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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #275 on: April 22, 2015, 01:44:31 PM »
Split loom!?!?! Are you kidding me!  >:(

No, it's full length polyester braid, with heat shrink at both ends.  ;)
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« Reply #276 on: April 24, 2015, 06:16:06 AM »
Decided i wanted to keep my engine clean with an air/oil separator before my crank case filter. In a flash of brilliant backyard engineering i realized i positioned my inlet half an inch from the drain. on the upside i now have a killer industrial crack pipe

...Back to the drawing board for Mark II


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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #277 on: April 25, 2015, 03:12:16 AM »
Air/Oil separator Version 2.0 ...bit more R&D went into this one


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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #278 on: April 25, 2015, 03:33:40 AM »
Dude, you have skills!  Very nice indeed.
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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #279 on: April 25, 2015, 03:42:31 AM »

Quote from: Restoration Fan on April 25, 2015, 03:33:40 AM
Dude, you have skills!  Very nice indeed.
thanks. Air/Oil separator: fancy name for a piece stainless tube stuffed with steel wool then sealed on both ends


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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #280 on: April 25, 2015, 04:00:22 AM »
Very clean.  Where do you plan to mount it?

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« Reply #281 on: April 25, 2015, 05:44:32 AM »
Quote from: mystic_1 on April 25, 2015, 04:00:22 AM
Very clean.  Where do you plan to mount it?

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its goin in the rear triangle. ill get a bracket goin tomorow. Plan to hang it from the bottom of my electronics tray next to the airbox.  I hear you get too much oily mist on the engine with just a filter straight off the rocker breather.


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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #282 on: April 25, 2015, 06:13:06 AM »
That can be the case. I initially thought I had another valve colver leak but it was mist collecting from the breather filter.
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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #283 on: April 25, 2015, 07:55:55 AM »
Man, that's upper cool! Such nice work and attention to detail.
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« Reply #284 on: May 03, 2015, 04:07:27 AM »
Waiting for advice on my wiring/electrical SOS meanwhile got a bracket goin for the air/oil separator.


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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #285 on: May 03, 2015, 10:22:33 AM »
Nice work  8)
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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #286 on: May 12, 2015, 06:16:08 AM »
We love progress pics...at least i know i do

My stock F-headers were in poor shape and werent gona work with my rearsets. Finding a ready-made 4-1 system locally was a tall order. So i had a local shop bend me a 4-1 with a 12" reverse-cone shorty in SS. Fab work's dun except for a hanger. Dont plan to chrome, just sumthing between a brushed/lightly polished finish.

We tried something different and ribbed the endpipe as a play off the ribbed upholstery.


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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #287 on: May 12, 2015, 04:41:12 PM »
That exhaust looks great! Perfect addition to the rest of the bike.
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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #288 on: May 12, 2015, 04:49:48 PM »
Are those rings on the reverse cone simply decorative or functional?  Are they on the inside surface of the cone, too?  If so, I wonder if they have any effect on gas flow.
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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: New guy, first build
« Reply #289 on: May 12, 2015, 11:22:36 PM »

Quote from: Bootsey on May 12, 2015, 04:41:12 PM
That exhaust looks great! Perfect addition to the rest of the bike.
thanks man


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« Reply #290 on: May 12, 2015, 11:38:36 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on May 12, 2015, 04:49:48 PM
Are those rings on the reverse cone simply decorative or functional?  Are they on the inside surface of the cone, too?  If so, I wonder if they have any effect on gas flow.

Theyre bead-rolled on the pipe. I felt they were primarily decorative, but the pipemaker says its beneficial for better back pressure for the short system i asked for. Its a packed and baffled can though so i dont know how much it really affects exhaust flow. Could be all bro-science R&D [emoji1 i like that its a bit different and not like every other can out there.


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« Reply #291 on: May 26, 2015, 05:21:36 AM »
Completely assembled shakedown roll around the block was succesful but needs a bunch of tweaking ang tuning yet started and ran fine off kick and electric start in the garage but cylinder 1 went cold after a run up and down the street.  Got hard to start after that...was just too darn hot outdoors to investigate further.  More tuning next session.
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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #292 on: May 26, 2015, 09:48:02 AM »
Very nice! Its a sweet feeling hearing them fire up! Congrats, on to the fun part of tuning.
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« Reply #293 on: May 26, 2015, 09:56:40 AM »
This has come together nicely.  You've definitely put in some sweat into the build. 
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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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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #294 on: May 26, 2015, 10:00:15 AM »
Maganda!

Bike has a good overall look IMHO.  In other words, it looks like a nice cohesive whole, and not just a random assembly of styles and parts like you see on some bikes.

You've done very well.

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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #295 on: May 26, 2015, 06:41:43 PM »
Thanks gents almost there in the looks department. On to getting it running well now.


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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #296 on: June 01, 2015, 05:51:41 AM »
You're gonna need to wander over to the July Bike of the Month voting poll and accept your nomination shortly...

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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #297 on: June 01, 2015, 02:33:26 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on June 01, 2015, 05:51:41 AM
You're gonna need to wander over to the July Bike of the Month voting poll and accept your nomination shortly...

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,148308.0.html

Wake up over in tomorrow (across the dateline) and accept!
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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: New guy, first build
« Reply #298 on: June 01, 2015, 08:17:14 PM »
very tough industrial look to it.
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Re: New guy, first build
« Reply #299 on: June 01, 2015, 09:47:30 PM »
Wow! Thanks for that, gents. Nomination is satisfying enough. Thank you, most appreciated


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