Friday, August 1, 2014

My latest project a custom CAFE RACER...

 1976 CB400F

I hate to think how many hours I have in this ol' girl at this point. 

I still have some tweaking to do but I have ridden her around the parking lot.




I custom built the tail to hide the battery. I used caramel brown vinyl with an old leather belt holding it in place. I relocated the fuse box under the seat. 


Factory 4 into1 header with a modified modern Suzuki can. Cool sound.


The tank has hours of work to create the knee hugger look, I'm not positive but I think the tank is off a 550.  


The engine was in pretty good shape..just the usual stuff.



Frame is painted with a few hidden tweaks...




You can see from this she was a Basket Case. I wish I had thought to take photos of her before I started tearing in to her.




It really is amazing to see it like this as to the finished bike.



I fabricated a tail with storage space that hinges with a key latch. That is the new space for the battery.
I used an old police car spotlight with Kaw ZX750 headlight.
LED's integrated into the headlight for blinkers and tail light is a backup light from something old, has a clear lens LED bulb inside to create my brake and running lights. Bullet blinkers in the future.


    1976 CB400F