T8's 750 Cafe Racer Project

Any new updates?

subscribed.... this is way more involved than my little build, but I am all ears!

Awesome build, I love the look of that giant rotor on the spoked rim.

Btw is there any chance you could be convinced to make another pair of those spacers?

How you looking at mounting the rearsets?

I'm just going to weld on some steel tabs to the frame where I want the rearsets mounted. Should be pretty simple. I'm thinking about making a strip instead of tabs with multiple mounting locations.

How you looking at mounting the rearsets?

Looking good so far!! It's going to have a long stance!

The stance should theoretically be pretty close to the same. Even though I gained an inch in swinger length the front triples are offset a half inch closer to the headset. On top of that by raising the tail and decreasing the rake a skosh we're about back where we started. The good news is the wheelbase will be close to the same but there's no doubt it looks longer and definitely meaner! Thanks for the compliments guys.

Ok so not a ton has been going on lately because of some little technicalities. We didn't make the counterbores on the outer set of holes on the hubs deep enough so the rotor bolts don't quite hold the rotor snug. Should be a fairly easy fix just time consuming. Still on the lookout for a supermoto wheel so as soon as one pops up the project will be moving again. In the meantime I am just waiting for my GSXR rearsets to show up. Once I have all the parts for those I will get to work on mounting them up and cleaning up unnecessary brackets and what not from the frame.

Cutting die to take the threads further down the GS1100 pivot bolt


Cut off extra


Could prob stand to take another 1/8" off but I'll do it later. This is how it looks for now.

I like the stance on it so far, can't wait to see how it sits with the engine in and weight on it.

[storm 64]

Lookin' good T8 ! I also love them spokes!

Looking good so far!! It's going to have a long stance!

And here she is in her current state. Just mocking up where I anticipated the swingarm to be. I will need a 15" rear shock setup and I may also relocate the upper shock mounts a half inch lower. It should give me the right swinger angle without taking too much rake away.















The next thing I need to do is get the 16mm die so I can cut the threads on the 1100 pivot bolt about an inch further down the shaft. I'd then need to cut off the excess and she'll be good to go. Once that's done I'm going to start working on the fab it will take to mount up the R1 rearsets I purchased. Anyone know where I can get a supermoto rear wheel with a cush drive for cheap?? Please let me know if you have any buddies that work at a powersports dealer or anyone with a hot lead to a good deal on one because that's next on my purchase list.

Using this attachment you will get the job done. Use a finer grit. This attachment actually ends up being almost 16mm so it does a great job.

Thanks for the love fellas. Welp, I finally got the 1100 swinger on! The way I did it was not super scientific or anything but I think the end result is close enough to perfect for the bike to perform correctly. I'll just take you through a step by step of what I did.

1) take the motor out
2) purchase a nice drill bit from Fastenal (I used a 5/8 bit which is slightly under 16mm)
3) set the frame in the drillpress and lightly clamp it down
4) put the stock pivot bolt in to help eyeball (I don't recommend eyeballing so if you have a wall laser or something of that sort use it to aid you in drilling a straight hole) alignment with the drill bit
5) once the drill bit and pivot bolt look to be perfectly parallel clamp the frame down snug
6) take out the stock pivot, line up the hole, and start drilling.
7) take your time and use drilling fluid to keep the bit cool
8) drill bits do NOT cut perfect sidewalls so when you are finished ream it to 16mm if possible if not just do what I did and whip out your dremel
9) turn your dremel speed down and be sure to grind a circular motion so you take off material evenly. You barely need to take anything off if using a 5/8 bit so don't overdo it. Finesse is the key here.
10) throw your new swingarm on and you're done

This is for those of you who choose to go the same route as me but should you go another route search for my bushing conversion thread. There are a lot of guys who have stated some excellent alternatives to do the swap without drilling.

Here is what I mean by using the pivot bolt to eyeball getting it parallel to the drill bit




Clamping situation





Only drill a little at first to make sure you are centered

Just following along. So inspirational. Awesome job.

[Sci85]

Man, wish I had access to your setup. So awesome. And wow, that rotor looks HUGE on that spoked wheel. It's gonna be one sweet bike when you get her done.

That front end is shaping up nicely, love the look of the rotor on that spoked wheel.