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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #800 on: September 22, 2014, 02:11:57 PM »
That front fender looks like it belongs there mate, great choice... ;)
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #801 on: September 22, 2014, 02:14:43 PM »
Nice! All the positive responses make my day. Truth be told, the CL450 has a 19" front. I thought it was an 18" but later learned different. Still worked out!
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #802 on: September 22, 2014, 02:39:52 PM »
The bike looks amazing.  Is that a Goddfrey twin disc kit?
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #803 on: September 22, 2014, 02:44:11 PM »
Looks GREAT!

Better be careful, you'll run out of stuff to do  ;)
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #804 on: September 22, 2014, 02:44:54 PM »
Not really a kit but he did the rotors for me. Top notch work for sure!
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #805 on: September 22, 2014, 02:46:10 PM »
Quote from: Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er on September 22, 2014, 02:44:11 PM
Looks GREAT!

Better be careful, you'll run out of stuff to do  ;)
HaHa! never!
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #806 on: September 22, 2014, 02:50:58 PM »
Quote from: brandEn on September 22, 2014, 02:44:54 PM
Not really a kit but he did the rotors for me. Top notch work for sure!

Yeah, I could have asked that better.  Did he countersink the disc carrier so you can use the original stock length rotor bolts?
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #807 on: September 22, 2014, 02:53:26 PM »
Yup, I just wished I had him mill the backside of the right rotor to fit the speedo drive. That's on my to do list for the winter.
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #808 on: September 22, 2014, 02:55:36 PM »
Yep, he milled the speedo bracket plate to accommodate the reduced space.  Tight fit, but everything seems to work ok on my 550 dual front.
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #809 on: September 22, 2014, 06:49:34 PM »
Fender looks great B!  Look forward to getting my K1 and your K4 out for a photo shoot.
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #810 on: September 22, 2014, 07:27:35 PM »
Looks fantastic. 
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #811 on: September 22, 2014, 10:46:57 PM »
Quote from: tweakin on September 22, 2014, 06:49:34 PM
Fender looks great B!  Look forward to getting my K1 and your K4 out for a photo shoot.

Now your talkin
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #812 on: September 23, 2014, 05:47:38 AM »
Quote from: brandEn on September 22, 2014, 02:14:43 PM
Nice! All the positive responses make my day. Truth be told, the CL450 has a 19" front. I thought it was an 18" but later learned different. Still worked out!
Yes it looks great! Just enough balance front and rear to mask the 19' v 18" issue. I searched high and wide for an 18" fender, microfiches and the local salvage yard. Finally came up with a CB350F front fender as an 18". But it's chrome and double braces, wouldn't look as good on your bike.
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« Reply #813 on: September 23, 2014, 07:51:09 AM »
Good solution and you didn't have to fab fender mounts.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #814 on: September 23, 2014, 08:17:17 AM »
Yes Ron your help led me to this solution. The problem with the CB350 and 400 fenders is the were to narrow for my wide tire. I stumbled on the CL fenders and bingo!
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #815 on: September 23, 2014, 08:19:03 AM »

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Good solution and you didn't have to fab fender mounts.

The best part! I thought I wanted fender mounts. My bike is modified just enough that no mounts or braces actually looks good.
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #816 on: September 23, 2014, 09:08:30 AM »
Quote from: brandEn on September 23, 2014, 08:19:03 AM

Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on September 23, 2014, 07:51:09 AM
Good solution and you didn't have to fab fender mounts.

The best part! I thought I wanted fender mounts. My bike is modified just enough that no mounts or braces actually looks good.

With a slightly shorter fender, it looks better without the added brackets.  The PC came out clean, too.  It also beats having to invent the wheel if you go with an unmounted fender -- needing new mounts altogether!
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #817 on: September 23, 2014, 12:27:46 PM »
So I rebuilt the stock swingarm and got it installed. I think this bike needs the stock one.

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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #818 on: September 23, 2014, 12:39:53 PM »
Lookin' good BrandEn!!!  8)
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #819 on: September 23, 2014, 01:48:55 PM »
Those Excel wheels look superb.  I have some high polish ones on my 750.  I was thinking of using the satin finish ones on my 550 IF I rebuild the wheels (my front wheel has some fair pitting).  I have an OEM replacement for it, but was debating on changing it for aluminum.  Part of the struggle to keep it stockish.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #820 on: September 26, 2014, 11:57:09 AM »
Stunning bike and great work!

Would you mind sharing some details on how you bobbed the rear fender?

Thanks!
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« Reply #821 on: September 27, 2014, 06:57:57 AM »
Quote from: Maurice on September 26, 2014, 11:57:09 AM
Stunning bike and great work!

Would you mind sharing some details on how you bobbed the rear fender?

Thanks!


Thank you!

The rear fender was a PITA but worth it. Basically I just drilled and ground out the welds that hold the mount bracket on. Then I shortened the fender by cutting off about 4-6"  from the forward section because I wanted the rear portion of the fender to have the stock shape and rolled edges. I then just bolted the bracket back onto the fender and had it powdercoated. It turned out pretty good doing it like this but would be a bit more difficult if you wanted to leave it chrome because the powdercoat hides a lot od the imperfections. I love powdercoat!
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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #822 on: September 25, 2015, 07:09:55 PM »
One of my winter projects is to have my bike repainted. The paint has totally started to blister and peel around the filler neck. Not to mention I have never been satisfied with the stripes. I don't like the color and they are uneven.


Soooo, I am going to buy some all black stripe decals and use those. The real question is should I keep the Subaru World Rally Blue and use all black stripes? I want to keep the bike blue but am thinking of something a little darker. I am open to suggestions on paint color if anybody has something for me to look at.......


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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #823 on: September 25, 2015, 07:54:07 PM »
B,
That blue is great, but I don't think black stripes would do it justice.  B/c the blue is dark enough (esp. if you go darker), I think you need something with some contrast and I don't think the black has that - it would just get lost.   One more comment - the line of the strip leading into the seat doesn't quite sit well with me.  From the side, I think it would flow better if the end of the stripe leading into the seat were curved into towards the center of the tank (from the top), so that it looks like it lines up w/the curve of the seat where it meets the tank.  (Make sense?  To me, it looks like the stripe is 1" below the seat level.)  And, in looking at it, that might be hard to do.  Almost looks like you would have to lower the front edge of the seat, rather than monkeying w/the stripes.  Then that would open another can of worms.   Hmmm...

Disclaimer - I always hesitate to give my opinion, as I don't want to appear as if I'm criticizing, so please don't take it as such.  Your bike(s) are beautiful (mine is in nowhere the same state of polish), so it's more of my musings on what would make a perfect bike perfecter.  :D

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Re: La Flama Blanca aka The K4 - painting the tank... AGAIN.
« Reply #824 on: September 25, 2015, 07:59:07 PM »
I vote to keep it as is with correct stripes this time around.  The silver off the blue pops and looks tits. 
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