Monthly Archives: August 2013

The BLACK FALCON CAFE

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
30 Aug

Well a while ago I created this machine for a Customer from an old Snotter, the customer wasnt sure I could pull off the look with this motorcycle as it was in a right mess, but I assured him that I have no problems with the build and he will soon be riding the bike in his homes town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This bike was rougher than sandpaper and even though the Californian Sun had weathered the crap out of it, I could see the potential in the ride.

My customer said he wanted me to make the bike Black and use the Fender ” F” somewhere as heis into guitars etc, hence the name the Black Falcon.

I stripped the bike in the back yard and got right into it as time was of the essence and needed this to be completed as fast as I dare go.

Down to the frame and smoothed all the old welds and checked for an cracks or imperfections, then off to be bead blasted and powder coated Black.

I Used aHarley rear wheel and laced to the 750 hub and used stainless spokes, and yes, the good old Spitfire tires is my choice.

Frame, swing arm and battery box are all high Gloss and wanted this to have a Stealthy look and think I acheived that.

Made the logo up and then repaired and painted the side covers and was happy at the end result.

I wanted to go the extra nine yards and cleaned up the gauges etc, I was the first to do CB750 gauge faces back then too.

Polished triple tree and new chrome 7/8 clubman bars look the part on this motorcycle, and I then used an old S.S. has tank, hammered the side and welded in the old gas flap on the top and filled and welded the arch at the rear of the tank, used a stainless gas cap and then sealed the inside before painting the tank with a deep black paint with checkers to break it all up.

 

 

Drilled the rear brake hub and fitted new shoes etc and a New 530 X-Ring chain, this is getting together rather nicely.

 

There is the Fender “F” the customer asked for .

I used y Duckbill seat base for this bike and am glad the way it turned out, all the lines seem to flow very well.

One of my Scorcher tail pipes that I make and this sounded awesome with a little over run and flame out at night.

 

Front and back shots to show you what she looks like in all her colors.

A nice looking bike with a rebuilt motor and some polished cases, sits really well.

I drilled the front rotor and polished the fork legs and then powder coated the brake caliper body to offset the rims.

Rebuilt carbs, custom starter cover and a drilled sprocket cover do the trick.

new 530 chain and sprockets make sure this bike gets along the tarmac smoothly.

Spitfire tire hugs the powder coated 19 inch front rim.

Cut the front fender as per customers request and painted it.

New chrome Diamond turn signals let people know where he is going and finned speed equipment on the cases from the 70’s.

new fork boots and clamps with rebuilt lowers make the front end handle very well in the corners.

I fitted a Neutral light and a Oil pressure light in between the gauges on a polished piee of aluminum and it really worked well.

Beeza tail light assembly sits in the back of the Duckbill and this bike is ready for the customer to take home.

 

A fun build and am glad the guy took a chance and we pulled the job off with time to spare.

Allen headed stainless bolts are all through this build.

Hope you like the way she looks, the gas tank was a last minute decision by me and I am really glad at the way she turned out.

Side covers tell people the name of the bike and I am glad at the look too.

 

ready to take the bike for a ride and this rode very well indeed as it was a fresh motor and all new wiring etc.

I will miss this bike, as everything went well on the build.

 

New rear shocks, prety much new everything adorns this Cafe Racer .

 

 

 

Thanks for looking at the Black Falcon Cafe, it was a fun time and the customer was really stoked to get the bike.

 

 

So now that was done, it was off to build more of the same model bike and something I always have fun creating on these 500 pounders.

 

 

 

Cheers for having a look at this Motorcycle and I hope to show more of my creations on my website.

 

 

Peace and Grease to you all.

CARPY

The Black Diamond Cafe Racer.

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
29 Aug

This bike I built out of a few parts that I had in the workshop and it came out pretty neat for what its worth?

 

Dunstall gas tank and one of my Vincent seats make this look like it stepped out of the mid 1970’s.

 

 

Original set of Borranis I took from a dirt tracker seem to fit the Bill quite well.

 

 BEEZA tail light, Clubman bars with original GT grips look the part and worked very well indeed.

 As always, new chain and sprockets and polished some of the old cases up.

I used a set of Spitfire tires front and back and I liked the Gold and Black checkers.

Of course, I drilled and polished the back brake hub and then added my finned spacer and stabilizer bar.

 

 

 The old pipe I cut and angled upwards to give it an old road race feel and it sounded pretty good.

 Shortened the front fender and drilled the rotor etc and fitted new fork seals to this Cafe.

 A couple of thoroughbreds, ready to hit the tarmac.

 This ran fine and the brakes were awesome when I really needed it, no fade at all.

 I had to fit rear sets to this bike and then it really did fit me well and loved the corners.

 

 Stainless steel Monza fitted into the gas tanks, well it just screams nostalgia.

 

 

 

 

 The bike was a good runner and as I had the flywheel machined to lighten it up and that made a BIG difference I tell ya.

 

Three bikes ready to ship from the shop here in Anaheim.

 The first one id Mike Dirnts of Greenda, the second is the Black Diamond and that went to England and the last is the KO Special and that went to Australia.

They were all fun to build and hope you got a little kick out of seeing them as well?

Knighter rides for Honda TT Legends.. ?

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
28 Aug

My Brother sent me this, so I thought I would Blog it.

For those who do not know about the Knighter, well he is a legend in the Off road Scene and by off road I mean things like GNCC and GBXC, he dominates on Enduroes as well as Last man standing events.

David Knight is a Manx Man, born on the infamous Isle Of man, known for the T.T.

( Tourist Trophy ) Races, David was a natural on anything 2 wheeled and soon became well known in his own right.

 

Me and my brother have followed his career for a long time, we went to see him race at the Enduro cross races here in Las Vegas where he cleaned up and showed the globe that he loves challenges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are just a few of his accomplishments.

 

Career highlights:

  • GNCC Champion XC-1 2007/8
  • GBXC Champion 2008
  • Mexico Fun Enduro Winner 2008
  • AMA Endurocross Champion 2007
  • FIM Indoor Enduro World Champion 2007/8
  • A4DE Champion 2007
  • 3-time World Enduro Champion 2005,06,10
  • 2nd place World Enduro Champion 2000/01/02/04
  • 2-time Erzberg Extreme Winner
  • U.S. Red Bull Last Man Standing Winner 2005 and 2006
  • AMA Enduro Cross Champion 2005
  • ISDE Overall Winner 2005
  • 8-time British Enduro Champion
  • 2010 BSEC Champion
  • MBE awarded in 2011

 

 

David Knight took to the roads on Monday aboard his very own Honda TT Legends CBR 1000 Fireblade !

Is this a change of discipline for the big Manxman? No.. David was invited to a lap of the famous Isle of Man TT Mountain Course as part of the inaugural Classic TT’s parade lap.

Sharing the 37.75 mile circuit with motorcycling legends such as, John McGuinness, Bruce Anstey, Philip McCallen and many more was a great honour for Knighter. He certainly made the most of the closed roads lapping at over 100mph !

The hardest thing for David was not only getting used to using both sides of the road, but also remembering not to slow down for the 30mph limit through towns and villages for fear of a Smokey flagging him down !

The parade lap was a great success and was just one great feature of the brilliant Classic TT.

Visit IOMTT.com Classic TT for more details.

An all round good bloke and has a passion for motorcycles and that’s always a good thing in my book.

After a couple of months lay off with a wrist and hand injury, Knighter.net Honda’s David Knight returned to race action at the big X-Games final in downtown LA on Sunday. After collecting a bronze in Brazil in his only other X-Games outing earlier in the season, David was mainly looking to get back to racing, have fun and get a solid result. David and mechanic Nick arrived on Tuesday to do some training and testing during the week, unfortunately the bike was stuck in customs and wasn’t released until Friday afternoon, too late to do any training but they at least got a couple of hours at the famous Glen Helen raceway on Saturday morning just to make sure all was well.
Sunday race day at the X-Games was very intense, with practice, qualifying, semi final and final all taking place straight after one another. It didn’t give much time between runs to change set up but straight away David was on the gas on the very supercross style track. Being less than a second off pole position was a great start. Finishing third in the semi final where 5 go straight through to the main, ensured David would get a good gate pick which was crucial for the tight and flowing track. In the final, he made another good start, rounding turn 1 in 3rd position and quickly settling into a good solid pace for the tough 12 laps. Battling with a few guys, he made a couple of small errors on the slick track to drop to sixth at the finish but was happy with how he rode and can now work hard for the remainder of the season.

Just a few words from the man:

David Knight:
I’ve really enjoyed X-Games this weekend, it was my first race back after injury and I felt pretty good in practice and my qualifying was really good as normal. I’m happy enough with 6th place in the final, I knew I couldn’t push that extra few percent for the  12 lap race as my fitness is not where it needs to be for endurocross as its completely different from anything else. My bike being stuck in customs all week didn’t help as I was going to train hard and get the bike dialled back in for endurocross during the week. I had to guess gearing and suspension settings for the race which hurt us a little. The track was also very different to normal as it was very supercross like with many jumps, which is something that favours the guys with motocross backgrounds, but I really enjoyed it and it was good fun, that’s the thing I like with it, the tracks are never the same with endurocross. Now I can build back up to where I was at the start of the season, we have lots of races left and I’m ready to get going.

I’d like to say thank you to my sponsors, and also to JCR Honda and Pablo at Del Amo Motorsports for the help they gave me during the week.

Knighter

 

BRG73 A very Distinguished Cafe Racer I built.

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
28 Aug

 

This is a Superb machine and it now resides in Kansas City, and Glad that the New Owner likes the creation I have made.
The gas tank needed some help to get all the old paint off, so I did it the old way this time.
I wanted to make a few heads turn in that area and the owner is now more than happy with my creation.
British Racing Green was chose and the year of the bike was 1973, hence the BRG73 title.
I loved building this cafe Racer and it rode really well too, a nice stance and a good Classic color scheme really shows this as a timeless piece.
I hand hammered the gas tank and added my Dunstall tail section and tore the bike completely down to the bare frame and began from scratch.
The Bird in here is on of the owners friends but she sure suits the bike. I hand drilled the rear brake hub and added a Brass breather plate for that old time look.  Here is a closer photo.
So I thought rather than all the blurb what I have done to this and what I used and what I threw away etc, I would just add a few photos and let you decide if you dig this.
I ran around on the bike for a 100 miles, just to make sure all was well and it ran really smoothly and with my 4 into 1 exhaust system, it barked like a hungry pit bull.
I used new bolts throughout this build and mostly stainless steel Allen heads were used and they are not cheap, just add ONE of them up and you may understand how expensive rebuilding a Motorcycle can be.
The owner has taken this to shows and placed first, people seem to flock around it and that’s even with out the girl there.
I would of loved to have kept this machine as my own and I am sure the owner gets many miles of smiles on this mean machine.
Harley 16 inch rear rim laced to a polished CB750 Hub and stainless spokes, this then has the good old Bridgestone 130X90X16 tire to hold the road,  I powder coated the rims a high Gloss black as it was a nice contrast.
Peace and Grease as always.
Carpy

A Cafe Racer Named- The GRIFFIN

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
26 Aug

1971 Cafe Racer, The GRIFFIN

Here we are with another cool classic ride.

This time, its a 1971 K series that I have changed into a fun Cafe Racer that you can bomb about town on and generally have fun with.

This has all sorts of cool parts on it.

It has my signature steel tank with inserts and will sport a Rocket 4 seat with my oval tail light.

This  also sounds great with the Ton Up performance 4 into 1 exhaust system and I love the sound this makes and power.

The bike has Clip-ons too and that is a fun style to have on your own road racer.

The rear has a chrome boxed swing arm and an original Boranni race rim with one of my drilled brake hubs to add to the flavor of yesteryear.

Just getting the upholstery sorted and she will be all set.

Everything works on this machine and I am sure you will dig the flowing lines of the bike.

The L.E.D. Taillight lets them know you are in front of them.

I hammered the tank and Aptly named this machine the Griffin and it is one sweet ride.

As you can see, I have now upholstered the seat with the classic snaps, this definatly gives this Racer machine the look of Yester Year.

The tank is painted with a Rich Dark Black and I have fitted a New Gas cap and a New Lock too.

The rear sets are tarozzi and function really smoothly.

The seat is upholstered and I have a New LED light on the rear and all wired, tested and functions great, yes, it does have running light and brake light.

Turn signals fitted to some custom Aluminum brackets I made and tested and work fine too.

yes, I hand drilled the rear brake hub too and then polished it.

The Exhaust barks like a scolded dog and this is one of my Ton Up performance systems and yes, it does have a removable baffle too.

I wish I could keep all the bikes I build but unfortunately I cannot.

The bike handles really well and has the stance that I like.

I just wanted to show you The Griffin, before the New owner comes to pick it up and ride off into the sunset.

 

 

Hybrid Cafe ” The Tracy Special”

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
24 Aug

 

The Tracy Special was a Motorcycle I created for fun, and to use all the parts I had laying about in my garage at home, and she turned out to be a really cool little bike.

I used a set of Original Raider rims that I have had for many many moons and powder coated them an Aztec Gold color to give it some contrast as I hadn’t seen any Gold rims over here then.

I loved the rims and they were heavy made and sturdy as hell, so had them all ready to go but i wanted something right out of the Custom scene of the 70’s this time and there it was, an old Tracy body that I picked up at a swap meet.

I also hand drilled the front Rotor on a cheap harbor freight drill press and am glad how she came out.

Its an early model too and I went about cleaning it up and getting the bodywork all prepped and then had to decide on a color that would suit this, I then decided that if I used the original Candy Apple red, that would accentuate the gold really well, and so, the concept was born and off i went on a crazy tangent of odds and sods until I had what I needed.

The bodywork came out so well and then one night about 10pm I get a call from a guy in Guatemala, he asked about the Tracy body and that the one I had was a very early one that he made many years ago in the 1970’s, I said oh yeah really?

He said yeah, turned out to be Mr Tracy himself and he was glad that someone had made a bike using the body and raised me on my effort, that was so cool, so I had to finish the bike now.

There were many produced over the years but you don’t see too many on the tarmac as a lot of people have them on the wall but they tend to twist out of shape from the heat and then will not go back to their original form after that, so you usually see them hanging up on walls in shops but they do look cool.  ( I took the two pictures above from the internet on Google, so shows there are still some out there.)

The motor I had was a Late 1978 set up and I wanted to use every year of the SOHC on this Hybrid just to see how she turned out to be honest.

I wanted the exhaust system to be wilder than I first designed, so this time I had my Buddy Eric come over and we pieced together this crazy Spaghetti style header set up and I just loved it, so we tig welded it and then chromed it, I should of numbered the elbows as it took me 2 hours to figure out what went where that day.

 

The design was good but, your leg on the right hand side got bloody hot for a long length of time, but overall I liked the bike, I dug the headers, but wished I had re-routed the 12 bore side winders to go under the bike, but that’s bike building and I was building TWO bikes for the Pomona show that time.

 

The Gas tank was sealed and once the Candy Apple went on it looked amazing in the sun, also the early bodies have the hold in the tank for a bolt, that’s the way it secures to the frame, so to make at least something appealing than just a mount hole, I incorporated an oil pressure light in there and it worked out very well indeed, banged on a few pin lines with the triple O dagger brush and she was awesome.

I loved the way the bike came out in such a short amount of time and using just spare parts that I had been leaving in the garage to trip over from time to time and the proof of the pudding is in the eating and I ate well that week.  I built the carbs and they purred like a kitty when the motor first fired up, no leaks and no misfire, something that is quite unusual to be honest as they are more than likely out of sincronisation, I just got lucky on this one though.

The seat base was something I hoped to make as I didn’t have one at all, my buddy rang me to say he had some Original 1970’s metal flake Gold and I said that’s just what I need and we made up some cool Diamond stitching pattern and the end result was just the cherry on top of the cake for me.

Next up was what the hell was I going to do about the Grips on the handle bars, as Black was just the wrong choice, but then I found some Original New Old Stock Red metal flake Grips from a friend of mine in Belgium and the deal was done, he shipped them out to me and they were just what I needed and was stoked at the condition of these.

 

 I entered the bike in the 60th grand National Roadster show and placed 2nd, i was stoked as first place went to me for my other Black cafe.

 

 

I love to create and this has been a fun journey and continues to be, I see so many cool bikes being built and I hope that just a little bit of the stuff I have done has steered people towards having fun in the garage.

My old Garage back in Orange where it all started here in the States in Feb 2000.

 

 

I will always be building motorcycles and cars, its just something that I grew up with.

El Frijolito The little Bean Cafe Racer

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
23 Aug

                                                                           EL FRIJOLITO CAFE RACER 1975 CB750 F SUPER SPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was fortunate to get this motorcycle from the Original owner, its a good and bad thing as the poor guy did a lot of work to the machine back in the day, but unfortunatly, the drink got the better of him and some 30 years later he is still battling a drinking problem.

 

I named the bike ” The Little Bean ” as it was in a Deep part of Santa Ana of which is a predominately Latin area of California.

 

I changed her around a little bit by polishing the upper triple tree and making anew gauge face, as this bike was just something I could not take all apart, it ran well and boy is a cool ride, so I removed the stock tank and fitted my Glass S.S. Race tank, then removed the old tatty stock seat and fitted my Razor back model.

 

 

 

I replaced the old worn out headlight with one of my Tri-bar set ups and chromed the old gauge cups.

 

 

 

The New gas tank and I wanted to have some old style GOLD Racing strips on this machine and they needed to follow the tank and seat for that 70’s race look.

 

 

In the end I ended up changing a lot on this bike as I had Hershey Chocolate call me and the owner wanted it for his son, so I changed a few things and used some cool rims that I powder coated black gloss, then polished the hubs and used stainless spokes, fitted with the good Old Bridgestone tires and then I drilled the rear rotor with 140 holes and that was on the drill press.

Whilst I was there I removed the old caliper and took the black corroded paint off it and polished it to a chrome like finish and rebuilt the inside. And now stops on a dime.

 

Fitted new fender and polished the speedometer drive and fitted Stainless Allen head bolts through out this machine, as well as polishing the forks and adding my own polished fork brace to stiffen the front end up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alloy gas cap is a Monza style and new turn signals fitted to make sure people can see where you are going is a must around these parts.

 

 Polished the engine covers and then I drilled the sprocket carrier and polished for that Race track look, then fitted a new 530 Gold chain.

 

Drilled the front caliper and took the Original YOSHIMURA pipe off and ceramic coated it and put back on.

 

 Upholstered the razorback seat with Tuck n Roll and snaps round the side give this a timeless era.

 That Yoshi barks like a angry hound and hard to find series 2 versions these days. This is going to a good home as well as I doubt I will find another Original Yoshimura like this again and I wanted it to stay on the bike as its been on it for over 30 years.

 New rear shock and a full service and this is now ready to head to Hershey Pennsylvania and take the twisty lanes on the east side.

 

 

 

 

 I should of took more photos but to be honest, this was just going to be a small clean up but I got a little carried away, personally I like to take the motorcycle right down to the frame and begin again fresh- and then go through everything, but El Frijolito turned out pretty darned good and I hope that have fun up there in Chocolate County with her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The COSMIC CAFE

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
22 Aug

This is the CB750 on the left I am re-creating into a Cafe Racer for John.

 

Well, here we are again, but this time a guy up in Salt Lake City, sent me his beloved CB750 HONDA that he has owned from new, and wanted the ” Carpy” touch added to his machine as it was time t re-vamp the bike into something cool again.

 

 

So, I took the bike apart and all he asked was to have Cosmic Orange with silver like on the Victory motorcycles, so here is where I went with this look and the bike turned out pretty cool if I don’t mind saying myself.

I took the old gas tank and beat the gonads out of it, and this is quite a long and laborious task, but the end results are worth it.

After I beat the tank in with my hammer to the shape I needed, I then used a plenishing hammer to smooth the dings out, then after that, flipped the gas tank upside down and took off all the old trim tabs.  But- Remember, that you must wash the gas tank out, I use simple green, as this will dilute any gases, then air dry, but I still block the petcock holes up, as I shall be grinding and obviously , that causes sparks!!!!!!

Yes, yes, yes, wear all the eye protection, era and hands, I know you are all looking.

Gas tank has more body work applied and then the silver was laid over the high fill primer.

There is way more work here than you know as this isn’t an easy job, to prep and block all the body work is the key to having a good looking paint finish and the more that you prepare the surface of the tins you want to paint, then the better the finished job.

 

This was a three stage set up and the color had to be bang on, once we had the right color and the Customer approved, she was then painted with the Silver metallic.

 

 

The tank has a metallic Cosmic orange and silver and looks really cool in the sunlight.

Originally this was a Victory Motorcycle Color.

The New side covers of mine came out great as well.

I am glad that my New covers paint well and these are available to all.

The bobbed rear fender got the same treatment too and once all pinstriped, this was buried in clear coat and then buffed out.

 The Racing lines have a subtle pin line in a gold/tan shade and this does break the lines up and contours very well indeed, a triple O dagger brush for the one shot.

Fitted new petcock, but make sure you either use the fiber washers, or, if you can get the correct size, I personally use stainless Allen bolts. M6X25mm and then use a dab of seal all to make sure she does not leak.

The gas tank then got sealed and pressure tested and Brand New hardware from Honda, as I try and use as much New Genuine HONDA parts as I physically can.

 

 As you can see, there is a ton of work that I have done to this Motorcycle and the owner was so stoked to get such a transformation in such a short amount of time.

 I ran New Tires and love using the SP11- The old Bridge stone spitfire tires give that Nostalgic look to the motorcycle and are a good all round tire in any condition.

 

 I took the original seat and made the Guilerri style from the 1970’s that was such a hot ticket back in the day and it fits you snug too.

New Clubman bars and polished bar holder with stainless bolts set the machine off, but I got rid of the old idiot light cluster for a more refined and Racey looking set up that we manufacture here at the shop.

And I used a Aircraft red warning light that is connected to the oil pressure switch, then some stainless display lights that show High beam and of course Neutral.

 

 

I also used Brand New shocks, as I made one of our Boxed swing arms fit the bike and of course, it goes without saying these days, that I had to drill the rear brake cover for that old style of racing look, then polished the heck out of it. Yes- We did put a cotter pin in it later after we had them chromed.

 

 The oil tank was cleaned  and new rubber grommets were out in place of the dried out ones.

 You will also notice our Brand new stainless hose clamps adorn the New Rubber intake manifolds, and the carbs I fully rebuilt and polished the bowls etc to make sure all was good.  then I added some New old Stock 1974 velocity stacks to give her that race track look, works well I think?

The Original Master Cylinder was as blocked as the local pubs toilet, so I used one of our Brand new Black master cylinders and mated it to our Braided hoses to the front of the bike, simply bled and now it stops as it should.

Chrome Diamond turn signals of ours tells people if he is turning and chromed the fork ears to a lovely Original luster.

 

I also got rid of them big reflectors and replaced them with the New fork badges we make here at the shop.

 

 

 

The seat base works great and I powder coated the base and all looks brand new as we have high density foam inside that tuck n Roll.

 

The Bobbed rear fender is a good seller for us, something I created many years ago and I love using them, we used the BEEZA style rear tail light and all functions perfectly.

 

 

 

Here is John, the first day he got the bike and is as pleased as punch with the end result, I didn’t send him any photos until he got the bike, that way the surprise is more amazing and he sure was amazed.

Out in a great part on the country and it sure looks like he is having fun, but John?   Whats with the Green sneakers?

A Ton of parts, new brakes, drilled Rotor, rebuilt caliper and polished as well as Gold chain, new sprockets new battery and tender, solid state rectifier etc, new cables and grips, this is a fun machine and as John has had this bike since Brand New, I am sure he will have many many miles of smiles with the Cosmic cafe Racer we created for him.

 

 

 

 

Polished Valve cover and Gloss Black Jugs make this 750-4 stand out when you look at this 530 pounds of fun.  But check the other details and parts out that are from us.

How about the rear boxed swing arm? The new rear shocks? Our Yoshi style 4 into 1 exhaust that barks like a scolded dog. And the finned rear stabilizer bar that I try and put on many of my creations.

 

New fender as well as New Gold 530 X-Ring chain, new sprockets and all the outer cases polished to a chrome finish with Stainless Allen bolts on everything.

I even chromed the kick stand and used new Honda bolts and springs, the forks are rebuilt and polished and I hand drilled and polished the front Rotor, the brake caliper I stripped all the anodizing off and then polished to a chrome finish as well as honing the inside and new seal etc.  new brake pads and braided hoses set this baby off.

 

I even used Original Chromed gauge covers and New fork gators, caps and rubber mounts too, I loved building this bike as it was a total suprose to the owner of how much I was going to do.

And I hope you enjoyed the photos too?

 

HONDA CB750 1974 SOHC for sale. $3500 FIRM

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
21 Aug

 

Here we go with a 1974 CB750 for sale, Original owner from new and its time for him to sell it, we just tuned the carbs and new tire, new battery and speedometer cable.

Runs great, all stock other than the sissy bar exhaust and paint.

This has a title and is ready to go.  Here are some pictures to see if you may be interested in this old 500 pounder machine.

This Motorcycle fires  right up and idles well, and the horn, lights, and turn signals all function correctly.

 

It has the stock rims, 18 rear and 19 front, just fitted brand new tire and also a New speedometer cable this weekend.

The headlight functions well and also the turn signals not only flash, they have the annoying original chicken choker alarm when they flash.

The Motor runs great, does have a small head leak but looks to be fine and quite normal on these machines, i will check to see if its the valve cover or the head weeping.

The gauges are all there and they function as they should do.

And yes indeed, that is the true mileage on this motorcycle.

All the gears work well and meshed nicely through their transition, the clutch functions as she should and did not slip.

 

A fun ride for someone out there and we have done a few things to this, a full service, as well as new battery and new intake manifolds for the carbs and new intakes for the air box too.

The bike is ONE owner and this will make a great restoration or a super cool Cafe Racer and I thought I would put her on here for you to see.

 

If ya dig it, call us on 714-996-4597 and yes we will ship anywhere in the USA and can ship anywhere in the world, of course, you pay the shipping costs etc.

DIME CITY POPS INTO SEE ME

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
20 Aug

Hey Gang

Well just a short one today as I have a lot on my plate this week, but had a great surprise visit from Jason Paul Michael s of Dime City Cycles in Florida and Cafe Racer TV fame.

Its always a good time to meet and have a quick chin-wag about the life and times of Cafe Racer builders etc.

This time we helped him out a little bit and made a side stand for one of their machines, Dakota was there to have a go with his welding skills and he was stoked to meet Jason and the gang.

 

Hope to go and stay with them in Florida at some point and enjoy the lifestyle down there with them at DIME CITY CYCLES.

 

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