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Offline Gr-Racing

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my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« on: December 08, 2018, 09:18:11 AM »
well I haven't post much pics of the build , only asking questions about my problems so I figured I would give this a try and share

I bought this bike off Ebay for $400 last year and been working on it my self in my spare time. loving it just taking my time and hopefully get it semi right lol

the first day it got delivered to me



that same night I was super happy and ready to get my hands dirty




here is after strip down and trying the new seat


removed the old paint and re paint




new head light, speedo, tires and tank back on to see how its coming





welded the exhaust and wrap it up looks great



removed old blue paint from tank



re painted tank but not super happy with results will take to a Pro to paint again


a quick pic after a wash




thanks
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Offline natalena

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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2018, 07:54:14 AM »
Every rider has their own interpretation. I never would've thought about "murdering out" the shock, or capping off the rear loop stubs. Keep up the build! Cheers
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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2018, 05:06:07 PM »
Wife got me a xmas present and i had to open it early



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Offline Soggz

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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2019, 02:04:45 AM »
Nice mate!
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Offline Gr-Racing

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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2019, 08:33:01 AM »
been super busy with work but found sometime to do a few small stuff for the project

Remove the stem from the ZXR triple tree and  machine to fit the new smaller bearings


I press  the steam with new bearing in to the tree last night and all is  good.

also disassemble the calipers for a good clean and mask for grit blast prep for powder coating


got next week off work so I should be able to get a bit more done
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Offline DJEwen

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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2019, 01:21:07 PM »
Nice work, keep the updates coming.
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Offline Gr-Racing

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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2019, 04:52:09 PM »
After a day of  alot of swearing  got the forks install





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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2019, 08:38:30 AM »
After 2 years building finally done



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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2019, 08:57:06 AM »
greetings...

that hawt... post up audio... we wants to hear it...

wadda you wants for it...

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Offline Laitch

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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2019, 11:18:57 AM »
After 2 years building finally done
Please post some right-side profile photos, too. Thanks for the update.
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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2019, 11:24:23 AM »
greetings...

that hawt... post up audio... we wants to hear it...

wadda you wants for it...

j o
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Offline freed

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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2019, 01:18:34 AM »
Where did you get that seat setup?
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Offline TommyT

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Re: my $400 Ebay K75 cafe project
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2019, 07:14:48 AM »
Where did you get that seat setup?
It almost looks like he used side panels from a K bike to build it.
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