Bike Garage - Asian Orangish

Russ Larabee, accepted the invitation to exhibit his motorcycle, a cafe racer non real flashy but total of elegance, maintained together with refined.
Russ answered some of our questions together with told us close this project.

Where are you lot coming from?

Wilmot, Wisconsin USA (close to Milwaukee)

Who else worked amongst you?

I am the bike's owner. The bulk of this laid is the run of Jeff Stephens of Godffery's Garage (see Cafe Overkill)

How tin you lot depict yourself (or your team)?

Godffery's Garage is a small-scale one-man operationbased inward Burlington, Wisconsin. He is responsible for all facets of this laid (mechanical, tuning, bodywork, design,metal together with fibreglas fabrication, wheelbuilding etc.) unless otherwise noted. I did some small-scale business office fab such equally the rearset brackets, headlight ears together with brakestay arm inward improver to small-scale business office polishing special run on sprocket encompass together with points together with stator covers.

What inspired you lot to outset edifice the bike?

I was inspired past times the custom scene inward full general but specifically past times Godffery's run on Cafe Overkill. I've ever been to a greater extent than of a fan of nakeds together with streetfighters than of caferacers together with then nosotros tried to run some of that influence into the design.

 Where did it come upward from?

I bought it from my older blood brother when I got dorsum into riding inward 2002 later on a 25+ yr dry out spell.

What's the donor bike, make, model, year?

1978 Honda cb750K

What was your vision/plan?

There was non a programme cutting inward stone. This laid took house over the course of pedagogy of half dozen years equally time, coin together with inspiration dictated. Ultimately the long laid fourth dimension was a good

thing because parts, inspiration together with other things became available (or considered) belatedly inward the procedure that were non at that topographic point early on.

What did you lot exercise to the bike?

Build Components

Bodywork

• CB 500T Fuel tank, modified – even cap setup past times Roaring Toyz

• Side covers – CB 750 F

• Front fender – 1986 Yamaha 750 Maxim – re-shaped for 18" wheel

• Rear fender – shortened stock unit

• Tail department – Legendary Motorcycles Phat Tail amongst major modifications past times Godffery's Garage

Engine

• Carbs rebuilt past times Godffery's Garage

• Top End refresh past times Godffery's Garage

• Modified Kerker/Vance & Hines hybrid exhaust

• Clutch encompass – Joker Machine

• K&N air filters together with crankcase breather filter

• Oil cooler – CB 650 unit of measurement amongst custom lines together with adapter base of operations past times Godffery's Garage

• Zinc plated hardware past times F.P.S.

Lighting together with Electrical

• CB 599 headlight on custom mounts

LED Bodywork

• CB 500T Fuel tank, modified – even cap setup past times Roaring Toyz

• Side covers – CB 750 F

• Front fender – 1986 Yamaha 750 Maxim – re-shaped for 18" wheel

• Rear fender – shortened stock unit

• Tail department – Legendary Motorcycles Phat Tail amongst major modifications past times Godffery's Garage

Engine

• Carbs rebuilt past times Godffery's Garage

• Top End refresh past times Godffery's Garage

• Modified Kerker/Vance & Hines hybrid exhaust

• Clutch encompass – Joker Machine

• K&N air filters together with crankcase breather filter

• Oil cooler – CB 650 unit of measurement amongst custom lines together with adapter base of operations past times Godffery's Garage

• Zinc plated hardware past times F.P.S.

Lighting together with Electrical

• CB 599 headlight on custom mounts

• Taillight

• K&S plough signals

• Dyna southward ignition, coils together with plug wires

• Rick's Motorsport Electrics regulator/rectifier combo

• Headlight relay set-up past times Eastern Beaver

• Lots of rewiring together with rearranging to accommodate non-OEM parts

• Stock gauges amongst custom faces

Controls

• RSI Racing handlebars

• CB 1100F replica brake lever/master cylinder

• CRG Blindsight mirrors

• Core Moto stainless steel brake lines

Wheels together with Suspension

• Wheels built past times Godffery's Garage

• Front –

o Stock hub

o 18"Sun rim together with S.S. spokes from Buchanan's

o Dual disc brake conversion past times Godffery's Garage

o Continental Conti Go tire

• Forks –

o One inch nether tubes amongst DLC coating

o Racetech Gold valve kit together with fork springs

o Tarozzi fork couplet together with steering damper

o Custom fender mountain past times Godffery's garage together with owner

o Lower triple clamp together with preload adjusters past times TTR 400

• Rear –

o Gazi Hyperlite shocks

o Wheel – Stock hub, 18" Sunday Rim together with S.S. spokes from Buchanan's

o Conti Go tire

o Supersprox sprocket

o Custom chain guard / license plate holder past times Godffery's Garage

o Roller bearing swingarm pin kit

o Tarozzi Rearsets

Frame – de-tabbed together with smoothed. Top subway kit installed to allow top terminate work

without engine removal.

Any interesting challenges, unconfident, or mistakes?

The biggest challenge inward assembly was tailoring the electrical organization to tally together with run amongst the novel headlight. The one-off bracket betwixt the fork couplet together with forepart fender was also an interesting challenge.

Tell us close the finish/logos/design?

The frame is a charcoal greyish matte powdercoat. Exhaust organization is ceramic coated. The paintscheme was inspired past times the orange, dark together with white on the 1974

cb550 The colors are all 2013 motorcar colors – Kia Techno orangish metallic, Nissan Espresso dark metallic element (not truly dark but a real nighttime brown) together with Nissan

Aspen white pearl. Tank badges are OEM Honda . piece side encompass logos are from the 1980 cb750F argent model

Any unique features?

Perhaps non unique but features that I truly similar are the cb599 headlight,the fuel tank together with tail modifications, the topographic point upholstery, the Diamond-like coating on fork tubes. The Yamaha Maxim forepart fender… I mean value the entire cycle is rather unique

How would you lot depict your bike?
I similar to mean value of it equally a 2- wheeled street rod. I mean value the term Cafe racer is grossly overused.
How does the cycle ride?
With the interruption upgrades, lighter weight together with improved brakes, piece non upward to modern sportbike standards it is vastly improved over stock together with is a joy to ride.
What volition you lot exercise next? New projects?
Always looking for a novel challenge