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Offline Bootsey

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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #200 on: September 26, 2016, 07:02:09 PM »
Wowser, that looks ace.
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #201 on: October 15, 2016, 10:08:32 AM »
need a return spring of some sort for the rear brake kever, and a couple of nuts and bolts replaced, but i'm calling finished on this one!







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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #202 on: October 15, 2016, 11:49:33 AM »
So damn cool...really captures the look and feel of a 70s privateer race bike...have you had a ride yet?
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #203 on: October 15, 2016, 12:00:08 PM »
not yet, my friend has a go kart track at his house so probably take it there for running in and a bit of a shakedown test.
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #204 on: October 15, 2016, 12:19:54 PM »
Now to take her across the water to the Isle of Mann!
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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: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #205 on: October 15, 2016, 12:24:41 PM »
That's the plan, but there no ferries from N Ireland until next April
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #206 on: October 15, 2016, 02:18:47 PM »
Quote from: DMcD on October 15, 2016, 12:24:41 PM
That's the plan, but there no ferries from N Ireland until next April
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
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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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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: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #207 on: October 15, 2016, 08:22:52 PM »
Bike looks great!
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #208 on: December 14, 2016, 08:27:25 PM »
Congratulations!! You've been nominated for BOTM January 2017.  Please post that you "Accept" the nomination in the following thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,162434.0.html
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1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
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)

Sold/Emeritus
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

Offline DMcD

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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #209 on: December 18, 2016, 07:51:33 AM »
In response to my nomination for botm which I was too late to accept😐  I thought i'd make the effort to get a better pic.  So here she is on The King's Road from Game of Thrones.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/derekmcd/cb550/20161218_153603.jpg
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #210 on: December 18, 2016, 07:54:09 AM »
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #211 on: December 18, 2016, 10:23:14 AM »
Much nicer photo, the earlier photos were overexposed/washed out.
That complements the bike nicely, need a few more of similar quality to capture her well from different angles.  That one is good because it is taken at a vantage point that is low...too many people do it from standing and the bike does not photograph as well.
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #212 on: December 18, 2016, 10:27:38 AM »
BTW, do you have a red silencer cap on the upper pipe?  This tablet is hamstrung on photos as photobucket has the images small with no  way to view larger and in the thread they are not that large on a 7" tablet  screen.
It may be very clear on a proper PC or Mac...
Thanks!
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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #213 on: December 18, 2016, 10:55:41 AM »
Quote from: RAF122S on December 18, 2016, 10:27:38 AM
BTW, do you have a red silencer cap on the upper pipe? 
David

Looks like it. (Remove before flight  ;))
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1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
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)

Sold/Emeritus
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: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #214 on: December 18, 2016, 11:15:36 AM »
just wee socks for the exhausts, saw them on a MV at the classic TT and the Mrs made me a set.

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Re: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #215 on: January 02, 2017, 02:26:08 AM »
Congratulations. You've been nominated for BOTM. Please accept in the following thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,162922.0.html
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1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
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)

Sold/Emeritus
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: and so it begins, cb550k under the knife
« Reply #216 on: January 24, 2017, 04:45:58 PM »
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