So I literally just scored huge today, got a 1980 CB750F for $100 with the title, after the 3 hours it took for us to get it out of this maze of a basement, the price made sense, but now the real fun begins...

I'd like to turn the bike into a café racer (or more that style) I'm 5'7, weigh 135lbs, so there's plenty of bike there for me, it's all about how I use it, what I add etc. I'm just looking for input experience, thoughts etc. What would you do first?

Thanks!


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It looks like a great $100!!!

There are a lot of ideas and sources on these two forums:

http://dotheton.com/index.php

http://www.caferacer.net/forums/default.asp


Do The Ton is the friendlier of the two.
It seems on Caferacer, a few folks are "experts" and have no tolerance for ignorance.

I bought my CB200 to Cafe, but I am concentrating on getting my BMW back on the road, first.

Thanks for the links- both very helpful. Good luck with getting the BMW back and running. I still kick myself for getting rid of my R60/2 in a fit of teenage folly.

Peace,

Mara

A couple of quick and free things you could do; ditch the luggage rack and high-rise bars. You can find drag-bars or clubman style bars on ebay pretty cheap. Bar-end mirrors would look nice too.
If you've got the coin, spokes, a flat solo seat & an armadillo style tank would go a long way toward the cafe look.

Just the luggage rack, bars & mirrors will change the look of the bike completely though. That's where I'd start.

Bars, 'dillo tank, spokes, seat


...and done.

Mara,
sorry to bother, but i have a 79 cb750f and couldn't help wondering...
if you are wanting to cafe this bike, would you be interested in selling me the passenger's handles (or whatever else u call them)
thanks!
~Alex

i kind of like when the back fender part of the cafe racers are up high and come to a slight point.but first id do the traditional stuff if thats what youre going for.set the handlebars down low,get a single seat,cool gas tank of your choice,etc.i was actually thinking about a caferacer as my next project, but right now im tied up in a 76 cb500t bobber.but for a hundred bucks thats REALLY not bad,especially for the shape of the bike.good luck bro.