76 Cafe "Triple 9"

[Devo26]

Some more detail shots.

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[Devo26]

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[Devo26]

Some of the modifications I had to make to get my modified shelter panels to work.

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[ericheath]

You're hired!

[Devo26]

See if this works... I posted a short video of the bike on YouTube with the straight pipes. I know I got one vote for the mufflers over the pipes, but I love the way it sounds with the straight pipes.



link http://youtu.be/Z7BHYhN3390

[Roady]

A truly gorgeous machine. Thank you for the bike pr0n.

[pidjones]

How have you protected all of that polished aluminum?

[Devo26]

How have you protected all of that polished aluminum?

After polishing, I hit them with mothers aluminum polish. About once a year since then I've taken a rag and hit everything with another coat of mothers. I lay it on pretty thick then let it dry. I then take a couple of clean rags and wipe it all off putting a lot of pressure on the rag. It's been almost 3 years since I polished the valve covers and they still look just as good as the rest of the aluminum I just recently polished.

[Casper]

Sounds as mean as it looks, nice work!

[Easter]

Very classy ride.

[HOTT]

Great look. I know that tank was a lot of work, but the end product is off the hook !
The polish details are very cool.

HOTT

[duke182]

Very nice details.

[Norbert R]

I really like how your switches came out after polishing. I always liked the patina on mine, but after seeing how good yours look, I think I'm gonna polish mine up too.
If I may make a small suggestion - if you run those electroplated bolts briefly on your polisher, the yellow pasivate comes right off and they go a nice silver, look more like stainless then.

I'm also planning on putting an oil filter on the breather - does the hose go straight from the casing into the filter, no drainage required ?

Thanks for all the pics

[Devo26]

I really like how your switches came out after polishing. I always liked the patina on mine, but after seeing how good yours look, I think I'm gonna polish mine up too.
If I may make a small suggestion - if you run those electroplated bolts briefly on your polisher, the yellow pasivate comes right off and they go a nice silver, look more like stainless then.

I'm also planning on putting an oil filter on the breather - does the hose go straight from the casing into the filter, no drainage required ?

I was pretty pleased with the way the switches came out too. Are you referring to the Bolts on the Clip-Ons? I had planned on replacing those bolts along with a bunch of others. It would be nice to get some shcs's in there. I might take your advice and polish those bolts. I hate seeing the gold color.

The crank case breather I bought is Just an aftermarket crank case breather. It runs straight into the crank case. I ran the overflow from the coolant bottle straight to the back of the bike (I think that was the other tube that fed into the stock breather, It's been a while since I made that modification). I'm sure it's not good for the environment, but it works for me.