Cr750 Replica | Limey Bikes - Garage Motorbike

1977 CB 836 yesteryear Limey Bikes limeybikes.com
This lovely piffling affair started out equally a $50 pile of junk dragged from a barn. The innovation was to plow this 1977 CB750K into an affordable CR750 race replica. They own got likewise made it the exclusively street legal CR we've e'er seen.

The CR750 was Honda's entry into serious racing. The CB750 needed a marketing boost in addition to winning the Daytona 200 inwards 1970 was the perfect adventure to present off what this platform could do. After their victory Honda released a kit to alteration a CB750, These kits were sold dorsum inwards the early on 1970's for a whopping $10,000 (that's close $60,000 inwards todays money). That was on function yesteryear of buying the stock CB750, in addition to you lot likewise had to cook the wheel yourself.

To cook a faithful CR750 replica present would toll inwards excess of $50,000. Just the bring upwards hub volition laid you lot dorsum close $5,000. We managed to cook this tribute for close the toll of 4 of those coveted CR hubs. By making a few concessions to budget in addition to approximately careful aesthetic in addition to mechanical choices this machine embodies the spirit in addition to fun of the master 4 cylinder crotch rocket.

The effect is a pretty quick piffling bike. It handles well, stops when asked, in addition to is over 100 lbs lighter than it started out. Visually at that spot are ii principal differences betwixt this in addition to it's considerably to a greater extent than costly inspiration. First, it does non own got the total fairing. This is partly because it would function inwards equally hot equally balls to ride inwards Texas oestrus in addition to partly to salve the motor during depression speed riding. Secondly, it has a headlight.

There are patently other differences to the existent McCoy, only nosotros wanted a rideable wheel to a greater extent than than a manus grenade. For the most part... it's a pretty road-racer that's tardily to ride in addition to performs equally good equally it looks. There's likewise a video of the wheel at the bottom of the page... it sounds similar an angry metallic bear.

MODS
-rebuilt in addition to drinking glass beaded function yesteryear end
-Keihein CR Smoothbore carburetors (29mm)
-836cc large bore kit
-3 slice metallic function yesteryear cease gasket
-Hand made aluminum gas tank in addition to crude tank yesteryear Mead Spead
-jigged in addition to re-welded frame (help from Working Man Customs)
-Hand cutting in addition to upholstered seat
-Custom fabricated CR agency front end fender
-OEM pigment scheme in addition to coloring stuff pulled from Honda Paint codes
-Modified front end cease to convey total size dual disc brakes
-House made stainless lines
-In identify wiring harness in addition to lighting laid up
-Dyna Ignition system
-hand drilled bring upwards brake plate in addition to front end sprocket cover
-Rebuilt wheels amongst shouldered aluminum rims stainless spokes
-70's right K81 Dunlop Goldseal Tires
-Hand made 4-into-4 CR agency pipes from Japan
-Soda blasted in addition to re-painted cases
-Custom stainless crude lines in addition to hose connectors
-Hand machined fuel valve mount
-Cognito Moto rearsets
-Shorai lithium battery
-Stainless allen example bolts
-Halogen headlight in addition to LED rear
-Powder coated frame in addition to auxiliary pieces
-Taper caput bearings inwards identify of criterion rollers
-2" nether size fork tubes
-Betor bring upwards shocks
-Bronze swing arm bushings
-Machined function yesteryear triple tree