Converting Honda Cb750 To Cafe Racer

I bought this cb750 in boxes from an antique shop in kansas city mo.

Converting honda cb750 to cafe racer. By radja posted on april 15 2020. The nighthawk was the most powerful and lightest of the entire cb750 range 69 to 07 producing 75bhp and weighing a fraction over 210kg. The honda cb is from day one a very popular bike for cafe racer builders. The bikes are reliable have great proportions are easy to work on have a massive after market and are pretty easy to find since honda produced tons of them.

The honda cb series of motorcycles are perhaps the world s most popular cafe racer platform. The honda cb series particularly the honda cb750 is pro cafe racer when it comes to their minimal and uncomplicated design making them perfect contenders to start a clean thoughtful build. Triple bottom tree for gsx r conversion is designed by messnermoto and it is cnc machined from 6082 t6 billet aluminum. The mid nineties honda cb750 f2 was never a showstopper.

To my surprise i found that while most of the parts were rebuilt the bike was completely disassembled. I was wrong unfortunately krzysztof s choice of donor didn t make things any easier. Exhaust system the razor cb750 sohc 4 into1 exhaust for the750 sohc honda 1969 1978. This custom honda cb750 f2 is a sharp cafe racer.

The cb series contain an extensive list of models from 50cc mopeds to the cb1300 super four with single cylinders to the impressive 6 inline cbx engine that. Unlike many of the honda cb750 s i see converted in to cafe racers this one started out as a mid 90 s nighthawk. It was a good price so i went to look at it. 1992 cb750 cafe racer crossover this cb750 took three years to build cafe racer kits and bespoke honda cb cb750 cafe race seat tank 69 76 honda cb750 520 sprocket chain.

Honda cb750 cafe racer conversion kit. I thought a cafe racer project would be a walk in the park. The cb series bikes were designed mainly for commuting and cruising though many have serious sporting potential or racing. What was the cb750 like when you bought it.

Original reviews of the cb750 f2 feature words like adequate good and in some cases boring. Although a seemingly simple job sourcing a set. Engine sizes vary greatly from the diminutive cb50 to the mighty six cylinder cbx. It was on craigslist the ad simply said rebuilt 1981 cb750.

Perhaps one of the biggest challenges of the whole build was the conversion to spoked wheels.