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Offline flybox1

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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #325 on: April 20, 2015, 12:53:17 PM »
black and gold always looks good together
reminds me of the old Lotus/Renault F1 cars  8)
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #326 on: April 20, 2015, 01:19:31 PM »
I thought I had posted in this thread before, oops!  :o
Here's my 1978 CB750F3 in camping mode 2 years ago.

It got a top-end engine rebuild and new piston rings last year.
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #327 on: April 20, 2015, 02:32:21 PM »
Quote from: atm cycles on April 19, 2015, 09:19:55 AM
Love f tanks
Pic is upside down...You in Australia ??    ::)
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #328 on: April 20, 2015, 04:14:53 PM »
Quote from: toytuff on April 20, 2015, 11:24:07 AM
The thread is still alive!

 8)

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Just because you sold yours doesnt mean we did!
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #329 on: April 20, 2015, 04:35:53 PM »
mkoski,

Nice.
But the seat looks like it might be a little uncomfortable.  :)) :))

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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #330 on: April 21, 2015, 09:43:13 AM »
I have been struggling to figure out the best way to make a nice seat up. I have done three (!) separate fiberglass seats and disliked them all.

I think I am going to turn to a friend of mine who is an unbelievable wood-worker and make something solid like that. Then I'll add a custom seat-pad.

But yes, that crappy plywood seat is terribly uncomfortable!
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #331 on: April 21, 2015, 10:04:43 AM »
Quote from: mkoski on April 21, 2015, 09:43:13 AM
I have been struggling to figure out the best way to make a nice seat up. I have done three (!) separate fiberglass seats and disliked them all.

I think I am going to turn to a friend of mine who is an unbelievable wood-worker and make something solid like that. Then I'll add a custom seat-pad.

But yes, that crappy plywood seat is terribly uncomfortable!

I always liked Witchey's interpretation:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Witcheys-Creations-Phantom-Cafe-Racer-Seat/151652564401?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140602152332%26meid%3D53ecad85108b493e9067d7dd785947b7%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D151451422258
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #332 on: April 21, 2015, 12:02:27 PM »
Quote from: 72 yellow on April 20, 2015, 02:32:21 PM
Quote from: atm cycles on April 19, 2015, 09:19:55 AM
Love f tanks
Pic is upside down...You in Australia ??    ::)
My pics aren't upsidedown the rest of the world is
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #333 on: April 21, 2015, 03:03:54 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on April 20, 2015, 04:14:53 PM
Quote from: toytuff on April 20, 2015, 11:24:07 AM
The thread is still alive!

 8)

tt

Just because you sold yours doesnt mean we did!

 ;D ;D Don't miss it either.

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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #334 on: April 21, 2015, 05:31:19 PM »
Quote from: toytuff on April 21, 2015, 03:03:54 PM
Quote from: Stev-o on April 20, 2015, 04:14:53 PM
Quote from: toytuff on April 20, 2015, 11:24:07 AM
The thread is still alive!

 8)

tt

Just because you sold yours doesnt mean we did!

 ;D ;D Don't miss it either.

tt
Really?  Why do you still post here then?
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #335 on: April 21, 2015, 06:37:37 PM »
Really?

Maybe because I started this thread?

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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #336 on: April 22, 2015, 06:59:46 AM »
Love my 1978 CB750F3...however right now she is costing me a ton of money! Top end rebuild due to low compression. Pictures to come.
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #337 on: April 22, 2015, 08:30:19 PM »
I've posted mine in here before but why not another for good measure. A new riding season, a new picture.


EDIT: Here's a side shot too.
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #338 on: April 23, 2015, 07:22:30 AM »
Gorgeous bike. That color and seat look great!
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #339 on: April 23, 2015, 09:45:02 AM »






My restored '77 CB750F2




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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #340 on: April 23, 2015, 09:47:32 AM »
Quote from: kap384 on April 23, 2015, 09:45:02 AM






My restored '77 CB750F2
Beauty!  8)
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Past Bikes
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"Knowledge without mileage equals bullsh!t" - Henry Rollins

"This is my CB. There are many like it, but this one is mine…"

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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #341 on: April 23, 2015, 09:50:16 AM »
Thanks!  Check out the build thread below if you like :) .  Lots don't like the Comstars (and I'm definitely not a fan of the 'reverse' ones in the '80's), but I feel these were brilliant and scream '70's.  Benefits of cast without casting issues of the day.  Don't get me wrong, I like a mean set of spokes too, but I think '70's awesome when I look at my bike.




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1978 Honda XL100
1979 Honda CBX Supersport
1982 Honda VF750S Sabre - Adventure Bike modified
1983 Honda CX650T
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2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin
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1963 Suzuki T10
My 1977 CB750F restoration - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=66779.0
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #342 on: May 10, 2015, 07:41:53 AM »
Just picked this one up. Great condition.
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #343 on: May 10, 2015, 07:48:39 AM »
Quote from: reverend on May 10, 2015, 07:41:53 AM
Just picked this one up. Great condition.

Very clean.
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #344 on: May 10, 2015, 09:14:03 PM »
Here's my '77 k7
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #345 on: May 12, 2015, 05:26:32 AM »
Looks rad, kawi. Love the seat.
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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #346 on: May 12, 2015, 01:28:46 PM »
Taken today:

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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #347 on: May 12, 2015, 01:47:09 PM »
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'78 750K (F3 engine) PD42b's, Modified airbox w/K&N  filter, 40/110 jets, 1 needle shim, IMS@ 1 turn out. Kerker + Cone 18" QuietCore

Past Bikes
1974 550K0 (stock), 1973 CB350F (stock), 1983 Yamaha XS400K (POS)
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"Knowledge without mileage equals bullsh!t" - Henry Rollins

"This is my CB. There are many like it, but this one is mine…"

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Re: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #348 on: May 12, 2015, 02:17:46 PM »
Quote from: kawi on May 10, 2015, 09:14:03 PM
Here's my '77 k7

Kawi,

I can't remember if yours is a work in progress.  Are you having any clearance issues with the rear fender, when the rear shocks are compressed?
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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
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: 1977/1978 CB's are cool 2!
« Reply #349 on: May 12, 2015, 02:46:48 PM »
My 750 F3 at the moment, gonna be a resto mod with fresh paint, exhaust, suspension, new lighting, seat mod and early 80's brakes.
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