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Offline FPritch

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72 CB750 Chopper Project
« on: October 08, 2014, 05:49:05 PM »
Beginning a restoration of my 750K2.  I look forward to any suggestions, and advice along the way. First time attempting a project of this magnitude.

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Re: 72 CB750 Chopper Project
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2014, 06:13:50 PM »
Tracy body ;) 8)
If it works good, it looks good...

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Re: 72 CB750 Chopper Project
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2014, 06:19:46 PM »
Yea Man!  It was originally an awesome psychedelic tie dye. Considering repainting it the same.

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Re: 72 CB750 Chopper Project
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2014, 07:02:55 PM »
Tracy's aint right without some kinda psychadelic paint.
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Re: 72 CB750 Chopper Project
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2014, 07:43:11 AM »
Tank Moto magazine did a great article in their first issue on Tracy.
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)

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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: 72 CB750 Chopper Project
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2014, 11:35:51 AM »
Well, Im beginning my tear down and finding more needs to be replaced than I originally thought.  I've seen some resources for OEM and NOS parts.  What are all your opinions in reference to the most reliable suppliers and quality parts?