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'82 750e Cafe Love

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Just thought I would post up some bike porn for y'all. I've been scoping the forums for a long time, and finally feel up to posting my work.

Here's the bike when I got it (yawn):
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I know some of you will hate me for ruining a beautiful stock bike, but it just didn't fit me. I have very short legs and the stock setup was way too tall and heavy for me. Not to mention I think the gauges were god awful and the tail way too long. I've since sold the body pieces to another GSR user, so they are going to good use.

Here's how she stands now:
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rear.jpg


so far:
  • clubman bars
  • new mirrors
  • acewell speedometer
  • custom seat
  • custom tail-lights
  • repainted front fender and tail
  • repositioned electronics under seat
  • pod air filters
  • mac 4-1 exhaust
  • dynojet kit

next up:
  • engine painting
  • frame painting
  • SS lines
  • clipon bars
  • 11" shocks
  • rearsets

And just for fun, here's my current crew.
I'm the meat in this honda sandwich:
'76 CB550 and '02 CB750 (Nighthawk)

gang.jpg
 
jonmasaya said:
Just thought I would post up some bike porn for y'all. I've been scoping the forums for a long time, and finally feel up to posting my work.

Here's the bike when I got it (yawn):


I know some of you will hate me for ruining a beautiful stock bike, but it just didn't fit me. I have very short legs and the stock setup was way too tall and heavy for me. Not to mention I think the gauges were god awful and the tail way too long. I've since sold the body pieces to another GSR user, so they are going to good use.

Here's how she stands now:
side.jpg





so far:
  • clubman bars
  • new mirrors
  • acewell speedometer
  • custom seat
  • custom tail-lights
  • repainted front fender and tail
  • repositioned electronics under seat
  • pod air filters
  • mac 4-1 exhaust
  • dynojet kit

next up:
  • engine painting
  • frame painting
  • SS lines
  • clipon bars
  • 11" shocks
  • rearsets
And just for fun, here's my current crew.
I'm the meat in this honda sandwich:
'76 CB550 and '02 CB750 (Nighthawk)
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Nice look; when you go to the 11" shocks you gonna lower the front as well?
 
Sweet lookin bike..how did you mount the tail/seat piece? I like the look of the bike being shorter...seems like standard GS's were really long...


DDM
 
Detroit Diesel Man said:
Sweet lookin bike..how did you mount the tail/seat piece? I like the look of the bike being shorter...seems like standard GS's were really long...
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Totally agree. The long tails are ugly.

The tail piece is attached with some metal strapping screwed in to the bottom of the fiberglass and bolted to am existing mount on the frame. It's a temporary solution. I want use some sort of hinge for easier access eventually. Trying to do it without welding if I can.
 
I have some short ohlins piggy back knock off shocks you might be interested in.Adjustable preload and damping. Think they are about an inch shorter than stock.

Dan
 
Just wondering, how long does it take to get monkey-butt on that seat? Doesnt look too comfortable
 
gearhead13 said:
Just wondering, how long does it take to get monkey-butt on that seat? Doesnt look too comfortable
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Ahaha. :lol: It's actually not too bad for me. I'm used to riding my bicycle everywhere, so its an improvement for my butt. For rides an hour or so it can get rough though. Bumps on the road are more noticeable as well. It's also a sacrifice I made to get my feet closer to the ground. I'll add another layer or two of padding once I lower the suspension some more.
 
hillsy said:
You can shorten the forks internally - so you don't have to have them sticking out of the top triple:
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Seems like a lot of work. I'm all about simple solutions. Do I have to cut the spring as well?
 
You did a great job customizing that bike.Love the over all look,but like Octain asked where are the side-covers? If you could get them to fit (customize if needed) it would give the bike a more finished look.I think your bike would turn alot of heads in my part of the woods ,building a bike is all about building it for yourself, keep up the good work!
 
Mad GS 750 E said:
You did a great job customizing that bike.Love the over all look,but like Octain asked where are the side-covers? If you could get them to fit (customize if needed) it would give the bike a more finished look.I think your bike would turn alot of heads in my part of the woods ,building a bike is all about building it for yourself, keep up the good work!
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Thanks man! The sidecovers were too wide for me to get my legs around. Sold them off. I prefer the naked look without them anyways.
 
jonmasaya said:
Seems like a lot of work. I'm all about simple solutions. Do I have to cut the spring as well?
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A lot of work? Less than doing new fork seals :rolleyes:

If you have a spacer up top you cut that the same amount as the length of the spacer you put under the damper rod. If you don't have a spacer, you can try and "compress" the fork spring (if they've sagged you might be in luck :D) or cut down the spring.
 
Love how it's coming. Where did you get the exhaust? & did you have to do any carb work with the new pipes?
 
jonmasaya said:
Seems like a lot of work. I'm all about simple solutions. Do I have to cut the spring as well?
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I've just pulled apart the forks on my 1100 EZ. The hardest part about the whole thing is pulling the forks out of the clamps, which you're going to have to do to push them up farther anyways. Since you'll have to do it anyways, difficulty should be about the same. Plus, inspect and/or rebuild your forks at the same time!

Hillsy, is that red bit you highlighted a PVC spacer, or is it metal? I don't have it on my bike's fiche, just a small piston with an o-ring around it that sits right beneath the adjuster.

Either way, aluminum or PVC, should be easy enough for a hacksaw.
 
huzier said:
Love how it's coming. Where did you get the exhaust? & did you have to do any carb work with the new pipes?
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The exhaust is Mac 4into1. I got it from http://www.procycledepot.com/. They have free shipping on orders over $99, so saved a bunch there.

The Mac exhausts will normally work without re-jetting the carbs if you are using the stock airbox. (which also means you won't get much performance gain from them). I chose it for the look and price.

I also put pod filters on though, and those definitely require re-jetting. I picked up the DynoJet Stage 3 kit. I also needed a replacement petcock to accommodate the increased flow.

Turtleface said:
I've just pulled apart the forks on my 1100 EZ. The hardest part about the whole thing is pulling the forks out of the clamps, which you're going to have to do to push them up farther anyways. Since you'll have to do it anyways, difficulty should be about the same. Plus, inspect and/or rebuild your forks at the same time!
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Cool! That's definitely preferable to having stubs sticking up from the triple. I still need to find a way to get the weight off the front though. Might just borrow my friend's bike-jack.
 
Turtleface said:
Hillsy, is that red bit you highlighted a PVC spacer, or is it metal? I don't have it on my bike's fiche, just a small piston with an o-ring around it that sits right beneath the adjuster.
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The schematic is for a (newer) GS500 which has a metal spacer above the springs. I don't think the older GS models had a spacer, so you can either try and compress the existing spring (if they are a bit sagged you might be in luck), or cut a few coils out (cut them from the "tighter" coiled (or top) end).

The spacer below the damper rod can be metal or PVC, but probably best to go metal down there (it will cop a bit more of a beating on rebound than the top spring will).
 
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