Posts tagged 750cc

In lieu of a full Monster Project update (which is desperately past due), I wanted to share a photo I snapped yesterday after the seat was chopped.  It still needs the foam shaped (and reupholstered obviously), but this is the closest to finished I’ve seen my Monster. Finally, you can see the shape I was going for in my build sketches.  I am more than pleased with my design decisions.

In lieu of a full Monster Project update (which is desperately past due), I wanted to share a photo I snapped yesterday after the seat was chopped. 

It still needs the foam shaped (and reupholstered obviously), but this is the closest to finished I’ve seen my Monster. Finally, you can see the shape I was going for in my build sketches. 

I am more than pleased with my design decisions.

Doing some redecorating at my place. Monster Project mini update: The bike is back at home (obviously) while Heath finishes moving his shop so we can start on the exhaust and then the seat will be finished.  We’re getting closer…  [ see more photos of motorcycles parked indoors ]

Doing some redecorating at my place.

Monster Project mini update: The bike is back at home (obviously) while Heath finishes moving his shop so we can start on the exhaust and then the seat will be finished. 

We’re getting closer… 

[ see more photos of motorcycles parked indoors ]

Thanks to an awesome project with Cafe Racer XXX, Saint Motor Company and Loaded Gun Customs… I’ll be on the East Coast! Maryland to be precise.  This SUNDAY March 3rd- come join us at Sixteen Tons (website) for beer, wine, tunes, and talk of motorcycles! WHEN: Sunday March 3, 2013 | 2:00p - 5:00pWHERE: Sixteen Tons - 1100 W 36th St. Baltimore, MD 21211 RSVP to the FB Event

Thanks to an awesome project with Cafe Racer XXX, Saint Motor Company and Loaded Gun Customs… I’ll be on the East Coast! Maryland to be precise. 

This SUNDAY March 3rd- come join us at Sixteen Tons (website) for beer, wine, tunes, and talk of motorcycles!

WHEN: Sunday March 3, 2013 | 2:00p - 5:00p
WHERE: Sixteen Tons - 1100 W 36th St. Baltimore, MD 21211

RSVP to the FB Event

The other day I posted Angie Cooper and her Triumph T120 chopper barn find… I wanted to share this 1978 Triumph 750 Bonneville 750CC T120 that will be on display at the One Motorcycle Show this weekend here in Portland.  Hard to pin a year and model on this bike, but the motor is a 1978 750cc T120 Bonneville, everything else is from random years or fabricated. Get more info about the One Motorcycle Show, or go check out the Chrome Industries + MotoLady One Show hosted ride on Friday!

The other day I posted Angie Cooper and her Triumph T120 chopper barn find… I wanted to share this 1978 Triumph 750 Bonneville 750CC T120 that will be on display at the One Motorcycle Show this weekend here in Portland. 

Hard to pin a year and model on this bike, but the motor is a 1978 750cc T120 Bonneville, everything else is from random years or fabricated.

Get more info about the One Motorcycle Show, or go check out the Chrome Industries + MotoLady One Show hosted ride on Friday!

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Introducing Agata Ożóg, 36 year old Polish motolady.  She wrote me, “I also love motorcycles, this is my whole world!” Sounds like my kind of woman! Agata rides a Honda Shadow 750 or a friends Honda CBR 600. She has a cat named Chopper, owns her own business, and quite obviously kicks ass!

Introducing Agata Ożóg, 36 year old Polish motolady. 

She wrote me, “I also love motorcycles, this is my whole world!” Sounds like my kind of woman! Agata rides a Honda Shadow 750 or a friends Honda CBR 600. She has a cat named Chopper, owns her own business, and quite obviously kicks ass!

I got an email from “Anon” (Samantha Thomason) who wrote asking about the jitters she got about buying her first bike… she said, “Took her for a spin, felt good, bought it. Just wanted to say thanks again for such awesome advice for a new rider. Really encouraging.” Congrats, Sam!

I got an email from “Anon” (Samantha Thomason) who wrote asking about the jitters she got about buying her first bike… she said, “Took her for a spin, felt good, bought it. Just wanted to say thanks again for such awesome advice for a new rider. Really encouraging.”

Congrats, Sam!

Aurora Moto on Luis Moto’s new Ducati 750 Sport custom. (And yes, she rides.)

Aurora Moto on Luis Moto’s new Ducati 750 Sport custom. (And yes, she rides.)

THE TIME HAS COME. Monster project update… one of the happiest in a long time! The new steering stop is in place, and it’s adjustable. Mind boggling, I know. Now, my frame is done. T-Minus a few days until powder coat. Then I get to reassemble! Yee-haw! Welding by Heath Knapp (Heathen Werks) with some logistics help from Will Jones (Poor Bastard Cycle Works)… thank you both for your help.

THE TIME HAS COME. Monster project update… one of the happiest in a long time! The new steering stop is in place, and it’s adjustable. Mind boggling, I know. Now, my frame is done. T-Minus a few days until powder coat. Then I get to reassemble! Yee-haw!

Welding by Heath Knapp (Heathen Werks) with some logistics help from Will Jones (Poor Bastard Cycle Works)… thank you both for your help.

Monster Project unseen shot- me on the Monster with it’s new front end, clip ons, and rear sets. This will be the final riding position. I’m getting all excited because this week I should be getting back my frame all chopped with the new steering stop in place. I dropped off my wheels to Bridge City Cycles day before yesterday to get them powder coated goooold! It’s all coming together. 

Monster Project unseen shot- me on the Monster with it’s new front end, clip ons, and rear sets. This will be the final riding position.

I’m getting all excited because this week I should be getting back my frame all chopped with the new steering stop in place. I dropped off my wheels to Bridge City Cycles day before yesterday to get them powder coated goooold! It’s all coming together. 

Monster Project: Phase 11

My process for this phase of the Monster Project included putting on the front end, taking it off, putting it on again… over and over. The object of this was to find out where the triple clamps were hitting the ignition mount, grind it out, and mark where the steering stop needs to go. 

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Me, first GSXR ride- Chris’ 750. Trojan Chemical Plant (abandoned), Oregon. His brand spankin’ new 848EVO in the background.

Me, first GSXR ride- Chris’ 750. Trojan Chemical Plant (abandoned), Oregon. His brand spankin’ new 848EVO in the background.

Regina Allen and her first bike, a Honda Shadow 750

Regina Allen and her first bike, a Honda Shadow 750

Submission from Renee Gunter- My ‘78 Honda 750 on the town. Image by Ivana Ford.

Submission from Renee Gunter-

My ‘78 Honda 750 on the town. Image by Ivana Ford.

Another Monster Project update… I got quite a few requests to see the new headlight on the Monster, so here you go. A perfect fit. 

Another Monster Project update… I got quite a few requests to see the new headlight on the Monster, so here you go. A perfect fit. 

Another step forward in the Monster Project! I met up with Heath last night to fit the axle spacer where the speedo drive usually goes so that it could be safely rolled around and transported to my house. The beast is now in my lovely little garage, awaiting full dismemberment before cutting off extra bits from the frame, reattaching a new steering stop that will double as a the headlight mounting system, and getting her powder coated. The frame and wheels will be black. The wheels will have a gold stripe around the rim. I think I will be getting the swing arm powder coated too (it’s pretty ugly as is). It’s all starting to come together.  In the mean time I’m working on designing a heel plate for the rear sets, a bracket for the headlight, magnetic speedo, and getting the ignition switch milled so that the steering stop is rendered useless and so that it fits in the ignition bracket on the frame with the new bigger triples from the 748.

Another step forward in the Monster Project! I met up with Heath last night to fit the axle spacer where the speedo drive usually goes so that it could be safely rolled around and transported to my house. The beast is now in my lovely little garage, awaiting full dismemberment before cutting off extra bits from the frame, reattaching a new steering stop that will double as a the headlight mounting system, and getting her powder coated. The frame and wheels will be black. The wheels will have a gold stripe around the rim. I think I will be getting the swing arm powder coated too (it’s pretty ugly as is).

It’s all starting to come together. 

In the mean time I’m working on designing a heel plate for the rear sets, a bracket for the headlight, magnetic speedo, and getting the ignition switch milled so that the steering stop is rendered useless and so that it fits in the ignition bracket on the frame with the new bigger triples from the 748.