Newest addition to the garage

So while surfing ebay one day I came across this auction right here in the heart land of Ohio and to make the long story short I ended up owning this beautiful '75 cb750f. The owner of this bike had to have been the nicest guy I have ever bought a vehicle from, he even gave me 4 bottles of Yuengling, and here in Ohio the closest place to get this delicious beer is over the boarder in Pa. Well anyway the bike is beautiful and I couldn't be happier. See for yourself, of course I will put a slight twist on it so stay tuned for the updates as this bike grows to fit me and the classic racer style.

Back of Aaron's truck, Thanks dude, and nice shot Christiana.

This paint is the original Honda Orange Metallic Flake from the 70's

The other side.

Some beautiful chrome on these pipes, and the covers are all polished, it looks good for being a year older than me.
Thats it for now, stayed tuned...

now for the racer...........

1st order of business is cleaning the crap out of those carbs! after 27,000 miles and sitting around for a few years, they've built up quite a bit of varnish..

this is a fairly tedious and smelly process. watch out for filling the garage with the fumes from carb cleaner, and make sure you stay sober enough to keep all the parts with the right carb, keep everything organized, and put it all back together the way you found it..if not better.

who comes up with this shit? the engineers that design this crap must be aliens because they've dreamt up a system for delivering air and fuel to the combustion chamber unlike anything a human could think of. don't get me wrong, i think they're fuckin genius.


So now for a sneak peak at the upcoming plans for this cafe.... a conical fiberglass tail cone not unlike this one, that turns it into a one seater and adds tons and tons of style.. if only i had four into two exhaust, i'd upsweep the pipes like this, too.. (what a beautiful ride, if anyone's interested, i'll post the full picture of this bike...)


So then, i'll take one of these way cool old caddy taillights and fashion it right in there to complete the cone.. one sweeping cone section that works its way, as seemlessly as i can get it, to the tip of this caddy lens..

81 custom laid to rest......

Today marked the end of the 81 cb custom bobber.

It pains me to know this bike never saw much of the road and never will again; at least not as we knew it. Certainly a bad ass chop, and definately one of the most insane, but then again, look who built it.

So, he who builds it, must destroy it.

lots and lots of trashish

parts flyin...

at least i got to sit on it while destroying it...

the struggle to yank the motor was over... and i just felt like pissing.

the beast


chopper frame anyone?

'78 Finished for Now

I spent some time with my ride this weekend, finishing up the tank, putting the carbs back on and rebuilding the forks. I think overall it came out nice for my first attempt at body work.

Damn it's low, and ummmmm black.

Yep, what a nice weekend.

You will see this view a lot...as I scream by ya.

Tank close up.

It was recommended not to paint the fuel door, I'm glad I didn't.

Here is a little detail of the door latch, it was Ken's idea and I stole it cause it's cool. Thanks dude.

'78 Body Work

Well time for some tank improvements, the blue had to go first, and with the investment of a Millermatic 135 mig welder and a simple slide hammer the dents were worked out.


This side had the huge dent, I'm in the first stages of stripping the tank.

Here is a close up after cutting the bolt off I welded on to pull the dent with a slide hammer.

The other side, notice the nice hole I made removing the tank emblems, thank you JB Weld for the the repair.

Now on to the after stages of bondo and lots of sanding. I am by no means an experienced body man, but I think I did ok. Worlds better then the dented ugly rattlecan blue tank.

Patience Patience Patience, nice finger print right....well wait for the primer to dry dumbass.

This was the side with the monster dent, not too bad if I do say so myself. There are still several more coats of primer needed, bondo really sucks up the paint. Stay tuned for the finished product, it can only get better from here....I hope.