Questions
- Why The 750 Frame/Styling?: The lines of the 750 are the most appealing to me, the straight line coming from the front is just the way I want ti. if you look in the thread I had a CBR600 F3 donor bike I could have easily used but visually that frame is ugly. I don't really like it. I wanted something that had the visuals of a CB750 with a modern suspension. I'm also addicted to projects.
- Weight I haven't put this guy on the scale, I'd imagine in the neighborhood of 125-150lbs I wouldn't call myself fit but compared to the CRF450 I have (~250lbs wet) this is easier to move around but not light enough that I'd risk a bathroom scale on it
![Tongue :P](http://forums.sohc4.net/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
- While this probably hits a legal gray area I've opted to have a new neck machined I'll be grafting the vin stamp from the original neck onto the new one. Cleaner welding surface and significantly easier to position for mating with the new frame.
- Engine is a 1992 CBR600 F2 Engine I had a few requirements had to be Honda, Carbureted, and actually a 600CC Supersport engine. I had been able to find a reasonable number of the F2 and F3 engines locally in good shape. The F4's when I found them were often more expensive and weren't as plentiful. Another factor was the CB600 F's having a detuned version of the engine up until 2006 so gaskets and maintenance components are still readily available at the local dealer.
- Current plan is to run a hollow tank with the back half allocated to the Airbox/Electronics and the front half allocated to the gas tank, since it's a flat top you gain a significant volume back making the airbox sacrifice not as painful. You're still stuck with a little over a 1.75 gallon tank but it's usable estimating 40-50mpg This will also consolidate the wiring so It'll be less about creative routing and more about pruning the unnecessary items.
Other things
I've based my suspension geometry off of the bike the suspension came from. So pivot points try to mirror that of a 2007 GSX-R 600/750
For tubing thickness I'm eyeballing it based on my experience with the baja frame's fabrication. I won't know how much stress this can handle until I finish the assembly and do FEA testing at that point I'll reevaluate materials. sadly inventor doesn't have 4130 Chromoly tubing or tubing of any kind in the default materials library so I have to make my own which I really can't stand
![Sad :(](http://forums.sohc4.net/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
1" x 0.095 wall Chromoly is 0.91lbs per foot and this frame (as pictured below) has about 16 ft of tubing used in it (according to inventor's BOM) keeping in mind that there are still the tab mounts and neck to be welded on adding about 5-6lbs we're looking at 20lb frame without a tail.
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