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JakeGrafton

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Hello all Honda café racers!

I'm new here and thought I'd make a short intro and also post a question. (Turned out not so short. Sorry 'bout that!)

I've been a sports bike driver for most of my life. Started long ago with a Harley Sportster (no sport bike, I know that), but soon got tired of beeing overtaken by all fast rice burners. So got a Kawasaki ZZR 1100. Great for straight (and fast) roads, but lacked agility. Sold it and got myself a Yamaha YZF 750 which was a really sweet ride on which I took my road racing license. It also was the bike on which I first lost my drivers license for a couple of months, due to speeding. And that made me "downgrade" to a 1996 Triumph Speed Triple. A brutal street machine (by 1996 standards) and soooo beautiful in all black. And when Triumph introduced the T595 I was back in the fast lane. A beautiful bike in a yellow paint so smooth and glossy it looked all wet... Then came a few years without riding, but finally the itch got too bad and I got myself a lovely Ducati Sport 1000. Kinda café racing style and a great bike. But once in the Ducati family, a REAL superbike was irresistible and when I found a mint cond' Ducati 996R I pulled the trigger. It's by all means the best sport bike I ever rode.

Then came a few more years on 4 wheels when this spring I fell in love with a Harley Fat Boy that I'm now enjoying to the fullest. Getting this beautiful classic I thought my sport bike days were for ever over. But... I'm now starting to think 'bout maybe - just maybeeee - building myself a nice little café racer. I think that's one of the "truest" forms of bike you can see. And studying the subject a little, the Honda CB 750 seem to be a nice place to start. And here comes - finally, if you made it this far - my question:

If I should build a café racer based on a CB 750, what model would be a good start? What year? SOHC or DOHC? What other things to consider? My aim is not to start racing again, but rather build a sweet café racer for casual use, with nice riding qualities, a responsive engine and good handling (whatever that means... ;) )

Any advice from you would be appreciated... ;)

TIA

PS. And here BTW is my present ride:

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Tjenare JakeGrafton och välkommen till cb750.com !!

MY opinion on your choice of poison would be the SOHC CB750 from 1969-1978. They tend to be a little bit more pricey than the DOHC here in Sweden, but (IMO) looks that much better. And if you get one with the round top carbs (1969-1976 K models) they are a breeze to tune, even with pods if you choose to go that route.
But if you're looking for a lot of power you'll be looking at boring and getting more CC's and what not.

I guess the real question is, what is your budget for this?

Again welcome aboard and keep those pictures coming (once you get your CB750)!
 
That's what I call fast response! Thank's Stabler!!!

As for my budget, I was hoping to start pretty lean, and slowly add more funding as the project runs. So I'm well below SEK 30K (= USD 5K) for initial purchase... :/
 
I'm fast like that. 😃
You'll get more parts and stuff for your budget if you get a later model CB750 (post 1978) but I still vote for a SOHC. They just look better to me.
But wait until the other members here on the board wakes up and you'll prolly get a lot more (and different) opinions.
 
I'm fast like that. 
You'll get more parts and stuff for your budget if you get a later model CB750 (post 1978) but I still vote for a SOHC. They just look better to me.
But wait until the other members here on the board wakes up and you'll prolly get a lot more (and different) opinions.

;) Good looks are important to me when I choose my bikes. Wouldn't dream of building anything but the sweetest possible. Thank's for good advice.

Och tack för nationell hälsning. Alltid lika kul!
 
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