Hey guys!
Loving bikes and riding some for 10 years now (I'm 25), I was dreaming of building my own café racer for a while now. My favourite base bike for this? the Brick of course! especially the K75 because I find the engine beautiful and love its 3 cylinder configuration and sound :)
I finally got my very own K75 about two weeks ago, a 1994 K75 RT ABS that had 138 000 km. The bike was running fine on the road test which was the most important part for me. But I did noticed that the bike was pretty rusted in some areas.
Once I strip it down, I noticed that the bike was probably left outside under the rain or rode a lot in rainny/snowy days, the engine covers and frame were not in great condition. Giving it a new life into a cafe racer was therefore a perfect turn for this bike :)
The biggest difficulty for me on this project is that I do not have access to a workshop... All I have is parking spot in my basement with no power outlet. So I have to be creative in my build and avoid anything that requires power like a welder/ angle grinder, etc.
I would have loved to remove the whole frame to re paint it too but unfortunately this is not possible for me at the time on my parking spot :(
So far, my project is about 60% completed. I have mounted the new seat, exhaust, headlight, made some side panels with integrated temp/fuel jauge, re painted the engine covers, relocated the ignition switch under the tank, changed the bars to clip ons and few other stuff.
What I still have to do :
- Paint the wheels black
- Mount the turn signals (just waiting to receive them)
- Re paint the subframe on the rusty points
- I will have the tank and seat repainted by a professional once the bike is completed.
- Remove the front fender (stuck bolts)
- Change all the fluids
Here are few pics of the bike when I got it and how it is now, I will post detailed pictures of each step later on.
