Topic: 76 CB550K Cafe...some polish work

[englishwheeler]

Been working on some things on the cafe project. Haven't posted in a long time on account of the second child arriving and working night shifts now.
Anyway, I thought I would see what my bike would look like with polished bits.

Next on the list is to lace my hub to a drop center rear rim I just bought of ebay. Then the rims will match front and rear.




Once I'm done with this, it's on to the CB160 in the background!

[Tews19]

Looks very good, can you share more details about the front end?

[wedoo2]

Silver and Gold.  Nice.  I'm interested in the carb / pod set up; jetting, type of pod, how the bike runs etc.  Good for everyday riding?

[englishwheeler]

Tews, check out Squirrley's build for more information. It was talked about ad nauseam and has all the info you would need. Mine is off a 2004 GSXR 600. You just need proper bearings from All Balls to make it fit.
As far as the front wheel goes, that's completely up to you what you use...really all depends on your access to machine tools if you want to get choosey with wheels.

Weedoo, bike has pods from Cycle Recyle in Indianapolis. I did not rejet anything...I just rebuilt the carbs and then sync'd them. Bike runs great...starts really easy.

[wedoo2]

Thanks.  There are a lot of warnings about the pods here, but I may try them without jetting just to see how it runs.  Could be an expensive experiment, but I suppose I can always sell them later.

[Bluegreen]

Beautiful work !! Do you have any pictures of the work in progress? More specifically the frame and rear shock? How does the rear feel? 

[englishwheeler]

Bluegreen,
  Here is a link to my previous thread. It got stale because I hadn't posted in a while...http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=80653.msg1032060#msg1032060.

Rear shock is a bit tight, but not too bad. Thought about a different spring...just haven't gotten there yet.

[englishwheeler]

So I'm wanting to do the harley rear wheel conversion.
I bought an 18" x 3.5 rim and called Buchanan's. They said it won't work...since my hub is larger than the harley's, the spoke angles are off.

I know Squirley and one other person has done it though...is there something here I'm missing?

I have an alternative, but thought I would ask here first before moving on.

[fastbroshi]

I think the holes need to be redrilled to get the proper angle for the spokes.  I'm not sure if it has to be setup in a NASA built jig to accomplish this or not, but I'm betting you could do it with a hand drill.  Was the rim you bought advertised as a Harley rim, already drilled?

[Bluegreen]

I have a friend who did that setup with his cb750. I know that he just used a drill to change the angles of the holes and laced it himself. He hasn't ridden it yet so the jury is still out. I'm interested in hearing weather or not this is a bad thing.

[lucky]

Thanks.  There are a lot of warnings about the pods here, but I may try them without jetting just to see how it runs.  Could be an expensive experiment, but I suppose I can always sell them later.

The reason people could not get the pods to work is that they would not get the slide needles in the right position. Also on the 1977 and 1978 CB750's there were no adjustable needles on the slides. You would have needed to add shims/washers and
many owners did not want to go to the trouble to do it.

[LesterPiglet]

Can you tell me what a drop centre rim is?

[Bluegreen]

Can you tell me what a drop centre rim is?