Here's some pics of some of the progress along the way. I have a hard time stopping my work just to grab a picture, but I tend to wish I had afterward. Most work is just time consuming stuff anyway and doesn't translate well to pictures, as many of you are no doubt aware.
Old springer stem. Not sure what it fit before
Springer torn apart
New stem I had Jeff make up with stock CB750 specs so it even uses the stock adjuster nut but takes a big acorn nut top and bottom. Also had him lathe up some new oilite type bushings for the rockers (not pictured)
Sissy bar main uprights. I used 5/8" cold rolled round stock. Notched them out with an angle grinder and zip disc.
Made some mounting tabs to suit and welded them on
Drilled and tapped the axle plate for M10 bolts
First couple of bends on each side to bring the uprights close to the fender
The next couple bends brings them over the fender and tight to the seat
Cut out a piece of dumpster dive 1/4" steel plate
Many hours later a fender support appears
The seat rear mounting tab would eventually be captured by these same 2 mounting bolts, which would be drilled and tapped directly into the 1/4" fender support for M12 allen bolts instead of the clearance holes that the pictured M10 bolts are going through
Center upright and cross bars tacked in
Bent up some South Bay style support struts for a little extra help with the tall sissy bar bounce
Notched the round stock with a zip disc for a cleaner look instead of needing a tab welded on. They mount to the frame with M10 bungs
Final sissy bar mockup
Ready for final welding
Bondo'd the holes in the rear fender that I had filled and welded up
Bit of primer
Fender ends up mostly hidden by the seat but still nice to seal it up. Also did up the license plate mounting tabs
Made some tabs for the box taillight. Didn't spend enough time to get the tapered head bolts totally flush with a die grinder, just had to push on. A drill press and larger bits would make things alot easier
The hole for the wires was on center which didn't suit my application, so I drilled a couple new holes and added grommets
Ground off the old kickstand mount because it interfered with the exhaust pipes. This was the last day before I needed to ride it south and I couldn't mount the kickstand and pipes at the same time, which is a problem as you can imagine. So I was really pushing to get this done. Started with a stock CB750 kickstand and cleaned off the spring tab, etc
A bunch of heating, bending, and mockups later I welded the mount to the frame and have a kickstand that clears the pipes
The spring mount is a little too close so it doesn't snap the kickstand up or down quite as much as I'd like, which I'll change eventually
