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Offline calj737

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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #50 on: April 22, 2015, 04:36:31 PM »
Man, that cant be your shop? I can see the floor! Where did you move the bike to, Mike's?
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #51 on: April 22, 2015, 05:33:12 PM »
Dang, Jim.  You're cruising along, man!  Very nice work! I love the way the fork bottoms look.  Is that a dark gray on it? 
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #52 on: April 22, 2015, 08:08:35 PM »
...'tis shaping up real nice. ;)
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #53 on: April 23, 2015, 05:41:06 AM »
cal it in my garage you know that still kind of messy but I'll fix it the lowers are semi gloss blackI have to wait until next month to do the tire for the front wheel maybe this week I'll get the wiring done depends its old Jim
« Last Edit: April 23, 2015, 05:45:04 AM by springer »
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #54 on: April 24, 2015, 06:37:03 PM »
well got some more done
« Last Edit: April 24, 2015, 06:53:22 PM by springer »
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #55 on: April 24, 2015, 10:17:14 PM »
Looking good!
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #56 on: April 25, 2015, 04:24:43 AM »
well I think the carbs are going to have to come back off I didn't realize how dirty they were until I took a picture of the carburetors on the backside turn nasty they need to be better and that Jim
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #57 on: April 29, 2015, 06:19:24 PM »
well nowI can move it around better
« Last Edit: April 29, 2015, 06:22:29 PM by springer »
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #58 on: April 29, 2015, 06:33:24 PM »
Coming along!
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: kustom build for me
« Reply #59 on: April 30, 2015, 05:24:56 AM »
Very nice, Jim. 
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #60 on: April 30, 2015, 05:51:23 AM »
well the rims and tires that are on there now or temporary so I can move it around I made a boo boo when I bought those (did)rims I didn't realize that I couldn't put a wider tire on them and I've got too much into them rims to get my money back to buy Oem $50 rims and $50 for the spokes and respoke them for another $40 so I got almost $300 with no tires yet would be nice to buy the oem rims but I'm stuck with them I'll just have skinny tires on there Jim
« Last Edit: April 30, 2015, 06:34:04 AM by springer »
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #61 on: May 01, 2015, 02:20:43 PM »
Well got some more done today got the header on having a problem with the muffler though went and got new handlebars now I just have to figure out what to do about them rims Jim
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #62 on: March 27, 2019, 02:23:48 PM »
 I recently inherited the remnants of this bike/build. Stay tuned and watch for updates in my Lost Socket Garage thread.
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Re: kustom build for me
« Reply #63 on: March 28, 2019, 11:49:44 AM »
Hey Scott,

That's great news. Cal and I (and others) had contributed parts to help springer, so we are happy it will get back on the road.
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: kustom build for me
« Reply #64 on: March 29, 2019, 04:57:05 AM »
 I emailed him but haven't heard back. I'll PM him from here too, in case he still gets notifications.
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