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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #50 on: June 08, 2015, 02:54:38 AM »
I made a tank strap today. Made from one of my old leather belts.
Why? Cause I can.
Plus I am changing the ignition barrel soon so wont be able unlock the fuel cap latch.

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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #51 on: June 12, 2015, 08:05:50 PM »
Some shots my wife took of me and the CeeBee.



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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #52 on: June 12, 2015, 11:20:12 PM »
Quote from: WnRn on June 12, 2015, 08:05:50 PM


The bike looks good.  Watch out for that Drop Bear on the left side of the frame.
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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #53 on: June 13, 2015, 12:00:41 AM »
She is a tame one. This one below on the other hand...

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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #54 on: July 04, 2015, 07:09:54 PM »
Inspired by the flat tracking I went to watch last weekend. Plus I have had plans for a bit to change the look of the CeeBee I give you the CeeBee-6-Fiddy Brat-Tracker.
TS185 head light and headlight cowl. H4 headlight fitting converted to allow me to mount a H4 globe in the TS headlight.
Biltwell Low Bars. My neck can't do long distances with the Ultra Lows fitted.
Biltwell Oxblood red Renegade grips.
Next will be new tires. Something like Avon Distanze.   
Then the dreaded 70s suspension will have to be sorted.





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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #55 on: July 10, 2015, 10:47:26 PM »
el Burro Loco - The Mad Donkey.

Slowly the CeeBee-6-Fiddy Brat is being brated even further.
New brat seat made from old skate board. Several layers of foam mat. Navajo print horse blanket for the seat covering.

A few more small details to be added soon.

ADV type tires when these wear out.





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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #56 on: July 11, 2015, 05:57:27 PM »
I should have covered a brick. It would have been more comfortable than the seat I made. Back to the drawing board.
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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #57 on: July 11, 2015, 07:41:32 PM »
The skateboard brat seat claims another victim!

I would suggest softer and additional padding.
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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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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #58 on: July 12, 2015, 07:13:35 AM »
and it just looks wrong...
Other one is much better, the fender looks even more out of place with this one...
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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #59 on: July 12, 2015, 09:23:04 AM »
I have to agree.  Go back to your prior seat -- it looks more proportionate.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"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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1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #60 on: July 13, 2015, 01:42:29 AM »
The original Brat style seat that I had made is back on.  ;) My rear end thanks me.
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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #61 on: July 18, 2015, 12:48:09 AM »
Sometimes Original is better.

I really like that mates have helped me out with this bike. That they have supplied me with bits and pieces via the beer economy.

Like the mini speed. Like the small headlight reflector. All good stuff. All stuff that the CeeBee has hated.

The combination of TS185 headlight and H4 globe did not work. The light spread and penetration is not there. Riding at night I have to rely on other road users headlights to see the road ahead. Not very good.

The mini speedo has LED lights in it. The CeeBee is wired like a trailer. Nothing earths to the frame. Plus the LED back light in the speedo would come on when the brake light came on. even though they are in no way connected. I have heard this can happen with LEDs. The needle in the speedo at freeway speeds was waving its merry self around.

So it was back to the original speedo and headlight today.



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Re: Brat - CeeBee-6-Fiddy - Never Done
« Reply #62 on: July 18, 2015, 08:30:39 PM »
Need to carry crap. Sick of carrying it on my back. Bought old leather back pack. Made saddle bag. My back thanks me.

Hole in steering stem. Covered up with Sugar Skull pill box.

Wife snuck some photos of me tinkering.







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