltCityCafe]

Thanks for the encouragement HD. All I can do is build stuff so I may as well make a decent job of it, eh? Its either this or therapy!

Therapy might be cheaper but rarely does the therapist look as good as your bike LOL

 

[TonUpTracker]

woa!! that's clean

 

[Finnigan]

Wow, I had my engine soda blasted and the gasket surfaces didn't come out as well as yours!

 

[Doctor Jones]

That's it for today chaps. See you next week and have a great Sunday.

 

[Doctor Jones]

That's it for today chaps. See you next week and have a great Sunday.

 

[MotorbikeBruno]

Wow, this that is SOOOOOO CLEAN! Love to see the attention to detail as others have said. Great work sir. 8)

 

[Doctor Jones]

Thanks MbB. I've just been looking at that CBR600 of yours and I'm loving the colour scheme. I might have to borrow it for a CB900F I'm going to make an endurance racer out of. It's a bit of a tribute to Marco Simoncelli, God bless him.

 

[andycafe]

Wow continued impressiveness ;D

 

[Doctor Jones]

Finally getting somewhere with the motor.

 

[MotorbikeBruno]

Thanks MbB. I've just been looking at that CBR600 of yours and I'm loving the colour scheme. I might have to borrow it for a CB900F I'm going to make an endurance racer out of. It's a bit of a tribute to Marco Simoncelli, God bless him.

Thanks! I wish I had the time to do more to the darn thing, it runs and drives so it's on the back burner.... So many projects, so little time. I'd love to see what you do with a CB900F. Make sure you let us know if there's a build thread ;D

 

[Doctor Jones]

On to the carbs now.

 

[Doctor Jones]

On to the carbs now.

 

[Doctor Jones]

So I got talked into having these carb's Ultrasonic cleaned. I wasn't too sure what was involved but I'd heard that it was the latest and greatest thing since the invention of the internal combustion engine so, I parted with my cash, waited and got back a heavy-duty plastic bag containing the carb’s. I didn't check it for a week and OMG!!! When I got them out this is the result. Totally seized and way worse than when I gave them over. The guy had shut his shop and disappeared on holiday for the whole of January so I was stuck. I should have just stripped them down and not wasted the £50. Was I ripped off or is it my fault because I left them in the bag? I guess I'll learn a lot about these over the next day or so.

 

[Finnigan]

Thats a bad deal, sorry to hear about that. From the looks of your engine rebuild I'd say you're better off doing almost anything yourself. I bought a cheap ultrasonic cleaner and did my 750F carbs myself...learned a lot in the process too

 

[Doctor Jones]

Hi F. Sometimes I feel like that but when you think someone knows more about a subject than you it's hard not to believe them. It wasn't some back-street place either. No sweat, I've got them in pieces now so it's just a case of cleaning every part and re-assembly. What a mess though.....I could have left them alone but, ah, what the hell. Might as well learn now, eh?

 

[Doctor Jones]

Hi F. Sometimes I feel like that but when you think someone knows more about a subject than you it's hard not to believe them. It wasn't some back-street place either. No sweat, I've got them in pieces now so it's just a case of cleaning every part and re-assembly. What a mess though.....I could have left them alone but, ah, what the hell. Might as well learn now, eh?

 

[Finnigan]

Hope you took lots of pics, it took me a few days to figure out how they all went back together! Especially the choke springs