New project

[Dan soar]

Hello fellow CB lovers, I just bought my first bike in fifteen years. It's a 1980 CB750K, not running at the moment, but it will. I love the look of garage built cafe racers, and am going to try my hand at building my own. I am a diesel and hydraulic fitter by trade and I can weld sufficiently to stick two bits of metal together. No photos yet I'm sorry but I will post soon. I pulled off the carbs last night and found they need a full rebuild. Other cosmetic damage includes smashed off dash and destroyed gauges. I will probably require help either building or buying an appropriate seat, if anyone can help with this I would appreciate it heaps. Oh we'll it's a rainy day here and I'm off to admire the beast in the garage. Over and out.

[shultz_1978]

Hi Dan

Some us like to see other peoples bikes and tell them to do thing we would never do to our own, Unless it looked really cool.  ((((Joking)))) Welcome to the forum.

bring on the build pic please

[LukeM]

Carb rebuild isn't difficult.  Depends on how much crud is in there.  You can count on pulling them apart at least twice (that's been my observation on users here). They can't be too clean.

Since there's a bit of cosmetic damage to the bike, take some time to re-design the stuff that's broke.  Ignore the current "dashboard" and think about how you want it to look. Maybe a flat metal panel with holes in it for speedo, tach, indicator lights.  Maybe an all-in-one gauge with speedo and lights. The sky's the limit to what you can do.  Post ideas to this forum, and I'm confident many will chime in with their opinion. Take it for what it's worth.  Me personally, I'm a bit of a purist, and like to keep things functional first, then pretty later.

Luke M