Tag: CB750

I picked the frame up from the powder coaters today. I’m super pleased! First, a little plug. This was a new gig for Anthony at AP Paints. He’d only coated bicycle frames before – which is how I found him (on MPLS Bike Love). He took this on as a “we’ll see how it goes”…

I’ve now looked at every bike in the BikeEXIF archives. It was in the pursuit of a color scheme for the bike. But really, it’s just colossally absorbing bike porn. I also scoured Pipeburn and countless other sites in the name of “research”. That doesn’t include the eBay work to find some parts (which aren’t…

There’s no pictures for this post. Just an update that I dropped the frame, swing arm, and some other bits off at the powder-coater. Should be next weekend. The triples are getting worked. The frame is at the powder-coaters. And I’m waiting. Waiting is hard. In the meantime, I’ll do some tweaks on the motor,…

I’ve decided. I think this bike kind of pushed me over. British Racing Green tank and seat cowl and cream frame. Low-key and classy.

I was trying to figure out how I can deal with the various bearing races and bushing surfaces that I didn’t want sand-blasted or powder coated on the frame. I settled on a setup using some threaded rod, wing nuts, and fender washers. I basically used these parts to create caps on the sensitive areas…

This is killing me. I can’t decide between two color schemes for the frame/bike. Duke it out in the comments! Up first, orange frame. I’d do a pearly dark grey for the tank and seat cowl (instead of baby blue) but the main thing is the orange frame. It’s a big statement. Or the silver…

I got some time this afternoon and decided to go after separating the frame from the engine. I basically took bolts off with little care and just made sure to put them in the same place so that I at least know where they all are when it’s time to put it all back together.…

I boxed up and sent off the triples to Classified today. I thought I’d share a view of the difference between the old and the new. You can tell which is which in this pic. Funny thing is that the old triple is about twice the weight of the new. In fact, every single thing…

Tonight I finished breaking down the front. Check out my totally ghetto front-end stand. Yes, I think I pulled a muscle dealing with this heavy-ass old bike like this! Session time: 2 hrs. Total time 5 hrs. Also, the new front-end arrived today! Woohoo! There’s a shocking difference in the size and scale of the…

I stripped most of the front of the bike (electrical and bars) last night. Session time: 1 hr. Total time: 3 hrs.