Motocrossx23's GS750 Cafe Build

Bummer about the SV man. Hope you didn't hurt yourself when you went down. Was it at the Mid-Ohio track day you were prepping it for??

On the bright side at least you have some motivation to finish the Cafe now. You needs yourself a bike .

The mock up pictures you posted are awesome btw. I love the lines of the tank seat and tail. Looking forward to seeing this one finished. Keep at it!

Well....


The SV crashed (more so, I crashed it.)

So I sold it today, and now I have a nice chunk of change to spend on this project!

I was going to buy rearsets tonight but at the last second, a buddy of mine texted me and told me that his old R6-S rearsets are mine if I want them.

Free.



SWEET!

A little delay on this build, I decided to put some time/money into the SV for the time being. I needed new tires for my Mid-Ohio track day and figured while I had the wheels off I'd install the ZX6R rear shock, as well as progressive springs and new fork oil up front.

It'll be updated soon though!

There now, doesn't that feel good? She's looking like a bike again. Things just seek to move better once you get the creative juices flowing!

Right you are! I'm hoping to get a hold of some GSXR rear sets so I can fabricate a bracket off the frame. Right now though my focus is on the tail, seat pan and seat. The seat in the picture is actually a friend of mine's. It just so happened to fit perfect with the tail we made out of the 550E tank we cut up.

totally digging the seat cowl!
looks from your riding position in the pic that you're planning rearsets... right?

BIG BUMP! AHHHH!!!!!

So.

This happened:



A little of this:



Definitely some of this:



Then THIS happened:



Which lead to this:



And this:



And finally to wrap of the night, this:







Tonight, the bike went from a GS750L / box of parts...

...to a cafe racer.

Unfortunately, I haven't even touched it yet

Oh man, if I had 6 days off to devote to the GS..... the wifey would give me a "Honey-do" list a mile long!
Keep the updates coming

A little update:

Came home from work to find these at my door...



One had this:



One had this:



Expect some big updates within the next week, I have the next 6 days off and I plan on getting a lot done.

It's honestly the first time I've ever used a buffer too...lol. Quick learning curve I guess.

You done good!

Everything looks awesome so far.

^Thank you! It's honestly the first time I've ever used a buffer too...lol. Quick learning curve I guess.

You buff well, sir!

haha well at least it's not going to waste then

If you really wanted to I'm sure you could figure out a way to monoshock the cafe. You have no problem chopping and the welding the frame, you could probably use a non-linkage type shock and weld up a swinger brace to mount it from. Of course this is all hypothetically speaking.

But it is POSSIBLE.