CB750F Suspension Upgrade - Slick New Kicks

It's time to do to do the wheel and suspension upgrade on my 1975 Honda CB750F Supersport Cafe Racer project! Featuring Ohlins rear shocks and a Yamaha R6 fork swap along with custom CNC machined triple trees and wheels from Cognito Moto. It has been a busy spring at the day job but I found some time, here and there, to finish up this video. Sorry for the wait :)

First off, I had tires put on the new 17" custom-machined wheels built by Cognito Moto. The front wheel is built to fit a set of Yamaha R6 forks in a custom set of triple trees (again, by Cognito Moto) The rear wheel bolts to the original CB750F swingarm and allows for a much wider rear tire, as well as a nice new Brembo brake caliper. I paired it with a nice set of Ohlins HO140 rear shocks.

The rear wheel and suspension swap is pretty straightforward, though it was not without it's small headaches. The front end, however, was a much bigger ordeal!

As I mentioned in the previous video, I picked up a huge lot of parts second-hand. While this meant I got these parts at a discount, it did present it's own difficulties. Namely, the forks didn't fit in the triple trees! I'm fortunate that I have the tools necessary to overcome that problem, but let this serve as a warning to those to don't have easy access to machine shop tools, double-check your part fitments!

I was a bit short on time these past few weeks, so this video doesn't have quite as much navel-gazing as the last one. Don't worry, we'll be back to it for the next one.

PS: Yes, the front tire is on backwards. We mounted it before we were certain which direction the hub faced. That'll be fixed before this bike is ridden.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Wheels
03:00 Swingarm & Rear Wheel
07:56 Rear Shocks
09:52 Front End
19:34 All Done!