New member/New project underway

[Zook]

What was wrong with the donor bike?

[NorCalSuperF]

What was wrong with the donor bike?

Nothing as far as I know, I found the bike for sale in a local craigslist.com. ad, the bike was complete except for the carbs and seat and not crashed. I called and asked the owner if he would be interested in parting it out since it had ran in several previous ads without selling. I told him what parts I was interested in and what I was building and made an offer for those pieces, he called the next day and offered the bike without the bodywork and gas tank for a few dollars more, I countered and we agreed on a price. I had already removed quite a few parts before I snapped the pic of the bike in this thread.

What type of racing do you do? I'm impressed with your building skills. How does that CB750 ride, looks fantastic!

That GSXR Yoshimura pipe won't fit at the GS head as the GS exhaust ports have a wider spacing at the head than on the watercooled GSXR. Been down that road with a GSXR 1000 Ti header myself.

My racing days are long past, those were back in the mid-80's, still enjoy doing the occasional track day though. The Honda rides and runs great, it's an 80' CB750F frame with a 83' CB1100F engine the wheels, forks and brakes are from a 91' GSXR1100, swing arm/shock/linkage are from a CBR900RR, pipe is a combination of a Kerker header mated to a modded Bassani race end-can.

I'm aware of the exhaust port spacing differences between the GS and the GSXR heads and have already rough measured for what needs to be changed to get the RS-3 header tight under the GS. My plan is also to fit a Bassani style end-can to whatever header I mount to look similar to what I did to the Honda. That's still all just early ideas.

Trackday pic is me at the bottom of the "Corkscrew"@Laguna Seca.

[tone]

Hi NorCal
read & understood the post on the steering stem mate, the point i was making was my personal opinion only your stem is now down to what i consider the minimum thickness over more of its length than stock imo thats fine if you are happy with it but its not something i would do

cheers tone

[LilTinc]

just subscribing

I love that CBF-SS. My cousin had one when I was a kid and I've always wanted one (Maybe do one in the future). I'm going to pay close attention to how you engineer your linkage mounts. Please show us some pics, if you have any, of any frame bracing you've done.

[groundshock]

That Honda is INSANE. I've always wanted a CB750/900/1100 in that body style.

[Spyder]

PLEASE keep us all posted. You do some SICK BEAUTIFUL work! ! !

We would all like to see more.

Thanks for sharing...

[NorCalSuperF]

I've been getting a little bit of the "What's that thing gonna look like when it's done?" thrown at me. So, I gave my son a couple of "build in progress pics" and had him do a quick PhotoShop session of what my twisted vision of the GS is going to look like.

I originally planned to do the blue and white 81' AMA Superbike Cooley/Yosh theme but, after seeing literally dozens of them on the net I decided that I was going to head for something different. (I've noted a few built with the 79' Cooley/Yosh red graphics too.)

I'm going to take some "liberties" with the 80' Cooley/Yosh Vetter graphics designs and do my own spin on them. I'm not really keen on having "race sponsorship" logos on streetbikes but, the Vetter/Yoshimura logos just have to be there to make this thing work.

[jwhelan65]

Very Cool!!

I really like the black out look with the exhaust and the engine. I think the yellow will look really good, I would go with it...Do you have a close up pic of how you mounted the gauges?

[posplayr]

NorCalSuperF

Nice look; I screwed around using PC paint to try different color combos on my bikes. Helps avoid the I wish I had........

Love the fit on that pipe.

Pos

[steve murdoch]

Excellent idea, NorCal.
Even as a Photoshop pic i think it looks great. I am sure you will be the only kid in town with that paint job.
Is the pipe the Bassani from your Honda hot rod?

[first timer]

what did you use to paint the motor?

[LilTinc]

The graphics....

...Those are seriously cool. Same kind od idea I have for my '81 750e that's leaning in the corner with new parts slowly being stacked around it.

I've been trying to find pictures of any "factory support" riders from back in the early days of the GS in AMA Superbike but no luck yet (Anyone with pics please post them or send them to me).

NorCal, You're go'na get me in trouble 'cause Household-6 already thinks I'm spending too much time looking for "motorcycle stuff" on ebay and the net.

[NorCalSuperF]

Do you have a close up pic of how you mounted the gauges?

No gauges mounted yet, the pic shown just has the fairing hanging from a block of wood and couple of welding rods in the position it will be mounted at. I was going with the stock Suzuki speedo/tach until I saw that Acewell unit here on "dirtyfingers" bike, I ordered a #2802 model from Electrosport, it's supposed to be delivered to me this Fri.

Is the pipe the Bassani from your Honda hot rod?

Yeah Steve, that pipe was Photoshopped straight off of the "F" just to make the GS look complete. (I said in one of my e-mails to you that I was going to frame mount the fairing, changed that idea, I like the overall looks of the bike better with it closer to the forks.)

what did you use to paint the motor?

Again, that pic is a Photoshop, engine paint (and lots of other parts) will be done with a firearms coating made by Brownells, it costs around $40. a quart and is an "air-dry" product.

Thanks for the good comments guys,
NorCalSuperF

[first timer]

No gauges mounted yet, the pic shown just has the fairing hanging from a block of wood and couple of welding rods in the position it will be mounted at. I was going with the stock Suzuki speedo/tach until I saw that Acewell unit here on "dirtyfingers" bike, I ordered a #2802 model from Electrosport, it's supposed to be delivered to me this Fri.



Yeah Steve, that pipe was Photoshopped straight off of the "F" just to make the GS look complete. (I said in one of my e-mails to you that I was going to frame mount the fairing, changed that idea, I like the overall looks of the bike better with it closer to the forks.)



Again, that pic is a Photoshop, engine paint (and lots of other parts) will be done with a firearms coating made by Brownells, it costs around $40. a quart and is an "air-dry" product.

Thanks for the good comments guys,
NorCalSuperF

ah so basically same stuff as gun kote, (thats what i will be useing) Why the browning stuff and not gun kote?

[NorCalSuperF]

ah so basically same stuff as gun kote, (thats what i will be useing) Why the browning stuff and not gun kote?

Yep, essentially the same but different. The original Gun Kote is a product that needs to be oven baked, this stuff is air-dry and I already have the Brownell's on the shelf.

NorCalSuperF