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Cleaning up the Cafe

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Looks great! Can I ask you where you got you clubman bars from? Look very nice. Also noticed your front brake looks different than most.
 
I am pleased to report that last night I applied gasoline to the inside of my tank for the first time in about a year, and it kick started right up. I was worried it would take a while, and was quite surprised when it stated on the first real kick (I did do some priming kicks, which are necessary when running without a battery).

I ordered the bars online years ago. I don't remember where I got them from, but I know they cost about $20.

As for my brakes, they are stock, I just stripped and polished them.
 
I can't see why you'd spend $40 for paint when you can achieve that nice of a job otherwise. Well done. But, I have to say I'm not really fond of the cliche checkered flag design. :o But that's just me.
 
Love the bike, looks great IMO. I would like to know how you applied the license plate to the spring? Did you just fab up a mount or what?
 
The seat is mounted to a pan I made out of sheet steal. There are build photos in another old thread of mine, if you feel like looking.

The license plate is also mounted to a homemade bracket, but I need to make another one, as I was politely informed by the police that the license plate needs to be horizontal.
 
Can you enlighten me as to what capacitors are required and how they're wired? I'd love to eliminate the battery eventually, but was told the stator wouldn't operate without a battery.
 
That's a nice bike! I love cafe racers.

How did you french the taillight?
 
I don't remember what value the capacitors have, but I wired about 8 of them in parallel. Your bike will run without them, but since the current output of the stator varies with RPMs, you get a lot of weird behavior. You can by a pro solution, look for "motorcycle battery eliminator" on google.

As for frenching the tail light. It is mounted to a bar I welded to the frame, so I could put it wherever I wanted.

I has come to my attention that my pics are gone from my old threads. My photobucket account was probably deleted due to no activity.

Here is a blog I wrote chronicalling the whole thing:

http://www.build****dude.com/2011/07/suzuki-gs750-cafe.html

*edit: Hah, my blog's URL has a dirty word in it! Anyway, go here:

http://www.buildsh*tdude.com/2011/07/suzuki-gs750-cafe.html

And replace the "*" with an "i"

Guess I should have called my blog buildpoopdude
 
:clap:well done!:clap: bike and blog are great!

looks like you really like to paint. I dont think I have ever seen a bike be painted so many times.
 
cal_look_zero said:
Can you enlighten me as to what capacitors are required and how they're wired? I'd love to eliminate the battery eventually, but was told the stator wouldn't operate without a battery.
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I have done some research on this.
You will need a voltage rating of around 25v or higher and a capacitance of around 10,000uF or higher. You can achieve this by wiring some smaller capacitors in parallel or by getting a big capacitor.
 
Adler said:
I have done some research on this.
You will need a voltage rating of around 25v or higher and a capacitance of around 10,000uF or higher. You can achieve this by wiring some smaller capacitors in parallel or by getting a big capacitor.
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That sounds about right. I remember coming up with needing 6, and I think I went with 8. Finding smaller capacitors was a lot easier than a big one (for a reasonable amount of money). I think I paid $15 shipped for 25 of them.
 
whiterabbitt said:
looks like you really like to paint. I dont think I have ever seen a bike be painted so many times.
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Paint is cheap, at least cheaper than a new bike. I've often thought about buying another tank and tail piece so that I could swap between looks at will. But that would probably be going down a bad road (visions of dozens of tanks hanging from the rafters in my garage).
 
Hi, I was actually considering to use the rear cowl and tail light assy for my cafe racer. Would you consider building it for me? PM me if youre interested!
 
beergood,

I want to buy the clubman bars you have off ebay...what size should I buy or what specs for them to fit the factroy mounts and controls?

thanks
 
I don't remember the width of the bars, I bought them so long ago. The diameter is the standard 7/8" (I think). I will try to remember to measure them the next time I am out in the garage.

As for making you a seat, the pan was very easy to fabricate. Although I can understand it being difficult if you don't have access to a mig welder or angle grinder. I would be willing to help you through the process. As for the leather and foam portion, my mother (who has a lot of upholstery experience) made those for me. And I can't imagine her agreeing to make another one. Sorry.
 
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