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Offline pamcopete

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My Hondaha
« on: December 17, 2014, 08:48:41 am »
I installed a complete front end on my '74 CB750 (forks, wheel, caliper, rotor, master cylinder and fender) from a '80 Yamaha XS650 last year and just recently added the 16" rear wheel from the same model.





The front wheel is a 64 spoke model from the XS650 Heritage Special with a new rim and spokes, which I proudly laced myself! (Three tries and 4 beers). The matching rear wheel is a 48 spoke rim from the same model.



I wanted the better brake on the front from the Yamaha and the look of the 64 spoke rim. The rear idea was to get that newer look of a 16" tire. I had to use a new sprocket on the rear wheel, so I decided to change the front sprocket as well. While I had the covers off, I took them to a shop in Charlotte, NC called "H & H Polishing and they did a fantastic job.


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Re: My Hondaha
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2014, 09:03:08 am »
I agree that it's more Hondaha than Yonda.  It might be a trick of the eye, but that front wheel looks like it has a boatload of spokes.
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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: My Hondaha
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2014, 09:06:11 am »
Looking great, Pete!
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Re: My Hondaha
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2014, 09:40:11 am »
What ignition system you using-- C-5 Power Arch--   ;D ;D ;D
  Bike looks very nice !
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Re: My Hondaha
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2014, 11:08:37 am »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on December 17, 2014, 09:03:08 am
I agree that it's more Hondaha than Yonda.  It might be a trick of the eye, but that front wheel looks like it has a boatload of spokes.

I added another pic of the front wheel and the Yamaha XS650 brake caliper. I also installed a Yamaha master cylinder to match.
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Re: My Hondaha
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2014, 12:41:48 pm »
Very nicely done.  8)  I do similar inter-breeding of different manufacturer parts often myself.  ;)

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Re: My Hondaha
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2014, 02:45:06 pm »
Quote from: pamcopete on December 17, 2014, 11:08:37 am
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on December 17, 2014, 09:03:08 am
I agree that it's more Hondaha than Yonda.  It might be a trick of the eye, but that front wheel looks like it has a boatload of spokes.

I added another pic of the front wheel and the Yamaha XS650 brake caliper. I also installed a Yamaha master cylinder to match.

64 spokes. Just a few more!
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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: My Hondaha
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2014, 03:16:36 pm »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on December 17, 2014, 02:45:06 pm
Quote from: pamcopete on December 17, 2014, 11:08:37 am
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on December 17, 2014, 09:03:08 am
I agree that it's more Hondaha than Yonda.  It might be a trick of the eye, but that front wheel looks like it has a boatload of spokes.

I added another pic of the front wheel and the Yamaha XS650 brake caliper. I also installed a Yamaha master cylinder to match.

64 spokes. Just a few more!

Yea, we don't want to overdo it!  ;D
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