Gsx750 cafe/street bike

[jwhelan65]

Usually follow all the stock restores on here but something about this build keeps me coming back to see whats happening. Great work!

 

[bda4130]

Usually follow all the stock restores on here but something about this build keeps me coming back to see whats happening. Great work!

Cheers! Im trying hard to keep the bike looking like a slightly modified old bike, rather than an old bike trying to look ultra modern... Hope it works!

Tonight I got the forks on, the swingarm and rear shock in, so the bike is now sitting on its wheels.

Before I put the forks on Hayden cleaned the lowers up a bit and I covered then with a Matt laminated silver vinyl rather than painting them. Hopefully this is a bit more stone chip resistant than paint.

Chris started on the crap Job of fixing my dented tank........stupid tank! Don't have any photos of that though cause its not very exciting.

 

[Tim Tom]

How many helpers you got on this build?! You bribing them all with beer or something?

Seriously nice work though, this is looking awesome.

 

[bda4130]

I've got a few guys helping, we're trying to get it done as fast as possible cause were all gagging to take it for a ride! We definitely go through more beer than oxygen on this build

 

[Mad Mark]

Yup, It sure did! I had to cut a fairly big chunk out of the underside of the tail light bit, and heated up the lens and pushed it up as far as I could, I haven't got round to tidying it up properly yet, but I can post up a photo of it if you want?

could you please theres not to many detail shots of this. thanks

 

[bda4130]

Here's what I had to do to the underside of the tail light for tire clearance, as I mentioned before, it still needs a bit of finishing cause it's pretty ghetto looking, it required quite a bit of butchering.. But you've really gotta jam your head up under there to even see it. Funny thing is that with my mono shock back end, I think I could run a totally standard light and not have clearance issues.

 

[Mad Mark]

oh man you do really have to hack it up! did you have to do anything for the seat pan aswell?

thanks for posting the pics.

 

[Mad Mark]

nevermind forgot there was a picture of the seat.

 

[bda4130]

Didn't get much time for my bike tonight ( too busy with real work) but did sort of mock up the headlight, I think the gauges need to move down a bit, maybe inline with the top fork clamp.

 

[T8erbug]

Hey man I looked through most of your thread the other day. I really like your build! It's similar to what I am doing except I'm trying to stay a tad more traditional. Custom fab work looks good!

 

[T8erbug]

Have you ridden the bike as it sits now yet? How does it handle with the 17's and street tires? did you raise the rear at all when you converted to the new suspension?

 

[nvr2old]

Cheers for the positive comments, I am pretty pleased with how it's all coming together.

I hear what you're saying, that would look awesome and I will definitely look into it... Only problem I see is that the white panel on the tank follows the shape of the tank, so the bottom line of the white panel would need to change quite dramatically to match the rear panel.

I'll have a bit of a play around with it and keep you posted.

Ahh, but that's the beauty of a black tank and surrounding black components. It'll all blend right in. Won't even see the tank's body lines.

 

[bda4130]

Have you ridden the bike as it sits now yet? How does it handle with the 17's and street tires? did you raise the rear at all when you converted to the new suspension?

No, it hasn't been I a rideable state yet, only mocked up for photos, hopefully should be riding it in the next couple of weeks, I did ride the bandit before I stripped it, so I can sort of imagine what it might be like..... I'll keep you posted.
And, yes the rear is slightly higher than standard.

 

[T8erbug]

Definitely keep me posted! I am slightly nervous about the drastic changes I am making to my bike and how they MAY adversely affect the handling. Our bikes are similar so since you're going to be done first do you mind being the guinea pig?? Haha I'll keep checking back on your progress.

 

[bda4130]

Made some amazing progress today. Got the exhaust on, oil cooler on, jet kit installed, carbs on, brakes and clutch bled, chain on... And then we test rode it! Most bits were only done up finger tight but that didn't stop Ed from doing a rolling burnout! Haven't uploaded a video before so not sure if it will work.. But here goes:

 

[bda4130]

If that doesn't work, here is it on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jLDFL0Fg_I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

With the jet kit, modified exhaust and 5% advance the bike has become a bit of a monster compared to the bandit, really good throttle response and it sounds amazing! We only had a few quick rides on it and heaps of bits aren't done up tight (like the handlebars) but it felt pretty animal, so really looking forward to putting it through its paces!

 

[Good Times]

Dang it! That was awesome. That thing sounds amazing. I want that audio for my new ring tone. Great job.

 

[Guest]

Awesome! She's a beast

 

[LoopGaroo]

Sooo nice.

 

[bda4130]

Put some heat wrap on my exhaust tonight, Chris got a bit more done on the dented tank... But we got a bit sidetracked drinking beer and doing speed runs up and down the street!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IewcoGCFBxc&feature=youtube_gdata_player