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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #225 on: March 01, 2015, 04:18:47 PM »
Looks terrific, that blue & gold combo is a winner.

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #226 on: March 01, 2015, 04:25:38 PM »
Hell yes!!
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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: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #227 on: March 01, 2015, 06:40:41 PM »
That looks great! anddd

thank you thank you thank you

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #228 on: March 01, 2015, 08:25:30 PM »
No way were the rims going to be black! Gonna go chrome until my wife said match them to tank stripe

Made a small bracket and mounted ricks regulator/rectifier to side of battery box. Should still get good airflow here (I hope)




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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #229 on: March 02, 2015, 04:53:57 AM »
That will work fine. Bike looks great....you must be anxious to hear it run.
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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #230 on: March 02, 2015, 05:10:48 AM »
HO-LY SMOKES!  That is one GORGEOUS bike.  I absolutely love those gold rims and how they tie in to the paint job.

Do you plan to put the emblems on the tank covers?  The ones with the little gold jewel should really pop, I would think.
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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #231 on: March 02, 2015, 05:30:48 AM »
HO-LY SMOKES!  That is one GORGEOUS bike.  I absolutely love those gold rims and how they tie in to the paint job.

Do you plan to put the emblems on the tank covers?  The ones with the little gold jewel should really pop, I would think.

Yeah, I'm going to put those emblems on, as well as the black letter/chrome outline Honda tank emblem. Also need to get exhaust heat shields. All those little parts are freakin' expensive!

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #232 on: March 02, 2015, 02:53:12 PM »
Dave, great looking bike mate, looks very balanced, the color combination is spot on... ;)
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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #233 on: March 02, 2015, 10:02:18 PM »
That will work fine. Bike looks great....you must be anxious to hear it run.
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Mike, can't wait to hear it run! I've only ever heard 4-1 exhaust on these bikes, never 4-4 in person. My wife says it wont start and shes going to video my first attempt haha. Such confidence in me! 8) ;D I assured her that there are no leftover parts so I should be fine.

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #234 on: March 03, 2015, 09:47:06 AM »
Dave,

Just a heads up that your "other" K2 has been nominated for BOTM April 2015.  Please accept the nomination in the build thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=145568.0

Great bike.  We are expecting this one to be right up there, too, or even top it.

Don
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: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #235 on: March 03, 2015, 03:29:38 PM »
Dave,

Just a heads up that your "other" K2 has been nominated for BOTM April 2015.  Please accept the nomination in the build thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=145568.0

Great bike.  We are expecting this one to be right up there, too, or even top it.

Don

Thanks for the nominations! Unfortunately that bike was sold to fund this build recently. So I'm going to hurry up and get this one done!

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #236 on: March 03, 2015, 04:10:36 PM »
Dave,

Just a heads up that your "other" K2 has been nominated for BOTM April 2015.  Please accept the nomination in the build thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=145568.0

Great bike.  We are expecting this one to be right up there, too, or even top it.

Don

Thanks for the nominations! Unfortunately that bike was sold to fund this build recently. So I'm going to hurry up and get this one done!

Damn!!  Okay, get to it then!!  ;)
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: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #237 on: March 03, 2015, 09:45:57 PM »
Thanks for the link to these clamps Rafi, they work great!




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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #238 on: March 04, 2015, 09:16:58 AM »
Thanks for the link to these clamps Rafi, they work great!




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Thank YOU for trying them out, they look great and I will be going with these for my K3.
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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #239 on: March 04, 2015, 10:15:07 AM »
Dave,

With the news that you sold your K2, we are even more excited to see this bike completed! She's a beauty so far.
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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« Reply #240 on: March 04, 2015, 02:53:07 PM »
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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #241 on: March 05, 2015, 07:17:05 PM »
Aww the K2 was sold?? I really like that bike!  :)

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #242 on: March 05, 2015, 08:20:00 PM »

Aww the K2 was sold?? I really like that bike!  :)

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I never thought I would sell it, but needed money to do up this bike right. Went to a good guy though, he's taking care of it, put some cr carbs on it, new tires. Saw this pic he put on Instagram, didn't mess with it too much...



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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #243 on: March 06, 2015, 08:17:44 AM »
Well that's cool, CRs and new rubber is always good. Glad its getting ridden too!

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #244 on: March 06, 2015, 08:00:13 PM »
Tackled the biggest hurdle for a colorblind person today, the wiring! Got everything where I want it on electrical panel, mounted headlight and bucket.




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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #245 on: March 07, 2015, 06:35:20 AM »
Thanks cal! As for the gaiters, the only problem is the laziness of the owner not pulling them down over the forks  8) They fit fine, but I had to remove forks once after test fit and never put them back

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #246 on: March 07, 2015, 08:05:41 AM »
Dave,

This is one of my favorites, too. Keep plugging away!

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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: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #247 on: March 07, 2015, 11:24:25 AM »
Dave, is that headlight from ebay? I bought one but hadn't tried fitting in the yamiya kit bucket yet. If it is the ebay one and it fits, another problem solved for me  ;D ;D if not, I'll find out soon  :-\ thanks anyway!

I started a thread about it a while back to no avail

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=144919.0

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #248 on: March 07, 2015, 11:49:17 AM »
Dave, is that headlight from ebay? I bought one but hadn't tried fitting in the yamiya kit bucket yet. If it is the ebay one and it fits, another problem solved for me  ;D ;D if not, I'll find out soon  :-\ thanks anyway!

I started a thread about it a while back to no avail

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=144919.0

It's from 4into1.com

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Small leak!!! Damn!
« Reply #249 on: March 07, 2015, 01:57:24 PM »
Thanks for the link to these clamps Rafi, they work great!




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Thank YOU for trying them out, they look great and I will be going with these for my K3.

Rafi,
I remember seeing the link when you originally posted it but I wasn't smart enough to save the link to these.  Can you re-post them?  I think I'm going to purchase some of them.

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