1981 Honda CB750 F Cafe Racer

There was no particular concept followed. The bike evolved into what it is over several years of work as described in the build process. One thing was always on the cards though. We wanted something that was going to be true to Honda. Hence the red, black and silver colour scheme, and the old-school feel of the bike.

If you’ve been following us for a little while you will have noticed that the Cafe Racer build process for this bike was rather stop-start after initially starting works at the end of 2019. It was always intended to be a personal project, hence the very long timeline. As JAX Garage grew more traction in the custom scene we got busy working hard on client builds and prototyping parts. This build just kept getting pushed to the background.

Slowly, it developed into more of something we loved, and with a spare minute or two here and there we isolated little sections to work on. We spent a few days here machining up the billet aluminium grips on the lathe and mill, then a while down the track we would spend a few days there painting the tank etc.

Over a long period of time, a custom café racer was slowly born. That’s the best way we can describe it.

Whilst it’s been a long journey, the most amazing part was actually working on it in drips and drabs, stepping away from other pressures. It was always a bit of a passion project, but not one to keep, so this bike is up for sale for the lucky individual that wants it.

Also note that this bike has recently been featured on Bikebound Magazine.

So what was done?

Modifications

Paint & Name:

Soul Red (Candy)

Bodywork:

Fuel Tank modified to remove top recess for gas cap
Rear Electrical Tray painted black to merge with the frame – Carpeted underneath
Seat pan and rear cowl (hours perfected and metal shaped)
Custom Front fender
Custom chain guard made from steel tubing and perforated steel plate
Rear subframe modified, hoop attached, shortened.
Entire frame detabbed of redundant tabs and fixture points, then painted in-house

Engine & Performance Parts:

Mikuni RS34 flat slide Carbs with aluminium velocity stacks
Delkavic 4into1 aftermarket exhaust system

Electrical:

Completely custom wiring loom (wiring diagram can be found on our blog)
motogadget mo.unit blue integration
motogadget mo.lock integration
motogaget motoscope pro and breakout box integration
Rick’s Electrics 14-103 Regulator Rectifier
Antigravity 801 Lithium Ion Battery
motogadget m.switch mini switch gear
Stedi Carbon Black 7 Inch Headlight – integrated with a floating bracket design
motogadget mo.blaze disc front indicators
motogadget mo.blaze pin rear indicators
Integrated rear hoop tail light

Suspension:

JAX Garage Replacement Top Triple
JAX Garage Replacement fork tube caps
Rear Aftermarket chrome painted suspension. Front forks rebuilt, shorter progressive springs

Wheels & Tyres: