The Cafe makeover

It's been decided that the 76' CB750 will become a cafe racer. I believe we are going to go with a mild cafe build, keeping it in a condition that will allow it to be converted back to stock in the future. We might be missing the main point of really cafe'n a classic bike. First off, I should explain what a "cafe racer" is to those who may be following our blog and aren't familiar with the motorcycle jargon.

A café racer,is a type of motorcycle as well as a type of motorcyclist. Both meanings have their roots in the 1960s European counterculture group the Rockers, or the Ton-up boys. Rockers were a young and rebellious Rock and Roll counterculture that wanted a fast, personalized and distinctive bike to travel between transport cafés along the newly built arterial motorways. The goal of many was to be able to reach 100 miles per hour (called simply "the ton") along such a route where the rider would leave from a cafe, race to a predetermined point and back to the cafe before a single song could play on the jukebox, called record-racing.
The cafe racer is a motorcycle that has been modified for speed and good handling rather than comfort. Cafe racers' bodywork and control layout typically mimicked the style of contemporary Grand Prix roadracers, featuring an elongated fuel tank and small, rearward mounted, humped seat. A signature trait were low, narrow handlebars that provided more precise control at high speeds and allowed the rider to "tuck in" to lessen wind resistance. These are referred to as either "clip-ons" (two-piece bars that bolt directly to each fork tube) or "clubmans" (one piece bars that attach to the stock mounting location but drop down and forward). The ergonomics resulting from low bars and the rearward seat often required "rearsets," or rear-set footrests and foot controls, again typical of racing motorcycles of the era. Distinctive half or full race-style fairings were sometimes mounted to the forks or frame. The bikes had a raw, utilitarian and stripped-down appearance while the engines were tuned for maximum speed.

New seat cover
cafe style tail light
bullet style signals
Clubman bars
new ignition switch
new shortened cables
single gauge bracket
4 to 1 RC racing exhaust