Well I finaly got a bike (one thats here and not on the west coast) I decided I wanted to go the retro/classic route instead of buying a newer sport bike. As it turns out the same week i buy my bike i find out my father in law is tearing down, crating, and shipping our other bike out from CA. So now we'll have the 80' Yamaha XS400 to learn on, which will then become kristi's bike (she wants me to paint it pink and magenta for her) and also my bike.

The bike i picked up is a 1973 Honda CB750. Its the model most widely used to do cafe racer conversions. When i purchased it the seller gave me a spare frame and enough spare parts to more or less build a second bike. If anyone knows a good source for parts for these bikes let me know. here she is . . .











Its already got a custom paint job on it, but ill be redoing it, color suggestions anyone ?

nice find man my father had a honda bike never had any problems

Im looking to do a cafe racer style bike with it. They look like this.

good luck with it. i assume youll be riding with us at some point in the future?

Nice find Adam. Love the cafe look. You should swap out the front end with one from a newer sport bike.

nice find adam nice looking bike do it a flat black older bikes like that look awesome flat black and make the wheels ride you cant go wrong with black and red

flat black ftw!!!

nice adam, now me and you can cruise around on our vintage honda's. only yours is much faster than mine.

check out jockeyjournal.com they are big time into old cafes and choppers lots of helpfull info and i got a catalog at the shop called jammers all the old skool stuff in it

LOL maybe just a little bit, but i dont even know how to ride the little one yet so we'll see how it goes I have been thinking about flat black but I also kind of like the idea of doing the tank in a candy color.

does it happen to have small size turn signals that would fit my bike ?

you can go with the small harley style that bolts to your forks, there small rectangular shape

i think we may have to chat about parts sometime in the near future.

Wanna sell it

I am jealous...always wanted a cafe project.

how much >=) nah this ones gonna be with me till its perfect.

man working on these things is sooooo much easier then cars. I worked on the bike for maybe two hours and ive got it torn down pretty far. I found a guy selling some custom bobber / cafe parts and i found a seat which i LOVE. I guess there are only 4 of these things in existance bc thats all he made before he killed the mold. Ill post pics when i go get it. Ive also got some LED turn signals that im going to figure out if i can use.

leds you need a 3 wire set up on the bike

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ok heres where its at tonight.












and these are the tail lights im thinking of using.

looking good adam

sweet sonnn

looks GREAT!

KJ how r u still alive?

looks like a pile of parts right now Im going to get that seat today and ill post pics. Im trying to figure out what to take off next seeing as im thinking about swapping everything to the other frame.

loooks interesting. i like your idea for it. god luck with it. be safe.

ok picked up the new seat and bars today. Def going to have to swap to the 75' frame. Hoping all the 73' parts will fit (although i know the side panels dont) Which means i will in fact be taking it down to bare frame and building back up.













Frame #2 tank and new seat


And a picture of the shop.

Good find hun, good luck with it

the work continues.








prob going to be using this frame. im going to grind off the parts of the frame for the rear pegs. smooth down the back of the frame and then media blast it and powder coat it.

Picked up a new rear wheel for the bike today. Its a 16" Harley rim laced to a chromed honda hub. gives the bike a lower stance and a wider rear tire. alot of the bobber guys use these and some of the cafe guys as well.





heres stock for comparison

Coming along nicely!

nice dude. your on your way!

the next thing to figure out is what i want to cut off the F code frame before it goes to media blasting.

Damn Adam, moving right along. Look's like one hell of a fun project!

this shit is addictive and i dont even know how to ride the damn thing yet Ive got an oil tank coming from canada, a brake assembly from CA, a custom headlight hood from Utah, and i just found a guy making retro look CF fenders . . . . >=) dont tell the wife.

Any updates?