Cousins of Organization - A two-wheeled build

[Capt. Obvious]

I've thought about throwing my cb750 cafe/street fighter build I did over the spring on here. This is very nice.

Do it!

I like the old CBs a lot. My next project might be building one for my father-in-law.

[dirty_thirty]

I've thought about throwing my cb750 cafe/street fighter build I did over the spring on here. This is very nice.

[Miroteknik]

I haven't liked a single blue frame bike I've seen. I'd suggest keeping the frame black or silver (whatever metal look you want), and paint the tank a color of your choosing. Colored frames are hard to pull off.

[Capt. Obvious]

^^^ That's the plan right now.

I decided to not go with the black/copper theme on this bike, so I'm back at square one for color scheme. If anyone has any ideas/inspiration for me, throw out your ideas.

Right now, I'm leaning towards polishing the tank and swingarm and doing the frame a bright blue (like Grabber blue from the new Mustangs).

[axelillo_PR]

You could put the battery under the seat in between those bars and fill it with some sheet metal

[Capt. Obvious]

Pretty much put back together now and it's under 400 pounds. :rockon:

I've still got some fabrication to do and a lot of replacement parts to buy (to upgrade OEM items currently on the bike), but this is more or less what the bike will look like.

Things to do/buy still:
- K&N filter pods and Holeshot stage 2 jet kit
- Decide on/finish exhaust
- Rear sets (foot controls)
- Brake/clutch levers
- Figure out tail light placement
- New headlight brackets
- Gauges
- Clip ons (handlebars, I don't like the ones I current have on there)
- Tires
- Brake pads
- New rear rotor
- Find a better place for the battery
- Re-do wiring harness

Then, I need to tear it back apart for paint/powdercoat/polishing.

If only I could decide on what color(s) to paint it!

[skiierman]

Looks awesome, I cant wait to see more!

Heres a really cool blog that has pretty much every perfect bike ever made. http://www.pipeburn.com/
I don't know if theres any cool ideas in there for your build, I'm not sure about the exhaust, it seems too clunky. I would just straight pipe it.





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[Capt. Obvious]

The bike sits lower with the engine in it, and will droop a bit more with me on it. So yeah, it looks a little steep on the stand, but it's pretty comfy once I'm on it.

I won't be sticking with that specific R1 exhaust, I'm just using it for mockup. If I decide to go with that style of exhaust, I'll be doing something custom.

[Miroteknik]

That angle on the seat in the last pic looks pretty steep, your crotch wont be sitting on the tank will it?

Not sure how much money you want to put into the exhaust, but a stock R1 setup seems a bit plain for a project with this much custom work. Would be cool to see a custom exhaust with exposed welds and heat coloration.

Either way, its looking great, keep it up.

[Capt. Obvious]

Thanks, random dude on Craigslist for the free Yamaha R1 exhaust.





It's just zip-tied on for now for mock up. If I decide to go this route, it will be tucked up higher and closer together. I was planning on just doing a really simple exhaust that dumps out under the bike, but I feel having the cans under the seat helps balance the bike out a bit visually.

[SileNceR]

Awesome build so far!

[Capt. Obvious]

FINALLY done with the fab work on the frame/suspension. It took a lot longer than expected, but I'm not upset since he charged me WAY less than other place would have charged me for this level of fab work. As usual for Rob, his work is above and beyond what I was expecting.





Now I need to put the whole thing back together to make sure everything fits like it should, then tear it back apart for painting/polishing/plating/powdercoating.

Maybe I'll even finish the damn thing at some point...

[Capt. Obvious]

I wasn't happy with the first idea for the subframe, so that idea is tossed now. Visually, the bike looked front-heavy, so I'm reworking it to put a little visual weight in the back of the bike.

Still playing with ideas, but I'm leaning more this direction now:



I'll also be working with the seat a bit to fine-tune how it flows with the frame and tank.

[Capt. Obvious]

Thanks for the link to that thread. I actually found these a couple weeks ago and the link you have looks like a DIY version of the same thing. I'll definitely look into that some more.

[ionz]

neat.
in regards to the battery situation:

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-f/453774-what-you-guys-think-of-my-3-5-pound-battery.html

FWIW: guy w/ a racecar dropped 25lbs by replacing his 28lb battery with this 3lb one, same voltage, no problems.

I know of a couple people running them on dailies and racecars, and there is also a writeup on that custom fighters forum too.

plus you can make it to where it will "stash away" basically anywhere you wish.