| Week 20: june 09, 2009 |
| email: flipprboi@benjiescaferacer.com Edison, NJ 08837 USA |
| Week 20: After mounting the engine, forks and swingarm on the frame, we decided to take everything out and paint the frame dark bronze. The black frame was kinda lost in the mix with all the black parts on the bike. We decided to get the frame painted matte dark bronze with a rough over spray finish, to give that industrial urban modern look to match the platinum composite that we have on the tank and seat. The bronze will add detail to the bike and will blend nicely with the other parts of the bike. This week we also put the engine together. We had the pistons punched out close to 850cc and slap some mild street cams. We also machined bronze bushings for the swing arm and will mount performance shocks. Ohh and we couldn't help mount our own stainless 4 into 4 short shooters exhaust. Stay tune! |
| CB750 SOHC "Trixie Special" |
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| Week 21: April 08, 2010 |
| Week 21: It's been almost a year since we last worked on the Trixie project bike. Lately with customer orders, we just havent had any time to work on it. But last Sunday had some free time and did some work to it. Finally found a pair of nice rear shocks, but we had to change the buttom shock mount on the swing arm. We couldn't find a nice rear shocks that are set up for old CBs, so had to change buttom shock mounts. It was pretty simple. Just has to cut off what we had in our swing arm, fabricated a C type bracket and drilled through the bracket where the bolt will go through for the shocks. Then just had to welded the bracket on the swing arm and made sure that its on the stock location. We decided to drill an extra hole just in case we decided to lower the rear by 1.5-2". Now just need to have the swing arm painted. We mounted the headlight shroud on to the trees eliminating the use of a headlight bracket. Since we have clip-ons on this project bike, we decided to clean up the upper tree. We cutted-out what tabs we dont need, and build up the holes with using a TIG welder and aluminum filler rods. I never like having the manufacturer's name on any of our bikes we work on, even on the motor except for the BCR logo. I want the novice guessing what bike it originally was, so ... we got rid off the HONDA stamp on the generator cover. We could have just used a bolt-on generator cover, but what's the fun it that? Plus it's been done before. So with the same process with the upper trees, we just build up the stampings with a TIG welder and aluminum filler rods. Now just need to grind out the excess welds and polish things up. Stay Tune! (hopefully this summer this bike done. Fingers crossed) |