Black and Amber 750

This machine is a representation of my earliest desires to subtly but dramatically shift the stance, aesthetic and desirability of a fairly stock looking CB 750. I've owned quite a few motorcycles and they've mostly been Honda 750's. In the years of developing the craft of restoring and modifying vintage motorcycles, I found myself starting out by making nominal adjustments in order to achieve undeniable results. This bike really is an opus in regards to that philosophy. Despite its utilitarianism and simplicity there really is a lot of work in addressing a machine from front to back and bottom to top in order to establish a smooth and effortless flow that I believe this bike possesses. All this while maintaining a period look that perhaps, given the opportunity, Honda would have liked to build barring manufacturing restrictions and red tape. As with the majority of my builds the engine was disassembled and rebuilt. The carburetors were also freshened up inside and out. The four into one exhaust system was permanently fitted with a shortened and baffled muffler that was welded and massaged into place to create a truncated and aggressive look and sound. The wheels were replaced with stainless spokes into powder coated black stock wheels. The stock K series tank was employed along with a handmade signature seat to again maintain a reasonable and civilized stock appearance. A handmade and proprietary aluminum oil tank delicately fills the void in the center of the frame while custom shortened headlight brackets cinch the amber lens and bezel tightly to stock front end. A dual rotor braking system appropriately brings some much needed stopping power and aesthetic weight to the stiletto fork tubes and shortened stock front fender. Proprietary rearsets, black leather upholstery, gloss black paint scheme and highly polished aluminum finishes wrap this bike neatly into a subtly modified yet beautiful rendition of a machine that when released in the late sixties literally changed the motorcycle world permanently.