Saving a 1980 750 twin.

i like the flatbed beemer!
:evil:

leon

My buddy had some time to turn up the wheel spacers. The swingarm is a perfect fit in the the 750 twin frame, nothing needed there While he was messing around with that i used his buffer to polish up the new engine covers. I personally prefer the older style text, and since the ones on this motor are pretty trashed its was a good excuse to switch.

man it's all lookin really good




leon

Those are some sweet looking photos. Gonna need sunglasses when you ride! :laugh:

...and yeah, the older font is way cooler.

I whittled down the shock mounts. Eric hogged out the axle plate and welded them in. the torque link mount is welded in as well, as are the chain guard mounts. We had to cut a chunk out of the gusset in the middle to provide clearance for the wheel since the arm was shorted and inch and a half. I hope to have some free time on sunday to go back and polish the swingarm out on his buffer, figure out the chain slider situation, and get some good pics of it in the sun. Once i get it home i am going to measure the geometry, and reevaluate. I may need to swap for different triple or move the upper shock mounts. we will see. I'm stoked!

i noticed when i was buffing the stator cover that part of the casting was broken off, not surprising since it looked like some one beat on it with a hammer a t some point. Welded it up and started to polish it out. I also brought the bike home form my buddies shop. i didnt have time to buff out the swingarm yet. I couldnt resist and mocked it up real quick... things are taking shape :evil:

The 750 twins, in stock form usually look really heavy to me. Yours somehow looks really light, but there are no super dramatic changes. It's like a different bike, but still looks like it could have come from the factory that way. Very nice!

+1 I think one thing that makes them look heavy is the stock side cover. It may be because it has a good deal of overlap under the rear part of the fuel tank. Ed

650ed wrote: +1 I think one thing that makes them look heavy is the stock side cover. It may be because it has a good deal of overlap under the rear part of the fuel tank. Ed

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I always thought that area look very dense also

Smaller front fender, no carbs, no airbox and a tidier rear fender have a lot to do with it too.

I agree on the side cover. the B1-B4 sidecover is huge and doesn't match the styling of the tank or the tail IMO. The G1 sidecover is much smaller and matches the tank better.