There is a resurgence happening with the old Honda CB750s nowadays. The bikes are incredible runners and are very affordable and stock parts are readily available. Steve Carpenter, also known as Carpy, dedicates his day to day work on the building of these great bikes into café racers, one of my personal favorite styles of bikes.

Carpy’s choice and style of café racer motorcycle stems from his English heritage and it shows in all of his creations. His father rode café racers in London in the 50’s so he has grown up with the bikes. Carpy moved from the UK and has now settled down in Southern California, just outside of Orange County, to continue building his works of art. He is now expanding his shop to handle more business and to continue building his “signature” café racers.

In addition to his full, ground-up builds, CB 750 lovers can also find parts and kits including: custom Made Cafe Racer frames, cafe racer hop-up parts, custom made megaphone racing exhausts, café racer rear sets, swing arms, clip on bars and more. Check out the Ton-Up section on his webpage from time to time for more.

There will be more on Carpy and his beautiful creations in the months to come. In fact, Bikernet Metric will be featuring another one of his killer creations soon and Bikernet will have some topless shots of the beautiful voluptuous blond in the Cantina.

For more information on Carpy and his creations, go to www.cb750cafe.com.
Tech Chart
Owner: Steve Carpy Carpenter
Address 3305 East Mirloma Ave Unit #166
City Anaheim
State/ Zip 92806
Phone:714-598-8392
Website: www.cb750cafe.com
E Mail: caferacer@socal.rr.com

What kind of bike?
Make: HONDA
Year:1974
Model: CB750 Supercharged
Type: Café Racer
Year:1969 Motor
Fabrication: Raked frame 3 degrees at neck, gusseted and lengthened.
Finish: Painted with 2 pounds of Copper metal flake house of Kolor.
Time: 3 months.
Hardware: Stainless Allen bolts
Assembly: By myself and some friends
Assembler: CARPY
Value: $30K
Clutch: Barnett with HD springs.

ENGINE:
Type: Inline four 750cc SOHC.
Displacement: 755cc
Year:1969
Horsepower: More than you want.
Heads: polished and ported.
Valves: Reseated.
Pistons: Original.
Cylinders: Original
Camshaft: R3 Honda
Lifters: Stock
Pushrods:
Carburetor/Injection: DROUIN SUPER CHARGER

Frame
Type: CB750K HONDA But strengthened and lengthened.
Year:1974
Builder: Steve CARPY Carpenter
Stretch: 6 inch at rear
Rake: 3 degree over stock .
Swing Arm: Stretched and boxed Dresda.
Shocks: Original NOS 1973 FOX reservoirs.

Wheels Front

Wheels Rear

More Parts
Handlebars:
Risers:

Extra Notes
There are so many cool parts on this bike. Carpy used a CB750 Con rod to make the license plate holder. Everything has copper flake paint.

This has every aftermarket 1970’s part that was available back then and sure is cool to look at.

Paint, Chrome, and other F/X’s
Colors: Black and copper flake
Type: HOUSE OF KOLOR
Special Paint:
The Painter: Big G
Address: Orange, California
Chrome: Orange county plating
Powder Coating: A & R in Anaheim. Jack Rainwater
Color: Black
Work by: Me, but thanks to Chris of MotoGP, Big G paint. Jack at A&R Powder coating. Kazou of Japan and Norita in NY. For electrical. Dave Zatezalo for help with pin stripping.

Carpy’s Story in his own Words
I grew up in the UK, I was always involved with motorcycles, as the old man had his Matchless 500 back in the 50’s and ran around East London. He had the Café Racer style bike that followed him through the 60’s and through me in the 1970’s

I built my first one in 1978 and sold it and that where I became involved all the while with bikes. I became a Motorcycle courier in London, risking life and bloody limb to get stuff to customers, be it a document for Buckingham palace, to a Video tape from a porn studio.

Café Racers are part of my life, the bike and the look I guess. This bike is no exception but has the finer qualities to show how it can look as a show bike. I built this predominantly at home, just like many others do all the time.

I have had over 300 CB750’s here alone and more in the UK, 25 years as a Dispatch rider riding in all weathers and all countries will soon wear any motorcycle out. Why did I stick with the 750 SOHC? Well I have had Trumpies, and Beeza’s etc but they fell apart or blew the fuck up. The 750 has the same motor for 9 years and is almost indestructible.

This is something I have stuck with, still love my brit iron, I mean, it’s my heritage, but the ole 750 is just reliable as a child maintenance order.

So I still use and build these today and it is just a great platform for any style you bui