Well, I've decided to take the plunge and start a blog to document the progress of both my Company and it's products, namely cool bike builds and the occasional part, as well as share any cool things I see that are relevant to my interests.. I am going to rebuild, one at a time, my two '70's Honda CB750's. These two bikes are going to be like my business cards. They will not be for sale, but you can see what I can do. Then I will start picking up what mongrels I can find and transform them into nasty, fast little fuckers of a stripped down nature, and offer them for sale.
The two Hondas are as follows;
1978 CB750K8
This is my first bike, given to me by Special Ed of Bowie,Md. when he joined the Army. This bike has broke my heart, leaving me stranded at 2 in the morning in the boonies with a bad condensor, and broke my Tailbone when it allowed my Hamfist to write a check the rear tire couldn't cover. The first thing I did with it was throw on Clubman bars and a Jardine 4/1 pipe, replacing the rust holed original 4/4. The second thing I did was pick up a '77 CB750F parts bike and put the forks,rim,and brakes on the K, and thus, FrankenBike was born!
This scratched polaroid is the only known photo in existence of FrankenBike in it's daily driver days.
This is it now, on the Surgeon's table. It has sat since '04, but there is no rust in the jugs and she turns freely. I want to go back to a spoked front rim, and am working on the dual disc setup now. At this stage, I am just getting it running and rideable. All the fancy crap I have planned will wait until I get it back on the road again. Except the tank and brakes.I am painting the tank black, with a bright blue racing stripe. Once I have it to the point of wearing tags and an Inspection sticker, meaning it runs again, then I will start Stage 2 of it's build. I will need a new name as well, as it will no longer be FrankenBike with the F front rim gone...Or will it? My Disc conversion involves parts from 3 different bikes, so maybe...If the Wife does not like riding on the back of it, then It will get bobbed or cafe'd, I just can't decide which. If she does like it, then it will look like a mutant Cafe/Tracker
with that long Honda seat.
1977 CB750F2
Wearing the K's rear rim so it can be rolled around.
This one I bought off of FeeBay, from a police Mechanic somewhere in New Jersey. It was all white and chrome, except the wheels, they were left alone. It's been bored to 836cc's, Wiseco pistons, Wabco steel brake lines, and a tail section with a spoiler built in. I put the seat and tail from the F parts bike on it. It's a Corbin Gunfighter, but I don't like tthe length and look. Also the chrome was done by a moron who plated directly to the aluminum, without laying down copper and nickel first. There are pits and blooms everywhere. This bike has also sat since '04. I removed the top end to replace a leaking headgasket. Now I need to hone the cylinders and replace the studs as rust has set in.
More on this one when I start building it. I intend to turn it into a racebike with lights.
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