Z750 B2 Cafe Build..........Nearly There!!

Well its taken me about 8 months to get my bike like this. I've still some things to do like fit a chain, new tyres & redo the rearset mounts but i'm pretty much there. Then it'll be getting into getting it going well & im sure im gonna have some teething problems.

Pretty much EVERYTHING has been modified on the bike, some things more complicated than others

Pics are a bit poo as i couldnt find my camera & used my phone but you get the idea


Before





After





I'll have some more pics when totally finished & i can get my hands on the camera!

Very nice Steve! Bike looks great! Looks like you are ready for some country lane curve storming. Do you belong to any local Cafe riding clubs?

KZJOE900 wrote: Very nice Steve! Bike looks great! Looks like you are ready for some country lane curve storming. Do you belong to any local Cafe riding clubs?

In Northern Ireland?? You gotta be kidding!! Closest im gonna get to that will be any local Z1 Owners Club rides but even at that i'll look WAY out of place!

750steve wrote:

KZJOE900 wrote: Very nice Steve! Bike looks great! Looks like you are ready for some country lane curve storming. Do you belong to any local Cafe riding clubs?

In Northern Ireland?? You gotta be kidding!! Closest im gonna get to that will be any local Z1 Owners Club rides but even at that i'll look WAY out of place!

That's a shame. So what is kind of clubs / bikes are common over your way? Not even any vintage clubs?

Not that i know of.......plenty of drinking & fishig clubs though! :laugh:

Stockers are great, but I'm a gearhead and love to see custom work. totally awesome. I've seen alot of cafe builds but yours is bout the best in my opinion. Good job bro

Cheers dude & thanks for the comments! The more i look at it the more i think 'clip-ons' but i'll have to ride it first before making that move. Its 10mm up at the back & 13mm down at the front already with most of the removed weight coming off the back too so i dont wanna overload the front. I'll have to see how it feels

Don't worry about the details thats a headbangin bike

This is the caliper mount.
I also had a disc mount made up to hold the ZX6R rear brake setup but dont have pics of it, its now powdercoated white & fitted to the rim






The tail unit build

florists foam used to get a general shape




Covered in Aluminium foil so the glass resin didnt melt the foam


Filled, primed, sanded, Filled, primed, sanded, Filled, primed, sanded, Filled, primed, sanded, Filled, primed, sanded, Filled, primed, sanded


Ready to paint






Now the seat

Wooden mid section so the trim could be stapled to it, shaped to fit a 'bent to fit' piece of aluminium that matched the lines of the seat base, this was used so i could fit rivet nuts to attact the seat to the base


Trimmed with seat foam

Wiring

This is partially wired but i wanted a pic like this, you can see the light switch in the box at the top left & the main on/off switch in the top right, when its off everything shuts down so i can start with no lights, i think thats easier on the battery

Here's what it sounds like, i need to get used to a choke again!!

Nice work Steve!