Gsx750 cafe/street bike

[bda4130]

Not too much to report, I've just been getting the rearset pegs sitting on the right angle and getting the gear shifter and brake pedal in the right spot.

Only a few more minor things to do and I'll be ready to strip the bike down so I can finish off all the welds and paint the frame. Then put it all back together and ride off into the sunset.......

 

[bda4130]

Picked up some pod filters for my carbs today, test fitted them and the left hand one hits the fuel tap... So I decided to ditch the vacuum fuel tap, blank it off and run an inline fuel tap.... So I put the tank on a saw horse to drain the tank.... Nek minute....

It fell on the ground:-( Never mind, just another job to add to the list!
Here's what it looks like with the pods on:

And another angle:

 

[92gsx750]

Keep up the good work

 

[bda4130]

Keep up the good work

Except for the tank denting.... That's not good work!

 

[bda4130]

Hayden got the rear master cylinder mounted, and we got the muffler welded in place. The bike is now ready to be stripped down so I can finish off all the welds and paint the frame.

Here's the master cylinder:

Here's the muffler:

Here's Hayden on a test ride:

 

[bda4130]

....oh yeah, got the side stand spring sorted too:

 

[Good Times]

It's going to be great and is looking pretty slick.

Is your build sponsored by Denny's?

I think I see a new name for the bike:

The GSX 750 or better known as....The Grand Slam w Xtra syrup -- $7.50

 

[bda4130]

Haha! Good spotting. Think I better replace that sticker with a KFC one before i take the next photo.

 

[bda4130]

So today I stripped the bike down to the bare frame, finished the welding and started to strip the rusty old paint.

 

[boontonmike]

looks good

 

[Guest]

I noticed you put the rear brake reservoir on what looks like the old top shock mount. Just a suggestion but you might want to think about tucking that in tighter. The hose is kinda exposed so maybe you're going to make a longer one and run it along the frame tubing? Regardless, she's looking really nice.

 

[bda4130]

I noticed you put the rear brake reservoir on what looks like the old top shock mount. Just a suggestion but you might want to think about tucking that in tighter. The hose is kinda exposed so maybe you're going to make a longer one and run it along the frame tubing? Regardless, she's looking really nice.

Yup, I agree. The master cylinder is now mounted to the battery box behind the right hand side cover, leaves the back end looking nice and tidy without it getting all up in that junk.

Finished stripping the old paint off the frame and got some primer on it:

 

[bda4130]

Got some black paint on the frame, I'm quite happy with the gloss level.. I thought it was gonna be way more Matt, but turned out a nice semi gloss which is a total fluke but looks spot on!

 

[Erki]

Very nice. That will look great

 

[bda4130]

Started doing the final assembly of the bike tonight, installed my 5 degree advancer and adjusted the valve clearances before fitting the engine into the frame. Got the rear sets on and the headset bearings in.

 

[Good Times]

Coming along nicely. It's gonna look good and run like a scalded bandit.

 

[Mad Mark]

love this bike! you do good work.

when it had stock suspension and wheels would it bottom out on the tail and tail light with it shortened like that?

 

[nvr2old]

Very cool looking bike. You should be very proud. I wasn't going to say a word..until you dented the tank..my condolences btw....but I was looking at your paint job, which is really killer, and I couldn't help but think to myself..(if ya gotta shoot it again anyway)..what would it look like if the white box on the tank matched the angles of the side covers and the tail section. If you were to tilt the back white line on the tank parallel to the side cover's vertical stripe and then slant the lower white bottom line of the tank parallel to the tail section's bottom line. It would make the whole thing look like it was getting ready to "pounce". Not saying it has to be done, but just something to ponder.

 

[bda4130]

love this bike! you do good work.

when it had stock suspension and wheels would it bottom out on the tail and tail light with it shortened like that?

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?

 

[bda4130]

Very cool looking bike. You should be very proud. I wasn't going to say a word..until you dented the tank..my condolences btw....but I was looking at your paint job, which is really killer, and I couldn't help but think to myself..(if ya gotta shoot it again anyway)..what would it look like if the white box on the tank matched the angles of the side covers and the tail section. If you were to tilt the back white line on the tank parallel to the side cover's vertical stripe and then slant the lower white bottom line of the tank parallel to the tail section's bottom line. It would make the whole thing look like it was getting ready to "pounce". Not saying it has to be done, but just something to ponder.

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.