CB750 cafe racer build

[psyguy]

don't have anywhere free to store it

wish my garage was bigger

[fergie]

have been following the rebuild since the beginning, love your posts, very intertaining. sorry you will have to part with her but thems the breaks, good luck in spain.

[jonbuoy]

have been following the rebuild since the beginning, love your posts, very intertaining. sorry you will have to part with her but thems the breaks, good luck in spain.

Cheers, looking like I don't need to re-cert or have any formal inspection done to get the bike on the road in the Uk as its classed as a classic vehicle. As long as I can get an MOT (warrant) I should be sweet. I'm figuring if I go in with a full tank of fuel and take it to a modern bike shop for the MOT they won't even think about checking the fuel tank construction. Fibreglass tanks were banned years ago so they won't be expecting one now. Long as I can get it shipping over for a reasonable cost I'll take it with me.

[Paulo]

Hey Jonboy I too have been watching your build , Great stuff, I'm doing up a cb750F1 Have a seat from carpy and bars , am deciding on paintjob and rims etc, I've mocked up a pic in photoshop of the color scheme (keeps my overalls clean this way ) anyways thanks for the great progress reports , hop mine turns out as nice as yours. and Yes you should take it with you for sure!

[jonbuoy]

Hey Jonboy I too have been watching your build , Great stuff, I'm doing up a cb750F1 Have a seat from carpy and bars , am deciding on paintjob and rims etc, I've mocked up a pic in photoshop of the color scheme (keeps my overalls clean this way ) anyways thanks for the great progress reports , hop mine turns out as nice as yours. and Yes you should take it with you for sure!

Hey that looks sweet, is that the standard F steel tank? Those rims look good in black, to be honest I think I would prefer to have spokes as well. Wonder if they can be coated black instead of chrome?

[Paulo]

Hey thanks, Yep thats the standard tank, was looking for a dunstall then gave up, found out carpy made a seat for the 750F that fiited just right with the original tank so I got it, keeping the padding pretty minimal to keep the lines, not too comfy. Yeah I'm a fan of the black rims. I'd like to get the spokes black too and laced, it's all about money at the moment. will have to chip away at this. Cheers : )

[jonbuoy]

Yeah that way you can spread the payments, "loose" all the reciepts and not think about how much you spent - ignorance is bliss! Yeah I wonder if HPC could black coat them - way cheaper than chrome for the other parts I've had done. Not sure if spokes would loose their temper in the heat treatment/dechroming?

[Paulo]

LOL, yep the less I know the better I feel, good point on the spokes , I'll keep this in mind.

[Wired1]

I had my entire wheels sand blasted and painted black and it worked fine, but if I was going for looks I'd powder coat the rims and use stainless spokes, the spokes will set off the rims nicer.

[Kickaha]

How about this for a performance upgrade for it
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-150511036.htm

[ynot slow]

Two words to say BLOODY NICE.

[jonbuoy]

How about this for a performance upgrade for it
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-150511036.htm

Damn only just saw this now.

[jonbuoy]

I crated the bike up and shipped it back to the UK via world moving and storage - they've been great to deal with. Bought my own crate off of trade me and mixed in some riding gear, spare parts, my pc tools clothes cd's so was well worth it in the end.

Registering in the UK was a piece of cake this might be useful info for someone else importing - I needed to get insurance so I could ride to the MOT station - didn't need to get a full compliance test as it was over 10 years old. Only thing it needed to pass was a rear reflector. Insurance companies here are so anal about mods - your supposed to list everything you've done to it - if you don't they'll try and squirm out of paying up. Wasn't easy when the guy on the end of the phone didn't know shit about bikes. After the MOT I had to go into the DVLA office and hand over the customs import form, MOT certificate, and old NZ LTSA rego papers. Two days later I got a tax disc and an allocated rego number.

I had to get a "show" plate as technically I'm not supposed to have a classic black and silver plate as any vehicle made after 1973 has to have yellow and black numberplates - whatever . A few numberplate companies wouldn't make one for me as they are supposed to be linked to DVLA office - eventually found somewhere that would make one. Yellow and black would have looked like shite.

Happy I didn't have to sell it in the end, I can't bring it to Spain as I've got no garage for the time being. As a side note they have some awesome little 50cc two stroke supermoto mopeds which are pretty tempting for nipping to the shops

[Wired1]

Sounds like they've got a smooth system - how much did it cost from start to finish? I was talking to a guy the other day about the rules in Canada and he was saying they aren't allowed to import any bikes less than 15 years old. Then you see the crap these "chopper" builders are building on discovery and they just hop on them and ride them as soon as they are finished without any cert or rego or anything.

[Paulo]

Hey Jonbouy Good to know you 've got you bike over there after all that work! Guess you'll be heading down to the Ace Cafe sometime for a look when in blighty ?

I hope Spain is easier to buy a bike in than Italy , I spent 3 months trying to leaglly by a bike when I lived in Rome with no luck, Crazy bureaucracy. You had to be a resident to apply for a non resident drivers permit ha. Anyway enjoy the Spanish Sun and Senioritas !