Nearly everybody who has ever ridden a SOHC Honda CB750 at freeway speeds has lost a left side cover. It’s an affliction they have been cursed with since day one. You may notice all the “customs”, “cafe racers”, and “brats” running around with pod air filters and no side covers. That is because without the […]
Nearly a year and a 1/2 ago I posted this inventory of my garage/projects, Well I’m finally starting to see the end of the tunnel on 2 of them. The Honda MT125 Elsinore is within spitting distance of being “done” and the CB750 cafe racer is nearly a whole bike again. Back in August it […]
Spotted this for sale at the Pomona Swap Meet. It’s a perfect example of the type of bike that is being slapped together and called a “cafe racer” by every hack with a Harbor Freight store nearby. Looks like a Honda CB550, but what the hell happened to it? The exhaust pipes are just cut […]