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the rebirth of Beergood's 750 cafe

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I tried to live with that vindictive little filler door in harmony for over three years. In the end I just couldn't make it work.

As for the cables, they are stock, I just played with the routing a lot.
 
beergood said:
If I could find a set for around $50, then I would probably go for it. I wouldn't say that I am a cheapskate, but I am frugal.
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Agreed!
And thats just what I did. Fellow on ebay had a brand new set with bad shelf ware that had absolutly nothing wrong with the filters that were inside the worn out boxes. I think I got em for around 60 bux.
I also have a set of cheepies that I also got from an ebay seller. Had em on the bike just for grins and can not tell any bit of difference.
 
One more question: how do you like the ride position with the clubmans and stock footpegs (i.e. no rearsets)? I'm 6'2" and pretty scruntched with out moving my feet back...

I like the blue paint for sure.

I kind of speed read much of the build (the old thread and this one). Maybe you mentioned it, and I didn't see it, but why didn't you use the stock rear cowling vs. fabbing one out of fiberglass? Curious because I'm at that stage with my bike and I really like the look of the original tail, just trying to figure out how I'm going to shorten the seat and put it all back together.

Cheers!
 
I'm 5'10" and I find the riding position to be tolerable. It might be better with rearsets, and I think about getting them from time to time (or more likely fabbing some from a junked pair). But I don't suffer much from it. I also ride road bikes (pedal bikes), and both riding positions are pretty close (arched back, feet directly below knees).

I actually made two tail sections. In the first I used the stock ducktail as a mold for the fiberglass. I liked it, but it was flawed and overly heavy. The tail that is on there now utilizes the stock tail bolted to a steal pan that I made. I think I go into some detail on the second seat somewhere in this thread (bottom of page 4 in this thread).
 
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