T8's 750 Cafe Racer Project

[boontonmike]

looking good. good job on the welding. I'm starting classes at the local vo tech here in a month. Have a MIG but I can only lay the most basic bead down.

[JonnyC]

That looks siiiiick!

Picked up the front wheel today from the owner of the wheel companies house! Really really cool dude. They did not get my new front rotor in but will ship it to me on Monday. No worries though because there is plenty to do. I bought fiberglass sheets, resin, hardener, and a few little things here and there that will help me finish this baby up. Mocked up the front wheel and took some measurements. The good news is my monoblock calipers are going to clear with no problem! I just have to make a spacer for the rotor when it comes in. I think I'll probably end up anodizing the part black so it's not noticeable when it's all done. Anyways here are some pics

Curse you and your engineering abilities! I think you may have solved my rearset mounting issue...

Sweet! What is the offset for the bolt holes on the rearset brackets?

Not quite sure what you're meaning but I'll take a stab at answering your question. Are you meaning the distance between the two? It's something like 72mm. As far as the holes go they are both on the same plane so there is no offset

rearset brackets are weld or bolt on?

They are weld on. No need for so many bolts. . More weight and more flex

rearset brackets are weld or bolt on?

Sweet! What is the offset for the bolt holes on the rearset brackets?

I have been working like crazy on the bike (even though it looks like very little has been done). I welded the frame hoop in and got it true and straight which was a challenge but it turned out nice. Now I'm getting ready to weld in the shock mount metal. The rearset brackets are custom designed and machined by Ben and I. They are simple and do the job well. If anyone wants any I'll sell them a pair for $30. They work with 1994 gsxr rearsets.. In fact I can do them for whatever so just let me know. The sprocket was lathed down to 520 so I installed it and roughly started to line up the rear sprocket with it. Rearsets and new footpegs are on now and I'll get the front wheel tomorrow so we'll be able to make spacers on Saturday. THE END IS NEAR

A place in Mapleton did it for me. It's called Hjorth Brothers and you want to ask for Casey. Tell him that Tate sent you up and he should do it for $25. Pretty good considering prefabbed ones online go for about $50. He did a heck of a job on mine (mine was bent to 166° with a small radius instead of the standard 180° because of how I'm building my rear end) and nailed my dimensions perfectly. I just talked to him on the phone, in fact, and he'd be happy to help any of my buddies out.

I will have to check them out and see if they can do an up swept loop for me to match the tail section. Thanks for the info!

where did you have the rear hoop bent?

A place in Mapleton did it for me. It's called Hjorth Brothers and you want to ask for Casey. Tell him that Tate sent you up and he should do it for $25. Pretty good considering prefabbed ones online go for about $50. He did a heck of a job on mine (mine was bent to 166° with a small radius instead of the standard 180° because of how I'm building my rear end) and nailed my dimensions perfectly. I just talked to him on the phone, in fact, and he'd be happy to help any of my buddies out.

I fully agree it is a sweet looking tank



Where did you have the rear hoop bent?

[JonnyC]

Pics from the side please? That is sexy!

Damn that's a meaty tire, it looks mean on there.

They finished my rear wheel on Thursday so I went and picked it up after work. I also got a frame hoop mandrel bent by a shop not too far from me so I went and mocked up some things this evening.



The new Pirelli's


I'm going to have to come up with a wider bracket than I thought for my brake-stay but I should be able to think of something.


Here is the gap in the mounting locations at the rear of the gas tank. Shouldn't be too bad to fab something up to make it fit like a charm

Just checked back on this after a while good work so far man! Do you have any pics of what you are going for the back of the tank because the 1100 tank is quite a bit longer. That and are your handle bars going to hit the front of the tank while turning stop to stop?

I don't have any pics of that part yet because I'm still deciding what to do. I'm either going to cut the original bracket off and make a new one in the current location OR weld a small pipe in a section long enough to take up the gap space then thread the inside of it for a bolt. I'll likely do the latter because it's easier and I think I can make the end result look much better (even though it will all be hidden anyway). The tank also clears the bars/fork tubes beautifully and that's one of the main reasons I chose this tank besides that it has the right length and knee dents.