Here's an update of the project I've had under construction during the past three years! 

It's been a long road to travel, but it's finally "done"! Here's my cafe' project, a '76 750F with lots of mods and custom "one-off" billet stuff that I made myself (it's good to be a machinist). I bought the bike from a guy in Charlotte, NC on May 31, 2001, and it is now as you see it in June, 2004. 

The billet stuff includes front and rear turn signals and mounts, rearsets, lift pegs, license plate holder and light, idiot light cluster, instrument mounts, tach and speedo housings and LED-tipped bar ends. Other one-off custom stuff: oil cooler bracket, shift and brake pedals and related linkages, clip on bars, rear cowl piece (where there once was a passenger seat), rear master cylinder parts from stainless steel. 

Modified stuff: dual front disc conversion with drilled rotors, Barnett clutch, modified and shortened megaphone on the header, 9/16" front master cylinder from a '77 750F, lowered single seat with the stock rear foot pegs shaved off, bobbed front fender, Lockhart oil cooler, Tsubaki gold "O"-ring chain, halogen headlight (nice 'n bright!), tapered roller neck bearings and a glycerin filled oil pressure gauge, DYNA 5-ohm coils and ACCEL wires.

Almost all of the incandescent bulbs have been replaced with LED's (except for the headlight, the tach and speedo). The frame has been sandblasted and painted in silver metallic, the tank, front fender and rear cowl is painted in DuPont 2000 Corvette yellow with clear coat. The side covers are painted in black metallic candy lacquer. Engine is painted in semi-gloss black, and the polished aluminum stuff is coated with Duplicolor's clear wheel urethane.

I've added relays to operate the halogen headlight, and an electronic signal flasher. The rear wheel is new with stainless spokes (laced it up myself!). Brake lines are Goodridge braided stainless steel, with the rear brake switch changed to hydraulic pressure type. Anything that could be polished has been, including the forks, the handlebar controls, triple trees and the master cylinders. The mirrors are stock that have been bent slightly to lower them a bit.

Future mod's may include a DYNA "S" ignition, and maybe (maybe) pods and lose the stock air box. We'll see.

The bike handles great, but with the lowered clip-ons it's a bit rough on the wrists (but I love it anyway)! The engine wasn't touched, and I've discovered it has some really minor oil leakage issues which I'll address this coming winter. I'm hoping to get my own website up and running sometime in the near future, stay tuned.

Steve Ferguson